Four Kids Camp Pranks

Every year thousands, if not millions, of kids go to some kind of overnight camp. These camps can be one overnighter or week long camps. During their stay at any camp, kids like to play pranks on their fellow campers. These six pranks are harmless and fun. The six pranks that they have most often played on fellow campers are short sheeting, ice water in the shower, drawing faces on a sleeping fellow camper, and getting the counselors.

Camp Prank One: Short Sheeting a Bed

Short sheeting a bed has been a long-standing tradition of campers. They untuck the top flat sheet. Then pulled half way down the cot or bunk and retucked in. When the fellow camper crawls into bed when "lights out" has been called, they will find they are unable to pull the sheet up on themselves. This has always created a bedtime stir for all the campers. The short sheeted camper finds it not amusing while the rest of their bunkmates roll with laughter.

Camp Prank Two: Ice Water in The Shower

Ice water in the shower is one prank that isn't used very often. Many campers find it too cruel to do because they don't want it done to themselves. Those who do throw ice water on other campers while taking a shower will do it to one who is a good sport with getting pranked. They also know the person will find a way to retaliate. To give a good spirit camper an added kick to their shower, fill a one gallon bucket with ice and add water. Throw the bucket of ice water over the top of the shower door onto the person. The shock of the cold ice water will send out a screech of a scream from the showering person. Sometimes, the showering camper will open the shower door, turn the shower head at the perpetrators getting them back in the process.

Camp Prank Three: Drawing Faces on a Sleeping Camper

During the afternoon, some campers will take a nap due to being tired from late night activities or just to rest during down time. Drawing a face on the face of a sleeping camper with an ink pen has been one of the other favorites of pranking a camper. Draw open eyes very gently on the eyelids of the napping camper and add dots randomly on the camper's face. Other features, such as adding a mustache or a mouth can be done. Lipstick can be used instead of an ink pen, especially on a male camper.

Camp Prank Four: Getting the Counselors

Counselors are more often the targets of camp pranks than the actual campers. The number of pranks that they can pull on a counselor is endless. Not to mention any of the pranks mentioned can be pulled on a counselor. However, some best pranks are ones that the counselor and the campers will remember for a long time.

Mess in the Bed: Version One

One prank that they can pull on a counselor is the mess in the bed. At many camps, there are plenty of leaves, limbs, rocks, and other outside things (no critters allowed unless it's a fake one) that can be put in the sheets of the bunk the counselor sleeps in. Many campers will bring fake snakes, spiders, and lizards to add to the limps, rocks, dirt, and leaves found at the camp.

Mess in the Bed: Version Two

The second version of the mess in the bed can be rather gross and messy, but it is all in good fun. Often campers have pulled the covers back on the counselor's bunk and have placed mustard, ketchup, shaving cream, whipped cream, gummy bears or worms, peanut butter, and other various goofy foods at the foot area of the bed. The counselor most often doesn't notice until they climb into bed for the evening. Sometimes, this gooey mess has been placed either under the pillow or in the pillow case.

With either of these two versions of a mess in the bed, a good camp counselor will bring extra bedding with them to camp for such pranks. After all, the counselors are expecting some kind of prank from their campers.

Many more pranks are similar in nature that can be pulled during a stay at any church, girl scout, boy scout, or other kids camp. Even on occasion adults will pull such pranks for fun.