Outdoor Skills Challenge Kit Activities

Craft Overview

Outdoor Clothing

• Tie Dye T-Shirts
• Glow In The Dark Caps

Outdoor Items

• Buddy Burner
• Pet Rocks
• Camp Memory Box

Outdoor Art

• Leaf Rubbing 
• Twig Picture Frames
• Homemade Sidewalk Chalk

Fun Fact!

It’s a good idea to avoid being out in the sun for extended periods of time during 10-11 am and 2-3 pm, as this is when UV rays are at their strongest.

Craft: Tie Dye T-Shirts

Materials

• White T-shirts in various sizes
• Tie Dye kits
• Elastic Bands
• Rubber Gloves
• Warm water
• Buckets or large containers
• Newspaper

Instructions

1. Begin by having everyone decide what kind of design they want on their t-shirt out of the choices.
2. Put down a newspaper to protect the surface where you will be working.
3. Have everyone put on rubber gloves.
4. Prepare dye according to package directions in the bucket.
5. Place the garment in the dye for 15-20 minutes.
6. If using more than one colour, start with the lightest colour first.
7. Rinse in between colours in cold water.
8. Ring and rinse out the garment until the water runs clear.
9. Remove rubber bands.
10. Hand to dry.

Craft: Glow In The Dark Caps

This is a fun craft to do on the first day of camp, especially if your group is attending a jamboree or camping with other kids they may not know well. By having each child have their name on their hat, it gives everyone a fun way to learn who each person is!

Materials

• Baseball caps for each group member
• Various colours of glow-in-the-dark paint
• Glitter
• Craft Glue
• Glow-in-the-dark items (such as planets, stars, etc.)

Instructions

1. Hand each group member a baseball cap.
2. Ask everyone to use the glow-in-the-dark paint to spell their names on the crown of their hat.
3. Let each person choose at least one glow-in-the-dark item to glue onto their hat.
4. Have everyone design the rest of their hat in any way they want using the glow-in-the-dark paint, glitter, etc.

Craft: Buddy Burner

Materials 

• Plain corrugated cardboard
• Small tin cans with plastic lids (such as small coffee tins)
• Paraffin Wax
• Scissors or tin snips

Instructions

1. Ensure tin cans are washed out well before beginning craft.
2. Cut the cardboard into strips whose width is the same height as the can across the corrugations so that the holes show.
3. Roll the strips into tight coils and place them inside the can with the holes facing upwards.
4. Melt the paraffin wax in a double boiler. If you do not have a double boiler available, fill a large pot with water and heat it on the stove with a smaller pot placed inside.
5. Once wax has melted, pour into a tin can, ensuring the cardboard is fully covered and the wax reaches the rim of the can.
6. Let the wax cool and harden for several minutes.
7. Put on a plastic lid until ready for use.

See also our How To Make A Buddy Burner blog article.

Craft: Pet Rocks

Materials

• Acrylic paint
• Paint brushes
• Wiggle eyes
• Glitter glue
• Sequins
• Beads
• Pom poms
• Yarn
• Craft glue

Instructions

1. Have each person search a designated area in camp for a rock about the
   size of their fist.
2. Wash and dry each rock.
3. Set out various supplies and let everyone know they can design their rock however they wish.
4. Give the group suggestions, such as creating an alien pet rock with three eyes and painting it green, or designing one without any eyes but matching its colours to their room by decorating it with paint, beads, glue and glitter, etc.

Craft: Camp Memory Box

Materials

• Wooden box with lid
• Acrylic paint
• Paintbrushes
• Craft glue
• Glitter
• Sequins
• Beads

Instructions

1. Have everyone collect items throughout the weekend at camp, or give them one hour to collect items instead.
2. Let them know they should look for things like small stones, branches, leaves, etc., to glue to their memory box.
3. Once items are collected, give each person their own wooden box with a lid and pass out other supplies as well.
4. Have them glue their newfound items onto the box as well as decorate it with glitter, sequins, beads, etc., if they wish.
5. At the end of the weekend, have everyone place their finished crafts in the memory box.
6. Also, if there are any photos taken over the weekend, pass these out the next weekend for your group to place in the memory box as well.

Craft: Leaf Rubbing

Materials

• White construction paper
• Crayons
• Hard, flat surface for tracing

Instructions

1. Have everyone go around the camp and collect different shapes and sizes of leaves to trace.
2. Give each person a piece of construction paper and lay out crayons.
3. Demonstrate how to create the leaf tracing by placing a leaf on the side with raised veins upwards directly below a piece of paper.
4. Take a crayon and gently move it back and forth on the paper where the leaf is.
5. Have everyone else try it as well and suggest they use a different colour for each leaf in order to create a multi-coloured drawing.

Craft: Twig Picture Frames

Materials

• Picture for each group member to frame 
  • Consider taking a photo of each person at the meeting held before the camp, and develop it in time for them to use this craft
• Hot glue gun or craft glue
• Twine or string
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Have each person collect two bunches of twigs. One bunch should have twigs that are around two inches longer than the photo. The second bunch should be around two inches wider than the photo.
2. Have everyone arrange their twigs so that they surround each side of the photo and stick out about an inch from the photo’s edges.
3. Tie the twigs together with the string/twine at each corner by making an “X” pattern.
4. Glue the photo onto the back of the twig frame.
5. Cut a small piece of string/twine about two to three inches long.
6. Glue both ends of the string/twine in a loop to the centre of the twig frame so it can be hung on the wall or used as a Christmas decoration.

Craft: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk

Materials

• Toilet paper tubes
• Duct tape
• Wax paper
• Disposable plastic containers
• 1 1/2 cup of plaster of Paris
• 3/4 water
• 2 to 3 tablespoons tempera paint
• Plastic spoons

Important Note: Depending on the age range of your group members, you may wish to let them do all of the craft on their own, supervise or help younger members with pouring and measuring, etc.

Instructions

1. Mix Plaster of Paris and water together in a disposable plastic container.
2. Stir with a plastic spoon.
3. Separate 1/2 -1/3 cup of the mixture into separate plastic containers if you wish to make various colours.
4. Add desired colour(s) of Temper Paint.
5. Stir well with a spoon and let stand for a few minutes.
6. Tape one end of each toilet paper tube shut with duct tape.
7. Tear off a sheet of wax paper for each tube, around 6 X 6 inches.
8. Roll up wax paper and place it in tubes.
9. Pour the mixture into the toilet paper tubes with the taped end on the bottom . 
10. Lightly tap tubes to release air bubbles.
11. Let tubes sit for at least 24 hours.

Servings: Makes around three tubes of chalk. Adjust as necessary for the size of the group.

Recipe Overview

• Campfire Foil Packs
• S'mores
• Trail Mix for a Hike

Fun Fact

The colour of a fire’s flame comes from soot, which becomes incandescent when hot and emits thermal radiation in the form of red or bluish-white light. The red light comes from the coolest part of the fire, while the bluish-white comes from the hottest.

Recipe: Campfire Foil Packs

Ingredients

• Aluminum foil
• 1 pound boneless and skinless chicken breast, cubed
• 2 diced onions
• 1 (8-ounce) package of mushrooms
• 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced into strips
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 4 potatoes
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 lemon, juiced
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Servings: 4

1. In a large bowl or a large zip-top bag, combine the chicken, onion, mushrooms, yellow pepper, red pepper, garlic, and potatoes.
2. Pour in the olive oil and lemon juice, then mix well.
3. Evenly divide the mixture between 4 large sheets of aluminum foil.
4. Top each sheet with another sheet of foil, and roll up the edges tightly.
5. Wrap each packet again securely in another sheet of foil to double wrap.
6. Cook in the hot coals of a campfire until the chicken is opaque and the potatoes are tender, around 40 minutes.

Recipe: S'Mores

Ingredients

• Graham crackers
• Chocolate bars
• Bag of Marshmallows
• Marshmallow/Hot Dog roasting sticks

Instructions

1. Unpack supplies and lay out graham crackers and chocolate bars so they are ready once marshmallows are gooey and slightly browned.
2. Take out one graham cracker and place a single piece of chocolate on top.
3. Heat a marshmallow on a stick over coals, rotating it until it is brown around all edges. Try not to set fire.
4. Once browned, place a marshmallow on top of a graham cracker and a chocolate bar.
5. Place another graham cracker on top of the marshmallow.
6. Enjoy and repeat Steps 1-5 as often as needed.

Recipe: Trail Mix For A Hike

Ingredients

• Snack bags
• Spoons
• Possible ingredients
  • Dried banana chips
  • Raisins 
  • Dried cranberries
  • M&Ms
  • Smarties
  • Peanuts
  • Almonds
  • Cashews
  • Mini marshmallows
  • Peanut and/or sunflower seeds
  • Dried mangos
  • Dried apricots

Instructions

1. Set out various ingredients with spoons in each bag.
2. Hands out snack bags to each group member.
3. Have everyone pick and choose which ingredients they want to include in their trail mix by spooning in desired amounts of each type.
4. Let everyone know that they should combine a variety of ingredients and not just the chocolate and marshmallows, so that they gain enough protein and energy to keep them sustained during a hike.

Important Note: Be sure to ensure no one in the group has any allergies to any nuts or other ingredients that you may have picked up for the trail mix.

Games and Activities Overview

Games

• Prisoner of War
• Nature Scavenger Hunt
• Kim's Games
• Hide and Go Seek
• Hot Potato
• Egg Relay Race
• Three Legged Race
• What Time Is It, Mr.Wolf?
• Water Balloon Toss

Activities 

• Making a First Aid Kit
• Creating A Shelter In Any Season
  • How To Make A Quinzee
  • How To Make A Lean-Two
• How To Build A Two-Rope Postman's Bridge
• Star Gazing
• Compass Treasure Hunt
• Songs And Skits

Game: Prisoner Of War

Materials

• Fog horn or whistle

Instructions

This game is best played in a large, open space with lots of trees and bushes for cover.

1. Divide the group into teams and designate boundaries for each team’s area.
2. Have each team select a person to be a “Prisoner of War” (POW).
3. The POW then goes with the opposing team to be hidden somewhere on that team’s side in their jail.
4. Give each team 5-10 minutes to choose where their jail is located, and for the remaining team members to spread out on their side.
5. Let everyone know that the object of the game is to rescue their teammate from the other team’s side without being seen and bring them back to their side. However, if they are tagged by an opposing team member, then they, too, will go to jail and will have to wait to be rescued.
6. Blast the foghorn/whistle when the game starts and when one team has brought their POW back to their side successfully.

Game: Nature Scavenger Hunt

Materials

• Copies of the "Scavenger Hunt Checklist"
• Markers

Instructions

1. Split groups into teams of 2-4 people.
2. Give each team a copy of the “Scavenger Hunt Checklist” and a marker.
3. Let them know that they will have a designated amount of time (such as half an hour) to find the items on the list and that whoever finds them all first wins.
4. Mark off a spot that the team has to meet back at before the designated time is up.

Game: Kim's Games

Materials

• Keys
• Rubber/Hair bands
• Cutlery
• Hairbrush
• Toothpaste
• Book
• Scissors
• Pop can
• Rope
• A pad of paper and a pencil/pen for each participant 

Instructions

1. Rope off a designated section of a field or part of a camp that will be big enough for your group to search for the items you have collected.
2. Hide the items you have collected throughout the area.
3. Give each group member a pad of paper and a pen/pencil.
4. Explain that each person will search the area and write down the names of the items they have found that they think do not belong.
5. Give the group 10-15 minutes to search the area.
6. At the end of the game, count to see who wrote down the most items.

Game: Hide And Go Seek Tag

Instructions

1. Choose who will be “it.”
2. Pick a base that is a big enough area that all the players can fit, such as a beach by the lake where you are camping, or a path near a field, etc.
3. Have “it” begin by counting to 50, or 100, depending on the number of people playing with his/her eyes closed.
4. The rest of the group hides while “it” is counting. They must hide at least 20 feet from the base.
5. Once the person who is “it” yells, “Ready or not, here I come!” the rest of the participants must try to get to the base without being tagged.

Game: Hot Potato

Materials

• One potato, bean bag or ball that can be easily tossed around
• Stereo with music

Instructions

1. Ask everyone to gather in a circle, either standing or sitting cross-legged.
2. Explain that as the music plays, they are to pass the “hot” item as quickly as possible to the person on their right, as if they were passing around a hot potato that may burn their skin. When the music stops, the person who is left holding the item must sit out.
3. Yell “Go!” and turn on the stereo.
4. Let the music play long enough for the group to toss the “hot” item around the circle once or twice.
5. Stop the music suddenly.
6. Whoever is still holding the item must sit out.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 until there is only one player left.

Game: Egg Relay Race

Materials

• Regular or plastic eggs
• Spoons
• Whistle

Instructions

1. Divide your group into teams of 2-4.
2. Have everyone line up.
3. Pass an egg and a spoon to the person at the front of the line.
4. Let everyone know that they are to place their egg on the spoon, run to a designated spot, such as a nearby tree, and then return to the line without dropping their egg.
5. When they get back to their team, they are to pass the egg to their teammate. If anyone drops their egg, that team will have to sit out for the remainder of the game.
6. Blow the whistle to signal the first person in line to start.
7. Award the winning team with a treat.

Game: Three Legged Race

Materials

• Bandanas or scarves to tie participants' ankles together
• Tape or rope
• Whistle

Instructions

1. Mark a designated start and finish line with the tape or rope.
2. Divide your group into pairs.
3. Have each team tie their ankles together with a bandana or scarf tight enough that it will not come loose while running.
4. Explain to everyone that when you blow the whistle, each team is to run as fast as they can to the finish line and that whoever reaches it first wins. Let them know that each team must use their “three legs” and work together to run.
5. Blow the whistle to signal the start of the race.
6. Award the winning team a treat.

Game: What Time Is It Mr.Wolf?

Instructions

1. Select one person to be “Mr.Wolf.”
2. Have everyone line up on one end of the field and Mr. Wolf on the other, with their back towards the group.
3. Have the remaining group members call out, “What time is it, Mr.Wolf?”
4. Mr.Wolf will answer back with a random time, such as “3:00”
5. The group now steps forward as many spaces as Mr.Wolf said it was time.
6. This is repeated several times until Mr.Wolf yells out, “Lunchtime!”
7. After yelling “Lunchtime!” Mr.Wolf turns around and tries to tag another group member as everyone runs back to the start line. If someone is tagged, they become Mr.Wolf.
8. Continue playing until the group is tired or the majority of the group has been given a chance to be Mr.Wolf.

Game: Water Balloon Toss

Materials

• Water
• Small water balloons

Instructions

1. Fill up enough water balloons so that there is one for each team.
2. Split the group into teams of two.
3. Hand each team a water balloon.
4. Have each team stand facing each other, a few steps apart.
5. Ask each team to toss the water balloon once between them.
6. If the water balloon doesn’t pop, have each person take one step back and toss the balloon once more.
7. If a water balloon pops, that team is to sit out for the remainder of the game.
8. Repeat steps 5-7 until there is only one team left.

Activity: Making A First Aid Kit

Materials

• Kindling - dryer lint
• Small plastic bags
• Matches in a waterproof container
• Bandages
• Tensor banadages
• Gauze
• Adhesive tape
• Glowstick and/or flashlight that doesn't require batteries
• Disinfecting wipes
• Utility knife
• White fanny pack
• Markers 
• Stickers
• Rope
• Hand sanitizer
• Polysporin
• Granola and/or fruit bars
• Compass 
• Afterbite

Instructions

Making a first aid kit helps you not only ensure your campers will be prepared for emergency situations but also gives you the opportunity to discuss not only what they’ll need in a situation but also how to react and stay calm as well.

1. Ensure you have enough items for each person in your group.
2. Lay each item out on a table and have everyone sit around so they can take an item as you are discussing it.
3. Hand each person a fanny pack.
4. Pick up an item and discuss why it is important and how it can help everyone in an emergency situation.
5. Have them place the items in their container.
6. Hand out the markers and stickers.
7. Ask each person to write their full name and “First Aid Kit” on the container.
8. Have everyone wear their first aid kit for the remainder of the camp. Also, ensure their first aid kit is a required item when packing lists are sent home for additional camping dates.

Activity: How To Make A Quinzee

Materials

• Shovels 
• Warm winter clothes
• Long sticks
• Tarp

Instructions

1. Shovel snow into the size and shape of an igloo so that it is at least 4-5 feet tall.
2. Pack the snow down well.
3. Poke a few sticks around 30-45 cm into the snow so that you can measure how thick the walls are later on.
4. Let the snow sit for around three hours so it can harden.
5. Dig out a small opening at ground level.
6. Push the snow out of the shelter and continue digging inwards.
7. Continue digging into the quinzee, slanting upwards so that the sleeping platform is slightly raised.
8. Continue hollowing out the structure until you reach the 30-45 cm sticks poked through earlier.

Fun Fact

Camping is fun in all seasons, you just have to ensure you take the right equipment and clothes. Summer, winter, spring, and fall allow you to do lots of fun activities such as ice fishing, swimming, hiking, snowball fights, and making forts in the forest amongst lots of leaves.

Activity: How To Make A Lean-Two

Materials

• Rope
• Knife

Instructions

1. Look for two sturdy trees that are around 4-5 feet apart.
2. Gather the following additional materials, using deadfall if possible:
   1. One large branch is to be placed crosswise in front of the two trees. Ensure this sticks out around 6 inches on the sides of the other trees.
   2. Five to seven smaller branches are to be used as back beams.
   3. Long, thin branches
   4. Pine boughs.
3. Attach the large branch to the two sturdy branches at waist level using a clove hitch knot.
4. Place the smaller branches vertically on top of the large ones.
5. Interweave the long, thin branches into the back beams.
6. Weave the pine boughs through the top of the shelter.
7. Place pine boughs on the ground as well as inside the shelter to create a bed.

Activity: Star Gazing

Materials

• Constellations Match Up
• Pencils

Instructions

1. Give each child a copy of Constellations Match Up.
2. Tell the story of each constellation found in the information section.
3. Ask everyone to try to find each constellation using only their eyes and the assistance of the other group members.

Activity: How To Build A Two Rope Postmans Bridge

Materials

• Strong, thick rope
• Two healthy trees

Instructions

Important Note: For this style of bridge, it is best to measure the length at which the ropes will be apart in height by the shortest person in your group so that they can reach the rope without falling off. Or, split the group up and have the taller members and shorter members make two separate bridges, depending on time and amount of supplies available.

1. Select two sturdy trees to tie your rope bridge to that are around 4 metres apart.
2. Ensure the trees are healthy by checking the branches to see if they are dead, as well as looking for fungi. If either of these are present, choose different trees for your bridge.
3. Tie the bottom rope to the first tree at least a 1/2 metre from the ground using a round turn, and two half hitches knot.
4. Tie the second rope around 1-1/2 metres apart in height from the bottom rope using a round turn and two half hitches knot.
   1. Note: You may need to increase or decrease this height depending on how tall the members in your group are.
5. Keep tension on the rope while tying it around the second set of trees so that it can be walked across without the ropes touching the ground later on.
6. Tie the other ends of the ropes to the second tree using a round turn and two half hitches knot as well.

Fun Fact

Campfires are not only a fun pastime but also provide other practical functions, such as cooking food, boiling water, providing heat and light, and even being used as a distress signal if needed. There are many benefits to camping, such as relaxation, bonding, educational experiences, and friendship.

Activity: Compass Treasure Hunt

Materials

• Enough compasses for each participant, or at least one per group
• Strings
• Treats in snack bags to leave at each waypoint
• Main treasure
  • Surprise bags
  • Bouncy balls
  • Flashlights
  • Noisemakers
• Paper 
• Pencil/Pen
• Red tape
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Choose a location such as an open field where you can hide the midway treats hanging from trees, on top of a shrub, or even resting on the ground, etc.
2. Stand at the starting location and hold the compass flat with the arrow and the “N” facing away from you.
3. Turn until the red arrow lines up with the “N.”
4. Hold the compass in front of your face and look towards the first hiding spot.
5. Look down at the compass and read the degrees that point to the first hiding spot.
6. Mark this down on a piece of paper.
7. Walk towards the first hiding place, counting your paces.
   1. Important Note: Depending on the age range of your group, you may want to take smaller steps. Also, if you are creating this activity for much younger children, you may want to write simply “North, South, East, West” instead of degrees.
8. Write down the number of steps you take on the paper next to the degrees so the paper now says, for example, 36°, 25 Steps.
9. Continue this process until you have created between 2-4 waypoints and the final location.
10. Mark off the start point with red tape, as well as the waypoints, depending on the age of the group.
11. Mark off the final location with an “X” with the red tape.
12. Place the treats at each.

Activity: Songs

Alice The Camel

Instructions

1. Sing in a circle with everyone linking arms.
2. As each number is sung, everyone bends their knees and bobs down and up.
3. As everyone sings “bump-bump-bump,” they lightly bump their hips with each person they are linking arms with.

Lyrics

Alice the camel has - ten humps
Alice the camel has - ten humps
Alice the camel has - ten humps
So go, Alice go
Bump-bump-bump

Alice the camel has - nine humps
Alice the camel has - nine humps
Alice the camel has - nine humps
So go, Alice go
Bump-bump-bump

Continue singing each verse with a decreasing number.

Last Verse:
Alice the camel has - no humps
Alice the camel has - no humps
Alice the camel has - no humps
So Alice is a HORSE!

Bingo

There was a farmer who had a dog
and Bingo was his name - o
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name - o

There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name - o
(clap)-I-N-G-O
(clap)-I-N-G-O
(clap)-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name - o

There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name - o
(clap)-(clap)-N-G-O
(clap)-(clap)-N-G-O
(clap)-(clap)-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name - o

There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name - o
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-G-O
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-G-O
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-G-O
And Bingo was his name - o

There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name - o
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-O
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-O
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-O
And Bingo was his name - o

There was a farmer who had a dog
And Bingo was his name - o
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)-(clap)
And Bingo was his name-o

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

Instructions

1. As soon as the group sings a word that starts with the letter “B,” have them stand up.
2. When the group sings a word that starts with a “B,” have them sit down.
3. Repeat Steps 1-2 throughout the entire song. 4.
4. Repeat the following verses and increase the tempo each time until the group can no longer keep up.

Lyrics

My Bonnie lies over the ocean
My Bonnie lies over the sea
My Bonnie lies over the ocean
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.

Bring back, bring back
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me, to me
Bring back, bring back
Oh bring back my Bonnie to me.

Johnny Appleseed

Oh the Lord is good to me
And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need
The sun, and the rain and the apple-seed
Oh the Lord is good to me
Johnny Appleseed
Amen!

The Ants

The ants were marching one by one
Hurrah, hurrah
The ants were marching one by one
Hurrah, hurrah,
The ants were marching one by one
When the little one stopped - to suck his thumb
And they all went marching down
To the ground
To get out of the rain.

Repeat the continuing verses by switching up Line #6 with the following.

Two by two ...... to tie his shoe
Three by three ...... to climb a tree
Four by four ...... to shut the door
Five by five ......to learn to jive
Six by six ........to pick up sticks
Seven by seven ......to go to heaven
Eight by eight .......to shut the gate
Nine by nine .......to tell the time
Ten by ten......to say “The end!”

Kookaburra

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry, merry king of the bush is he
Laugh, Kookaburra
Laugh, Kookaburra
Gay your life must be

Kookaburra site in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop, Kookaburra!
Stop, Kookaburra!
Leave some there for me!

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Counting all the monkeys he can see
Stop, Kookaburra!
Stop, Kookaburra!
That’s not a monkey that’s me

Activity: Skits

Fly In The Soup

Customer: Waiter, waiter, there’s a fly in my soup!
The Waiter enters, acting very snooty, and peers into the soup.
Waiter: Oh, yes, you are right, sir. That will be an extra 25 cents for the meat.
Customer: But waiter, he’s swimming all over the top
Waiter: You are right, sir. It doesn’t know it’s a fly, sir. It’s doing the Butterfly stroke.
Customer: Well, I think it must be an Australian!
Waiter: Why do you say that, sir?
Customer: Because it’s down under now!

Little Brother Person

Person 1: Whatcha doing?
Person 2: Writing a letter to my little brother.
Person 1: Why are you writing so slowly?
Person 2: Because my little brother can’t read very fast!

The Nutty Fisherman

Have the Fisherman sit in the middle of the stage, next to a bucket, pretending to pull up on his/her line as if he’s caught a fish (Or use a fishing rod or piece of string attached to a stick if one is available). A passerby enters the stage, almost walks away, but then goes up to the Fisherman.

Passerby: “What are you doing there then?”
Fisherman: “I’m fishing. What does it look like I’m doing?”
Passerby: “Fishing, eh? But what are you fishing for.”
Fisherman: “I’m fishing for suckers.”
Passerby: “Have you caught any?”
Fisher: “Yes, you’re the third today!”

The Ruler

Person 1: Why do you keep the ruler on the newspaper when you’re reading?
Person 2: I want to get the story straight!

Earn The Badge