Madagascar camp: activity booklet

I always create activity books for the Brownies to use at camp. It's great for the girls to use during free time or if they just need a break from the excitement. Some barely get further than the first few pages, but many complete the whole thing from cover to cover and ask for a copy to give their siblings. I try to include a range of activities to appeal to the different interests and abilities of the girls. 

The back page is usually a challenge specifically about the campsite we are visiting. It's always funny to see when different girls reach the last page. You know because they are walking around the camp with a booklet in their hand studying old photographs to get dates and other random information.

Maybe this is something you can do at your next camp. If you don't know the campsite, that's alright, just keep the questions very general!

Example questions:

1. How many words can you make using the letters in the word (name of campsite)?
2. How many doors are in (name of campsite)?
3. How many people can sleep inside (name of campsite)?
4. What colour is the flagpole?
5. Draw a picture of your favourite thing at (name of campsite).
6. How many people can sleep in (name of campsite)?
7. Name the different wildlife you spotted outside.
8. How many lollipop steps does it take for you to walk around the cottage?
9. Count the trees on the property? (I used this at a campsite that had over 100 trees, it was pretty funny to watch the girls count them all)

If you actually have an opportunity to visit the campsite, make sure to ask more specific questions such as the dates on photographs, the colour of chairs etc.

In case you were wondering, the Brownies favorite pages in the book were the campfire song scramble (they delighted in pointing out errors I had made, so beware) and adding afro wigs to the Madagascar characters (final image)!

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Do you have any quiet time activities you use at camp?