The Camp Program Lab

Curt and Chris celebrate their 1 year anniversary with their guest, Drew Demery, who is on the show to talk about all the coolness that is Hatchet Throwing! Drew is even available to come to your camp and help you set it up!! Listen to this episode for some great advice on adding this new popular activity to your camp!

Curt and Chris discuss a fairly new concept this week. Mystery Trails are like Escape Rooms on a Hike/Walk!  The guys talk about what’s all involved in these and some great ideas to figure out your own. They also share a little preview of the Escape Room Summit where there’s an entire session about Mystery Trails!

Did you get a check in the mail for some cool new camp programming? Well, the guys have some great suggestions on how you can spend it! They have lots of new ideas and even some things that they’ve never done but would like to try themselves! If you’ve got some extra funds lying around and need some great ideas about what to do with it, check out this episode for help!

Join the Camp Programming Pros this week as they travel around the world for an immersively cool theme! From decorations to crafts, to music, to games, you’ll get great ideas to take your campers on a trip they will never forget! The guys also talk about some great tips and ideas and even some cautions while doing this theme. 

Looking for a new theme to be “Part of Your World”? Maybe you have another theme that’s a “Tale as Old as Time” and you just need to “Let It Go”. We’ll “You Gotta Friend” in Curt and Chris as they talk this week all about a Disney Theme! “You’re Welcome!” The guys have some fun and kinda crazy ideas that will make this theme a “Whole New World” for your Camp. Go “Into the Unknown” and give it a listen!

Curt and Chris talk all about Destination Hikes this week. What are they? What are you supposed to do? Should you have one at your Camp? Who let the Dogs Out? The guys answer MOST of these questions and more! Listen to this episode to hear about an interesting and easy to do programming activity for your camp!

When you started at your camp, don’t you wish you would have had a book with everything you needed to know? Yeah, pretty much everyone does! Curt and Chris talk about making program binders for yourself, your staff, and your future replacement! They come up with a bunch of ideas for different binders and what you might want to include. Get started on them now before the chaos of summer gets here!

2020 is the year of the Summer Olympics. Chris and Curt spend this week discussing some great ideas on how to use this year to bring an Olympic Theme to your camp! From competitions to decorations, to even food, the guys give some epic ideas for this summer’s theme!

This week we talk about the journey a first-time camper goes through at camp. How can you and your staff help new campers be the hero? This is an excellent episode to send to your counselors pre-camp and have them listen to and prep for a discussion during Training Week!

The Camp Programming Guys are back again this year with the first podcast of 2020! This episode has some great ideas for a Star Wars theme for your camp! Whether you’re looking for new ideas, looking to spice up some old ones, or just want to ride the coattails of Baby Yoda, there’s sure to be something for your Camp!