THE TRADITIONS BOOK Fourth Edition, June 2009 Contributors : Kristin Balalis Brian Crater Chad Edwards Lisa Gustavson Harmony “Hoops” Jackson Jane “Hurricane” Kakkis Kathleen Kaufman Lisa “Hollywood” Konruff Curtis Kosky Jennifer “Dot” Mains Annie Markowitz Mark “Pun” Maxwell Brianna “Braidy” Noonan Rosalyn Sayer Monica “Sunkist” Sewell Patrick “Bear” Shibuya Tami Woldman Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times Dedicated To All those that have shared the smiles, joy, laughter and love that is camp. 1 “The mission of Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times is to create a positive, long lasting impact on children with cancer and their families by providing fun filled, medically supervised, cost free year round camp programs.” Our Four Outcomes: Positive Self-Identity Independence & Self-Reliance Social Competencies Feeling Supported Foreword The joy and magic of Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times would not be possible if not for the dedication, kindness and generosity of its family of volunteers, staff and campers. Wonderful and long lasting traditions have been passed down through the generations of our “family” and many new and exciting traditions are started each year. This handbook is meant as a useful resource of old traditions and an inspiration for creating new ones. The dreams of our community are realized with the contributions of many unique and valuable individuals. - Hurricane, editor 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Campfire Songs………………………………………………………….. 4-13 Stories………………………………………………………………………….. 14-31 Campfire & Skits………………………………………………………… 32-38 Objects D’ART……………………………………………………………. 39-51 Eat, Drink, & be Merry……………………………………………. 52-55 Cheaper by the Dozen………………………………………………. 56-60 Minute Mysteries ……………………………………………………… 61-65 Logic & other fun games…………………………………………. 65-66 Cabin Night Ideas & Tips ………………………………………..67 Cabin Closings……………………………………………………………….. 68 Supersize it…………………………………………………………………… 69-71 3 CAMPFIRE SONGS APPLES AND BANANAS SONG AUSTRIAN WENT YODELING BANANA SONG I like to eat, eat, eat Main Verse : Bananas UNITE! apples and bananas Once an Austrian went yodeling on a Peel banana mountain so high, When along came a Peel, peel banana A lake tay ate, ate, ate, cuckoo bird interrupting his cry. Peel banana apples and bananaise Chorus: Peel, peel banana Oooh lee aaahhh E leek tee eat, eat, eat, oh lee (pat thighs) oh kee kia (clap hands) Slice banana eeples and beknee-knees oh lee ah cuckoo cuckoo (snap fingers) Slice, slice banana oh lee (pat thighs) oh kee kia (clap hands) Slice banana I like tai ite, ite ite, oh lee ah cuckoo cuckoo (snap fingers) Slice, slice banana ipples and be-nigh-nighs oh lee (pat thighs) oh kee kia (clap hands) oh lee ah ooohhh Eat banana O loke toe ote, ote, ote Eat, eat banana opals and ba-no-nose (Repeat verse but replace cuckoo bird with Eat banana the following and add sound into chorus.) Eat, eat banana U luke two ute, ute, ute, St. Bernard - arff, arff ute uppels and ba-knu-knews Grizzly Bear - grrr Swallow banana Dinosaur - ugh, ugh Swallow, swallow banana I like to eat, eat, eat Skier - swoosh Swallow banana apples and bananas Avon lady - ding dong Swallow, swallow banana Girl scout - Hi! Wanna buy some girl scout A lake tay ate, E leek tee eat, cookies? NO! Go bananas! I like tai ite, ite opals and ba-knu-knews Avalanche - rumble rumble Go Go bananas! Go bananas! Go Go bananas! AROOSTASHA BABY BUMBLE BEE I'm playing with my baby bumble bee (everyone together) THE BEAN SONG Aroostasha, Aroostasha, Won't my mommy be so proud of me I'm playing with my baby bumble bee (Choose a type of bean - Lima, Pinto, Aroostasha-sha. etc…) Aroostasha, Aroostasha, Ouch! It stung me! Well… Aroostasha-sha. My dog ______ loves to roam (repeat after song leader) I'm squashing up my baby bumble bee Won't my mommy be so proud of me One day ______ left his home (a) thumbs up He came back quite unclean (b) feet together I'm squashing up my baby bumble bee Oh that looks good! Where oh where has____ been (c) elbows in _____ been, _____ been (d) knees bent I'm licking up my baby bumble bee Where oh where has ______been (e) toes in Yuck, I feel sick (f) bottom out BEAR SONG (h) Tongue out I'm barfing up my baby bumble bee The other day I met a bear Ugh what a mess I'm mopping up a baby bumble bee In tennis shoes Poor little baby bumble bee. A fancy pair (repeat entire verse) 4 I walked right up He looked at me The moral is and looked at him I looked at him No shocking news He opened his mouth He sized up me Don't talk to bears and shoved me in. I sized up him in Tennis shoes. (repeat entire verse) (repeat entire verse) (repeat entire verse) Now here I sit He said to me BOA CONSTRICTOR SONG inside this bear, Why don't you run (Repeat after me song) I need some help I see you ain't Chorus: and a little fresh air. Got any gun. I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor, (repeat entire verse) (repeat entire verse) I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor, I’m being eaten by a boa constrictor, He burped me up And so I ran AND I DON”T LIKE IT VERY MUCH! and that's no joke Away from there I sure I am glad But right behind Oh no! It got my toe! this bear drinks coke. Me was that bear (repeat) (repeat entire verse) (repeat entire verse) Chorus THE BEAVER SONG And so I saw Oh gee! It got my knee! (As animals are added, do their noises in Ahead of me Oh no, it got my toe! reverse order) A great big tree Chorus I’m a beaver, you’re a beaver, we are Oh Lordy, me beavers all (repeat entire verse) Oh my! It got my thigh! And when we get together we do the Oh gee! it got my knee! beaver call The nearest branch Oh no! It got my toe! (beaver sound) Was ten feet up Chorus add an animal… I had to jump And trust my luck Continue with: BINGO Oh flip! It got my hip! There was a farmer had a dog, and (repeat entire verse) Oh Fiddle! It got my middle! Bingo was his name, Oh dread! It got my head! B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O And so I jumped (spell out) into the air THE CUTEST BEAR And Bingo was his name. But I missed that branch (Bear Song Variation) Away up there The cutest bear There was a farmer had a dog and (repeat entire verse) I ever saw Bingo was his name, Now don't you fret Now don't you frown Was sitting in the road Replace the letter "B" with a hand clap, Cause I caught that branch With a sandwich in his paw then continue spelling name (I-N-G-O) On the way back down. (repeat entire verse) 3x (repeat entire verse) And Bingo was his name. I asked him if That's all there is He'd pose for me, Keep singing the verse, but each time There ain't no more He said he would replace the next letter of the name with a Unless I meet for a nominal fee. hand clap. At the end we just clap (5x) That bear once more! (repeat entire verse) and sing: (repeat entire verse) And Bingo was his name. 5 BIRDY SONG Chorus Way up in the sky (hands over head) So they talked and they talked The little birds fly (arms under armpits) Way down south where bananas grow Till the moon went dim While down in the nest (hands cradled) An ant stepped on an elephant's toe Then she said you better kiss me or get out the little birds rest (hands under head) The elephant cried with tears in his eyes and swim With a wing on the left (arm under armpit) "Why don't you pick on someone your own So what you gonna do And a wing on the right (rt. arm under size?" With the moon shinin' all a armpit) The girls paddelin' all a The little birds sleep all through the night Chorus The boys swimming all around. (head resting on hands together) Yeahhh Eee ay eee ay o spells sox Shhhhhhhhhh they're sleeping!!!! (Loudly A nickel for a pair and a dollar for a box, COME FILL MY CUP (can also be sung as a round) with fingers to lips) The longer you wear 'em, the better they The bright sun comes up, the dew falls away get Come fill my cup, (group one) (hands over head, hands dribbling motion) You put 'em in the water and they don't get Come fill my cup til it overflows (group two) Come fill my cup, (group one) Good morning, Good morning the little birds wet! say (hands over head) Come fill my cup til it overflows (group two) Chorus Come fill my cup, (group one) Come fill my cup til it overflows (group two) BOOM CHICA BOOM I said a-boom-chicka-boom Called myself to the telephone Til it overflows with love (both groups) I said a-boom-chicka-boom Just to hear my golden tone, I said a-boom-chicka-rocka-chicka-rocka- Asked myself out for a date Amazing Grace (group one) chicka-boom Said I'd be ready at a half past eight. Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound (group Uh-Huh two) Oh yeah Chorus That saved a wretch (group one) One more time..