Games with Bowling Pins for Camps, PE, and Afterschool

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Sometimes a few bowling pins can add some out of the ordinary creative activities that will keep your campers and students engaged the entire time. Minimal supplies are needed, other than bowling pins, grab some balls and cones to coordinate these easy and fun games.

Equipment:

3 Pin Bowling

Kids are separated into equal teams. 3 bowling pins are placed in a line and a team member rolls a dodgeball and tries to knock down the pins. Each pin is worth a different amount and you play the first one to a particular number.

Bombardment Pins

At either end of the playing space, set up in a row as many tenpins, or pop bottles as there are players. Make a dividing line across the center of the playing space. Divide players into two teams. Each team takes one side of the field and must not step over into the other side. One team starts the game by throwing a volleyball or play ball, trying to knock down the pins on the other side. The opponents protect their pins by catching or blocking the ball with their hands and bodies. If the ball hits outside the field and knocks a pin down on the rebound it still counts! Play for fifteen minutes with the ball shooting back and forth rapidly. With a large number two balls can be used. The winner is the team that knocks down all the other teams’ pins.

Pin Down

Set up a large rectangular space, with a line of cones in the middle to separate each team’s side from the other. Balls can be balanced on top of these cones. Bowling pins or pyramid cones should be arranged along each team’s base line. The group should be divided into two teams, and each team goes to their end line to wait for the signal to begin the game. At no time may a student from one team cross over onto the other team’s side. When the game begins, students run to the center to grab balls. The goal of the game is to knock over the opposing team’s pins while defending your own, by throwing or rolling the balls. Students may not kick the balls. If a pin gets knocked down, no one may touch it. The leader takes the pin out of play. Students may defend their pins by standing in front/back/alongside of it, but if they knock it over by mistake, it is taken out of play. The game ends when one team has knocked down all the others’ pins.

2 Pin Dodgeball

Each team will have two pins near their back line that they need to protect. If the other team knocks down a pin with a dodgeball, their entire team can come back in the game. Once a pin gets knocked over, it must stay down. If both pins get knocked over, the game is over. The only way players can come back in the game is to knock over a pin. A player cannot come back in if a teammate catches a ball. A team wins the game if they knock all the other team’s players out or if they knock down both of the other team’s pins.

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About the Author:

Jason Schaitz, MBA, CPRE, is a Parks and Recreation Director with over 15 years’ experience coordinating youth programs, camps, sports, and recreation activities. He also created and manages The Summer Camp Source with the goal of providing free high quality resources for any type of camp, youth recreation or childcare program. Take your program to the next level by visiting our website for free resources and education!

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