Playing with Food at Summer Camp

Since I was in 5th grade, I'd go to 4-H summer camp for a week each summer. I liked it so much that the past few summers I've been a counselor for my county's week. Ever since I can remember at the end of each week of camp we have what we call 'Kangaroo Court.' During Kangaroo Court each counselor gets accused of something silly that happened during the week. In the end, everyone ends up guilty and we are 'punished' by the campers.

Usually what happens is each cabin is assigned to 'punish' a counselor and they always punish the counselor by bringing substances to put in the counselors' hair so they can perform 'makeovers.' Of these substances, they usually include food. This past summer was one of the worst. The cabin that was assigned to punish me decided to bring chunky peanut butter to put in my hair. I remember that I was trying to get away from all the campers chasing after me with globs of peanut butter in their hands but in the end, they won and I lost. Other yummy things I found in my hair were whipped cream, mouthwash, toothpaste, and mashed bananas.

Afterwords the counselors sprint to the showers to get everything out of their hair and off their bodies. I remember last year I had to shampoo my hair five times just to get everything out. Five times! Sometimes to get everything off easier, some people would go up to the lake and swim in it for a while so once they got to the showers most of it would be off. Even though all of this sounds crazy and kind of gross, it's really alot of fun and a tradition I will miss not being a counselor this summer. This event truly gives meaning to the statement "playing with your food."