A campout is a little different from a regular meeting. You will have some extended time to work on activities and it's also important to give the kids time to free play. This is a general plan for a weekend campout, but you can obviously tweak it depending on what is available where you are camping.
Friday Night
Families arrive and set up tents, everyone on their own for dinner
Encourage Otters to help their families set up their campsites before dashing off to play with their friends
Saturday
Sunday
Flag and Morning Announcements
Breakfast & Lunch Prep
On Sunday, we send people home with sack lunches so we prepare the lunch stuff at the same time as breakfast, then have everyone make their lunches right after they eat. That way we only have to clean up once and parents can pack up the kitchen during activity time.
Morning Activity Time
Generally this is a shorter block of time so that people have a chance to pack up their stuff. You can use it to review the weekend's activities and ask the Otters what they liked.
Ask the Otters what they did to be helpful this weekend. What are some other ways they can help at camp?
Flag and Final Announcements
Families Pack Up
Group Sweep of Camp & Clean Up