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Need a swap for your camping adventure? Make an easy marshmallow pin using twigs found at your campsite and pony beads.

The Crazy Moose Song is a kid favorite at group events for Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, Y-Guides, Y-Princess groups, and more.

This two-part skit needs about six kids, who form a circle around an invisible blanket, with a small invisible guy (Bruce) who sits in the middle of the invisible blanket and gets tossed in the air.  It's an easy to remember skit for kids of all ages.

The Candy Shop Skit is good for groups of 4 or more kids, and is real easy for young kids to remember.  Like many skits, the punchline targets the 2 volunteers from the audience.

The Bus Driver Skit is a fun and easy skit, and is good for a big group of kids.

Taking place in a waiting room at a hospital, you'll need 4 people for this skit.  This is an easy skit to remember for younger children.

This is a short, but funny skit for boys and girls of all ages.  You'll need 6-7 kids for this airplane skit.

The Invisible Bench Skit is an easy to remember skit for young children.  You need at least 4 children for this one.

One of the most challenging aspects of leading a kid's group (whether it's Y-Princess or Guides, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, or others) is having to come up with a skit for an event such as a talent show, a camping trip, or a kid's camp.  Read on for some tips on helping the kids plan and develop their skit.

What do you do when starting a new Y-Guides or Y-Princess Tribe?  We provide some tips, ideas, and guidelines to help you get things started.  We also provide you with some details on conducting your monthly Pow Wows.

Once you join the Y-Princess or Y-Guides Program with your child, there are a few things you'll need to do to get yourself up to speed.  The first thing is to find a leather vest for you and your kids.  The other is to start planning for a craft project when you host an event.  Read on for some online stores.

Native Americans loved playing all sorts of games.  Some were very strenuous, such as archery, horse racing, football, and lacrosse.  But they also had games of chance that were not so strenuous, but still a great deal of fun to play.  We've included a sampling of both types of games for you to try with your groups of children.

When people come together for the first time, there's usually a period of uneasiness or apprehension.  Therefore it's important that activities be planned for the first group meeting.  These activities should be geared to help them get acquainted and comfortable.  Mixer materials, name games, and other "icebreakers," such as the following can be adapted to groups of any size.

Games can be used to create fun and enjoyment for children in group situations.  Games can help build an atmosphere of relaxed togetherness when children are experiencing new and challenging adventures, whether it's a new camping trip or introduction to a new group such as Y-Guides/Princesses, Girl Scouts, or Cub Scouts.  We provide you with tips to help make your games a good experience for everyone.

The Boom Chicka Boom song is one of those songs we have to sing at every camp-out.  In fact, my kids sing it in the car, in the house, while playing handball.  It just never gets old...ok maybe a little.

Making a compass to find magnetic north or south (depending on where you live) can be fun and educational for your kids.  It's great for girl scouts, cub scouts, or y-princess or guides, and really gets them thinking about the different items that can be used to make a compass.

This is the ultimate camp song where the camp leaders (or y-princess chiefs) are called up to the front.  It's a great closer when the leaders are already up on stage, and you're getting ready to close it down for the night.  Sometimes referred to as the rooster song.

This is one of those songs you can sing at our monthly Y-Princess  or Girl Scout meetings and camping events; and the kids sing it on the playground a lot.

This is a camp-standard song that the kids love.  It's almost a sin not to include this in every camp-out.

This is the closing song at each of the Y Princess monthly meetings and sometimes the campouts.  It's probably the easiest song, but one our tribe can never remember.

Not so crafty but need a craft project for a group of kids?  Your first thought may be to stop by your local craft store and purchase a ready-made craft kit.  Great idea, although it may not be the best idea...depending on the age of the kids.

This is a great project for kids up to 12 years old.  It's a homemade version of those large sticks that sound like rain when you turn them over. 

Like many fathers, I got involved in the Y-Princess Tribe (formerly known as Indian Princess) organization with my daughter.  How could I not; it's one of those things we're always told our daughters will never forget, from the frost-bitten toes at winter camp (apparently because dad forgot thick socks) to the rolling out of the cot and under the tent into the cold of night (definitely not my fault; at least I dragged her back in before it started pouring).

Beyond the memories it creates, I ended growing as much as my daughter through the experience.  I started off as an over-protective father (nicknamed "Marlin" by the tribe...as in Nemo the movie) who evolved into kind-of a normal dad. Two years into the tribe, we came to an impasse:  we couldn't find a dad that would volunteer to be chief the following year.  As any good marlin would do, I volunteered for chiefdom the next year.