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Welcoming messages
Send a welcoming message to young refugees and displaced children from around the world, to show them they are welcome in the UK.
1 hr
Indoors
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Make and play Yut Nori
Learn about a traditional Korean game, make the board and have a go at playing it with your friends.
45 mins
Outdoors
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70 things
Set yourself a 70 things challenge to represent the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
1 hr
Indoors
We’ve found 44 activities:
No capes!
Draw your very own superhero, pick their powers, and put them to work in the community.
30 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Advert icebreaker
Can you sneak a message into a conversation without others knowing in this group icebreaker?
20 mins
Indoors
Honey makes the world go round
Join your Bee-ver colony, go out foraging for nectar, and help out the other bees along the way.
15 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Dream camp
Work together to come up with the best – and worst – ideas for your dream camp.
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Web of life
Play a fun game to explore how the natural world is connected like a beautiful spider’s web.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Indoors
The evolution game
Break the ice with this rock, paper, scissors race and be the first to evolve.
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
River and bank
Put your reflexes to the test in this fun warm up game.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Noughts and crosses relay
Can you work together to win in an active team twist on a traditional game?
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Rush hour
Warm up and see how fast teams can move around without causing a jam.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Foxes and rabbits
Can the rabbits stay safely in the warren, or will the foxes catch them out?
10 mins
Outdoors
Express yourself
Practise being yourself and expressing your feelings with a fun game.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Out of sight
Can you work together and join forces to make your way around the hoops?
15 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Lost and found
Become reunited as quickly as you can by trusting your group when you can’t all see.
15 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
In the groove
Can you create a dance routine that has everyone’s favourite moves in?
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Fire ball
Work together and come up with a plan to keep the fire balls out of your space.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Red light, green light
Get hearts racing with this fast-paced traffic light warm up game.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Animal mirror
Stretch like an animal to calm down and relax.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Scattergories
Can you think of something no one else can? Try it out with this quick alphabet icebreaker.
10 mins
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Le capitaine arrive
Learn some basic French whilst playing this adapted version of Captain’s coming.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Drie blikkies
Discover this traditional game from South Africa and work as a team to score the most points.
15 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
The tag game
Use these quick games to introduce the idea of affinity bias and what we share in common, even when we’re different.
20 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Build your squad
Work together to guess your friends’ new identities and add them to your squad.
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Footgolf
Practise your aim as you kick a football across a course. Will you get a hole in one?
20 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Escape the jail
Get active and use teamwork and tactics to win in this socially distanced wide game.
15 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
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