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We’ve found 95 activities:
Learn about wudu
Learn water conservation through Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) teachings and practical ways to save water in daily life.
35 mins
Outdoors
Pride quilts
Learn about an important part of LGBTQ+ history and try making your own quilt as a group.
45 mins
Indoors
Play our Scouts through time quiz
Run a quick quiz to help young people learn about what Scouts was like in the past and get their ideas their future Scouts experiences.
45 mins
Indoors
Paint Pride pebbles
Share your Pride with your local community by making some painted pebbles.
45 mins
Indoors
LGBTQ+ history quiz
Test your knowledge of LGBTQ+ history in this quick quiz.
30 mins
Indoors
Make a card for a friend
Create a card to thank someone for being a great friend.
Supported by
Hobbycraft
30 mins
Indoors
Right hero for the right job
Channel the Marvel Avengers, and design a task for younger sections and help them work as a team to solve it.
1 hr 30
Indoors
Try a Marvel Black Widow inspired agility test
Navigate lasers like a Marvel Avenger in this agility team game
1 hr 30
Indoors
Make T'Challa's Kimoyo beads
Make your own Kimoyo beads bracelet.
1 hr
Indoors
Have a sleeping bag rolling race
Test how well you can put a sleeping bag back in its bag in this quick and easy game.
40 mins
Indoors
Play data backers
Learn about backing up your data by taking on this fun challenge.
30 mins
Indoors
Make and decorate a good deeds jar
Learn about some of the values in Islam, such as kindness, honesty and compassion, then make a good deed jar.
45 mins
Indoors
The Great Escape of Ellen and William Craft Treasure hunt
Take part in a treasure hunt to follow the Craft’s daring escape to freedom.
1 hr 30
At camp
Make an ‘I Have A Dream’ collage
Learn about Dr Martin Luther King Jr, then make a collage of your hopes for the future
1 hr
Indoors
Discover Muslim inventors
Play this fun game and discover remarkable inventions by Muslim inventors during the Golden Age, from medicine, engineering and astronomy.
1 hr
Indoors
Make your own jigsaw puzzle
Learn about the history of jigsaw puzzles, then make your own.
1 hr
At camp
Learn about black holes
Learn more about these space mysteries with this quick and easy activity.
1 hr
Indoors
Step forward, step back
Work together to complete a ‘digital health check’ with this fun game.
10 mins
Outdoors
Bake campfire bannock bread
Make some traditional camp bread over a campfire, using this quick and simple recipe.
30 mins
At camp
Play try time
Try playing this classic wide game and see who can bring back the ball without being caught.
Supported by
England Rugby (The RFU)
30 mins
Outdoors
Learn about the history of Scouts
Read a story, listen for your key word, then race a friend through the ladder.
45 mins
Indoors
Try gauze weaving from Gaza
Try making some gauze out of cotton and find out about its history.
1 hr
Indoors
Play 40:40
Play the classic game of hide and seek, with a race back to base. It’s also known as Scatter and 123 Home.
35 mins
Outdoors
Make campfire fajitas
Try cooking up these fun fajitas for your next camp meal
1 hr
At camp
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