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Black Bear Lake campers play their way with a unique and innovative Elective Program allowing your child to choose the activities they want. Every Monday, you and your camper select electives online for the following week. Campers have the option to choose the same electives as the previous week or try something completely new! They may choose all sport electives, all fine art, or any combination imaginable. From favorites like gaga or science, cooking or lake waterpark, choices will provide your child with a variety of new experiences sure to create a lasting memory.
Black Bear Lake Campers Play Their Way!
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Baseball
Black Bear has two regulation size Baseball fields for your camper to enjoy. Our facilities include batting cages, bullpens, dugouts, and our baseball clubhouses to hang out in and cool down.
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Baseball Clinic
Our Baseball Clinic elective is a great activity to choose if you want to improve throwing, catching, fielding, hitting, and running. Use our extensive facility to be the next best MLB player.
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Baseball Pitching
During this elective, our experienced staff will help your camper improve their pitching mechanics. Did you know that there are starter pitchers, relief pitchers, lefty specialist, setup man and even the closer pitcher? What kind of pitcher are you?
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Basketball
Two custom courts, a professional scoreboard, and equipment is just the beginning for your camper to enjoy a friendly game of Basketball. Our outstanding coaches add the finishing touches by teaching you what an Alley-oop or block out means.
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Basketball Clinic
For those of you who love the game of basketball, or simply want to improve your dribbling, enhance your ball handling, even practicing passing. Some may want to practice their jump shots, layups, or free throws. See you on the Court!
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BBL Camp Show
Join the cast of Black Bear Lake’s Camp Show under the direction of our talented Drama Specialists!
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Creative Crafts
Our Craft Specialists will guide your camper in creating beautiful and unique craft projects that can be proudly displayed in any room of your home! Projects include acrylic self-portraits, Paper Mache cat banks, bottle sculptures, lighted fairy mason jars, tie dye t-shirts and so much more!
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Culinary Arts
If your camper loves to cook, bake, and eat then this is an elective for them. Your camper will learn the proper way to use cooking utensils and the handling of food. What is SAFE and what is NOT! Get your apron and chef hat ready for this elective and become the next Top Chef!
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Drama
Our Drama Specialist will encourage campers to gain the confidence needed to speak in front of an audience using various techniques, including acting out scenes, learning improvisational skills, playing quick drama games and more.
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Extreme Laser Tag
Campers always enjoy the fun of tracking down their friends across our outdoors laser tag area. Using forts and nature to move into position for the perfect shot, this is one of camp’s oldest, most popular electives.
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Gymnastics
Camper’s FLIP for this elective. From a beginner to advanced gymnasts you are guaranteed to improve skills like round offs, cartwheel, back handsprings, or something simple like a bridge.
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Lake Waterpark
The Black Bear Lake Waterpark is a special activity! Utilizing our private 5-acre lake, campers enjoy our multi-element waterpark, bouncing on water trampolines, climbing across the Cliff, chasing each other around the Roundabout and crossing the monkey bars while staying cool all summer long.
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Science
Our awesome Science program promotes hands on exploration and learning through doing. Our diverse program includes the study of electricity and magnetism, engineering, sunlight and color, polymers, putty and gunk, and the ever-popular Slime week! Plus, Science enthusiasts will get a chance to show off their creativity while participating in our Science Fair.
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Soccer
Our regulation size soccer field is the perfect place for a great game of soccer!
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Soccer Clinic
Our regulation size soccer field is one of the most popular spots at camp! During Clinics, our staff will run drills to improve your camper’s fundamental soccer skills.
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Swim Instruction
Black Bear Lake is a wonderful place to learn how to swim! We follow the American Red Cross Swim program. When your child arrives at camp, they will be placed in the appropriate swim instruction group. Our staff will help your camper advance at their own place throughout the summer and we will send you progress updates.
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Trampolines
We are home to the Garden State Trampoline Academy and during the summer our campers enjoy the same level of instruction as team members. Our facility offers 4 in-ground Olympic size trampolines and a double mini trampoline. Campers will have a great time learning to flip, tumble and exercise at this activity!
Archery
Learn the skills of using a bow and arrow in target Archery.
Archery Tag
T.A.G You are out! This NEW elective is a combination of Dodge-ball and Laser Tag all into one game. The object of the game is to TAG your opponents before they TAG you!
BBL Boutique
You will have fun crafting and designing jewelry, accessories and more, plus get a pretty manicure with your choice of colors!
Beach Volleyball
Volleyball fun on our sand court!
Boating
Float around Black Bear Lake in our paddle boats, paddle boards, canoes, kayaks and more!
Cheerleading
Rah! Rah! Black Bear Lake-Rah! Elements of dance and acrobatics are combined with shouted slogans for some cheerleading fun!
Chess
Many campers enjoy learning how to play Chess at camp! Chess helps develop thinking skills and is fun to play with friends.
Collectible Cards
Have fun sharing and comparing trading cards with your friends!
Coloring Escapes
Enjoy coloring intricate designs while relaxing under our palm tree umbrellas on the beach.
Cricut
This NEW elective is the Next Level of crafting. This DYI elective allows you to put custom creative designs on t-shirts, canvas, water bottles, and tote bags.
Cross Country Training
Achieve your training goals before the Cross-Country season begins this Fall!
Cubing
How quickly can you solve a Rubik’s Cube? Twist and turn until you solve a multitude of puzzles in different shapes and sizes!
Dance
Learn a new dance from our talented Dance Specialist every week and perform it for the entire camp on Friday!
Dodgeball
One of the most popular kids’ sports and many campers enjoy playing at Black Bear Lake! It is a great game to enjoy some spirited competition!
Fantasy Baseball
Learn how to coach baseball, keep score, enter player stats and more under the guidance of our professional coaches.
Fishing
One of the most popular electives at camp, our campers catch and release hundreds of fish each summer. Our beautiful 5-acre lake is home to sunny, bass and catfish. From the shoreline or docks, campers enjoy making a big catch.
Flag Football
Flag Football has emerged as a fun and safe way to enjoy football without full contact!
Gaga
This extremely popular game is a fast paced, high energy sport played in an octagonal pit. Gaga is played with a soft foam ball, and combines the skills of dodging, running, and jumping, while trying to get your opponents out with a ball below the knee.
Horseback Riding
All skill levels welcome! Beginners will learn how to ride in our enclosed corral and have fun learning about grooming and care of our horses. The experienced rider will enjoy exploring our 10 beautiful scenic trails.
Kickball
Containing elements of soccer, softball and baseball, kickball is a game that can be played by any age.
Kindness Konnections
New for 2021! Details coming soon….
Lanyard
Learn all the coolest lanyard stitches with tons of colors to choose from!
Lego Land
Show off your creativity and originality in this fun and imaginative elective!
Library
Choose a book from our BBL Library to enjoy reading under our palm tree umbrellas on the beach!
Model Making
Construct car model kits, Laser Pegs and more in this creative elective!
Mountain Tubing
You will have a blast tubing down Black Bear Mountain on our cool slides!
Nine Square
Imagine the playground game of 4 square combined with volleyball on a sand court with multiple players, and you have the awesome game of Nine Square!
Outdoor Adventure
Rock Wall, Bungee Trampoline, Zip Line, and our Giant Swing all add up to Outdoor Adventure fun!
Pickle Ball
This paddle sport is a mix of tennis, racquetball and ping pong played with a plastic ball.
Pinewood Derby
Build your own mini car and race it on our awesome 6-track raceway!
Ping Pong
Grab a friend or two and enjoy the game also known as table tennis!
Pool Games
Enjoy fun pool games including water basketball, floating ping pong, water polo and more.
Pottery
Create beautiful, original pieces of artwork out of clay.
Rocketry
3…2…1… New and improved Rocketry will teach you the safety procedures, materials needed and proper way to launch your own rocket. Look out Space BBL Rockets are coming!
Scrap-booking
This NEW elective will teach your camper about brad clips, die cutting, punching, stickers, tags, or anything you can think of to spruce up your designs! Scrap-booking is a method of preserving, presenting, or arranging personal memorabilia.
SCUBA Diving, Skin Diving & Snorkeling
Professional SCUBA divers brought in from the Padi School will have you diving in our pools like a pro.
Set Design
Design, construct and paint the set of the Black Bear Lake summer spectacular production!
Spike Ball
This extremely popular game of “spiking” a ball into a small circular net is a combination of volleyball and 4-square.
Sports Rotation (Girls Only)
For girls who would like to participate in a variety of different sports throughout the week.
Swim Team
Practice and improve your strokes, racing, dives, and flip turns.
Tennis
Enjoy a great game of tennis on our 3 custom tennis courts.
Tennis Clinic
Learn the basics of tennis or refine your skill level under the guidance of our professional coaches.
Ultimate Frisbee
Combining the non-stop movement and athletic endurance of soccer with the aerial passing skills of football, ultimate frisbee is a great game to play with friends!
Wheel Throwing
Our professional artists will teach you how to create beautiful, original clay pieces of art on a potter’s wheel.
Wiffle Ball
This popular sport is similar to baseball but uses a plastic bat and ball.
Woodworking
Our Woodworking Specialist will guide you in creating beautiful pieces out of wood including birdhouses, shelves & more!
Yoga
Learn basic Yoga techniques. Namaste!