ACTIVITIES:

Compass Activity - Credit Unknown - transferred from lds-yw files
The Iron Rod Experience by Gina Prisbrey 
We did this at Girl's Camp, after we came back from our hike. We had two small wading pools, filled with warm water and a foot scrub, While half of us soaked our piggies, the other half did a basic oatmeal and olive oil facial. We had cucumber slices for our eyes. Each girl was given a folded washcloth tied with ribbon, they were folded with a pocket in the front containing a facial "recipe book" with facials for different types of skin, and a white rubber Young Women bracelet with flowers in pastel value colors. Meanwhile back at the foot soak, there was lotion for our feet and polish to do pedicures. All the while we had a CD of relaxing spa type music playing. The girls loved it so much that we are making it an after hike camp tradition. (Idea by Peggy Adams)

AGE:

The General Young Women Board has said that in order for a girl to attend YW camp, she should either be 12 or will be going into 7th grade in the fall.

CAMP JOURNAL:

Girl's Camp Journal by Jennifer Adams

CAMP PRANKS:

Camp Pranks from www.lds-yw.com

CANDY BAR WRAPPERS:

Girls Camp 1
Girls Camp 2
Girls Camp 3
Girls Camp 4

CERTIFICATIONS:

YW Girl's Camp Certifications by Tammy Mazzaferro

CLIPART:

Camp Tent
Clipart of girl starting a camp fire

CRAFT IDEAS:

Craft Ideas
Have the girls decorate a 5 gallon bucket.  Put padding on one side so they can use it as a seat and the inside as a storage area for camp book, song book, crafts and/or snacks.  You could even reuse the same bucket year after year and add beads to the handle showing how many years attended or writing each years theme on the bucket. 
Ribbon and Washer Necklace

DECORATING:

Decorating Girls Camp with Princess Theme

FOOD IDEAS:

Campout Recipes

FORMS:

Camp Rules by Jennifer Adams
Medical Information and Release Form by Jennifer Adams

FUNDRAISER IDEAS:

Cookie Dough Fundraiser by Tiffany Kennedy

GAMES:

Camp Games
Girls Camp First Aid Certification Bingo (by Shelley Clines - transferred from lds-yw files)
 

GIRLS CAMP THEMES:

10 Virgins Theme
2000 Stripling Warriors
2001 Space Odyssey
A colorful camping experience
A Great Resource for Girls Camp Ideas
Able to Stand - Click here for Scripture Study Guide for this camp
All that glitters is not gold
Anchor of Hope
Anchor Yourself in Safe Waters
Angels Among Us
Back to the Future
Be all that you can bee!
BOOT or ARMY Camp Theme
B.U.G.S. - Building Up Gospel Standards
By their fruits
Camp 1998 - Turning Hearts to the Family
Camp-a-lot!
Camp Ideas and fun from Christy's Clipart
Camp Restoration
Candyland - Something Wonderful and Sweet
Come to Camp-O-Lot : Where Dreams Begin
Daughters of Light
D.E.A.R. Camp - Drop Everything and Read
Everyway Heroes
Field of Dreams
F.R.O.G. - Fully Rely on God
Following in his footsteps
Friendship Circle
Girls Camp Ideas
Go for the Gold
Hearts and Souls under Construction
Heroes of the Heart
Hold your torch high
Honey Bee Resort (based off President Hinckley's six B's)
It's a Jungle Out There
Jungle Camp Theme
Keeping with the Trek (Pioneer Theme)
Let your minds be higher
Light the fire from within
Like a Lighthouse
Lots of great camp ideas
Major Leagues
Millennial Bugs
Mission Possible
Mission X
M.M. Heaven Bound
Oh, the places you'll go....
Olympic Theme Activity / Camp
On Safari, Searchin' for Heaven
Once Upon a Time from Jenny Smith
Once Upon a Time from YW Connection
Princess Themed Girls Camp
Quest for the Best
Round Up Ranch Theme
Ship Camp Theme
Shoot for the Stars
S.O.S. - Source of Strength
Sweet Is The Work
The Road to Virtue
To know 'ewe' is to love 'ewe'
Treasure Seekers (pirates)
Tribes of Truth
United we Stand
Unity in the Hive
You are from a royal family
You Can Make The Pathway Bright

HANDOUTS:

Handouts and Treats from Young Women Connection

MUSIC:

Camp Song Book by Jen Adams
Camp Songs (Midi Files)

OTHER:

Bedtime Stories by Shirlyn Jones
Camp Awards
Camp Caper Fun
Camp Correlations Page 1, Camp Correlations Page 2 - by Ann Heiner (transferred from lds-yw files)
Camp Mailboxes by Krysta McClure
Camp Theme Ideas from the Book of Mormon
Edible Camp Fire and More - by Paula Anglin - fire safety ideas
Friendship Fire
Fruity First Aid - Teaching first aid using fruit
Fun Camp Pranks
Getting chores done at camp
Girls Camp Handbook/Manual - There is a new (June 2007) Young Women's Camp Guide that is to be used in conjunction with the Handbook.  Click here for a copy of it (pdf file).
Instead of dying the shirts, we used colored shirts and removed the dye with bleach. With tape or stickers, the girls made designs on the t-shirts and with supervision by using spray bottles with bleach in them to remove the color. They come out very nicely. I wonder how the new bleach pens would work?? (Idea by Cheryl Redner)  
Iron Rod Experience from Latter-Day Village
Large Group Attention Getters
Morale Boosters
Outdoor Cooking with a Reflector Oven
Punch Card Certification - We're borrowing an idea from another stake.  Each YW has a lanyard around her neck with a clear plastic pocket. This will contain the day's schedule in brief, so no more "we didn't know what was going on" stuff. We're going to hook their cert punch card to the lanyard. When they go through their cert rotations, they get a punch for each completed cert. This is visual, this is a real measure of where they are and what woman doesn't like to get all her little holes punched? (okay, a few, but we'll work on that.) They'll turn in their cards the last night of camp so we can get the certificates/badges prepared to give out our last day during closing ceremonies. (Credit Unknown)
S'Mores and More
Sample Itinerary from Wansdsworth Stake
Solo - a great poem and activity to do before Solo
Some Unity activities from Young Women Connection
Sweet Camp Treats
Testimony Meetings - "Without a Doubt"
The 10 commandments of Camp - (Credit Unknown) transferred from lds-yw files
Tuck-in Treats
We actually waterproof matches every year at camp. We melt crayons instead of clear wax and do the value colors. We collect film containers for the YW to store them in. We just use old cans and melt them on a camp stove. You do need to be careful about spilling the wax. It works great every year though. (Idea by Roxie)
We have what is called the "snickers" box and some slips of paper next to it. When a girl sees another girl do something funny they put write it down on the paper and put it in the box. They get to take a mini snickers for adding to the box. Then, every night, we read the "snickers" and vote on who has the best one and that person receives a giant Snickers candy bar. It is one of the highlights of the night. (Idea by Kerry)
Young Women Retreat - Fishers of Men (Credit Unknown - transferred from lds-yw files)

POEMS:

Poem on Unity for Girl's Camp from Latter-Day Village

PRODUCTS YOU CAN BUY:

Jiffy Shirts - Get T-shirts and sweatshirts real cheap for camp

PROGRAMS:

Keepers of the Flame - a presentation of Book of Mormon prophets and record keepers that pass down the sacred records from Nephi all the way to Joseph Smith, and then it is passed to the Young Women. (Credit Unknown - transferred from lds-yw files)
Parable of the 10 Virgins from Latter-Day Village
Women of Faith Stand for Truth and Righteousness from Latter-Day Village

SECRET SISTER IDEAS:

Secret Sister Ideas
Secret Wards (instead of Secret Sisters)
We have used empty #10 cans, painted them and nailed them to a 2X4 in rows and that is their mail box. The girls decorate the lids with their names on them. Some years we put them next to their tents and other years we've put them all together near the cooking area.  We used the same ones over and over each year and painted them to go with whatever theme we were using.  For example the year our theme was "We Are All Enlisted" we put them all together and painted them camouflage.  The year we were Bee'utiful we painted them yellow and put them in a beehive shape.  A great thing about these is there is so little cost.  We just asked the RS if anyone had empty cans we could have and them we bought new lids.   By the way they are nailed to the board though the bottom so they are lying sideways.  (Idea by Lori Terril / ga05172007)

SKITS:

Camp Skits
Camp! Camp. Camp?
Skits and Programs
Young Women Values Pageant Skit
(by Joyal Gasper, Kona, Hawaii Stake) We just finished camp this past weekend and I was in charge of the skits. The theme for this year's Young Women's Camp was 'Wonder Women of the Scriptures'. So each ward was given an empty trash bag so that they could go back to their campsite areas to collect props for the skits. The skit was a commercial to 'sell' a gospel principle to the world. What made it interesting was that they wouldn't know what they were getting because we exchanged the bags among the wards'. Here is the poem that went with the bag:

Pick a bag, fill it up *
We'll have a skit after sup.
Ten minutes to prepare, four minutes to deliver
Use your wonder women powers to be a giver
In a commercial skit to save the world,
You will 'sell' a gospel principle to every girl.

Let's have a little more fun
By swapping bags when you come.
So look for Sister Gaspar for a number
And see what spotlight you will be under.

* You may use anything from your campsite (including personal items-it'll be returned). Please feel free to use things of nature and appropriate music if available.

WEBSITES:

Mormon Chic
Young Women Camp - Church Website
Young Women Connection - Girls Camp Ideas

YAHOO GROUPS:

LDS Girls Camp Leaders - A wonderful resource!