The Camp Program Lab

Right before the new year starts, listen as Curt and Chris share some epic evening activities. Ring in the new summer evenings with some World Record or Minute 2 Win it games. Hold an evening Video Game night. Host a carnival or Trivia night. As you celebrate the new year, plan some new evening ideas for your upcoming summer!

The guys give you a great Christmas present this year of on fleek ideas for Teen Camp! Here are some great things to start working on now to be ready for this coming summer! Yeet ideas like a Coffeehouse or Thrift Store Scavenger Hunt. YOLO ideas like Mystery Trips or Freetime with Bae. Swag ideas like Sleeping in or Coffee bar.  These dope ideas are sure to make you GOAT this summer and slay your teen campers.

Chris shares the top 8 best things he did last summer at Camp Good News, and Curt shares some great things he learned from other camps last summer!

Curt and Chris interview Tara Laidlaw this week about adding STEM into camping. Tara has immense knowledge of STEM learning and a crazy amount of great advice for camps looking to do this. This week’s episode is a great listen for not only the “What-to-dos” or the “How-to-dos”, but also the “Why-you-shoulds”!

Looking for new theme ideas for 2020? Take a listen to this episode for some great themes that the guys share from upcoming movies. These are the movies that all the campers will be talking about already, so why not bring the movies to life and create some awesome days around them! Super cool ideas like a Trolls theme that is music and crazy hair, a Dr Doolittle theme where the staff dress up as talking animals, or a Jumanji theme all around puzzles and adventures. Get some cinematastic ideas for your camp next summer!

Chris and Curt have a great chat with Andy McClung from ChristianCampPro.com about his retreat center. Andy shares some great tips and tricks about how he's able to fill every weekend of his retreat center. This episode is a great listen for those camps wanting to expand into the retreat season or those camps that already do, but need to improve on it!

The guys discuss STEM learning this week and how you can implement that into your Camp! They share some great ideas like catapults, egg drop, bridge building, zoology, roller coasters, solar ovens, and so much more. STEM would make an awesome addition to your camp program or even a great way to get schools and groups to come out for a retreat!

Chris and Curt talk with Jenn and Amanda all about Scavaganza! Scavaganza is where you combine Scavenger Hunt Awesomeness with Extravaganza Fun! This is a great activity you can do with your campers, or staff, or even a bunch a camp professionals like Jenn and Amanda did at the ACA Tri-State Conference. Listen in for some great tips and tricks they have learned to run your own Scavaganza!

Curt and Chris discuss some great ideas of things we would love to see happen in the camping industry. So if there is anyone out there that has some skills to do some of this stuff, you’ll have at least 2 customers! From more podcasting, to online courses, to meet-ups, to apps...there are some awesome ideas for some possible camp entrepreneurs.

Curt, minus a sick Chris, talks with Snacks this week about some of the incredible amount of programming that Pali Adventure Camp offers. They have literally a little bit of everything! Magic, Stunts, High Adventure, Circus, Comedy, Street Art, Aviation, and so much more! Learn how they came up with some of these crazy cool programs and why these specialties are so popular with the campers!