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We’ve found 95 activities:
Create a technology timeline
Find out how technology has changed over time and explore what might happen in the future.
20 mins
Indoors
Try our five pillars of Islam quiz
Work together to answer questions about Islam in this quiz challenge. Can you collect all five pillars?
30 mins
Indoors
Learn about the Black Stone
Explore a story of peace from Islam, with a teamwork balloon-balancing game.
30 mins
Indoors
Make your own cork prints
Carve some cork print blocks and learn knife skills in this creative activity.
Supported by
Victorinox
45 mins
Indoors
Rafting relays
It’s time to put the raft you built to the test. Which team will complete the challenge and get back first?
Supported by
Royal Navy
20 mins
On water
Smuggler’s treasure
Will the coastguard intercept the smugglers before the treasure reaches the pedlars, or will they get it back to base?
35 mins
Outdoors
Capture the flag
Try playing this classic wide game and see who can bring back the flag without being caught.
45 mins
Outdoors
Mae Jemison’s recycled rocket jet pack
Learn about Mae Jemison and build your own recycled rocket jet pack.
1 hr
Indoors
Learn about Rosa Parks
Discover about Rosa Parks’ story, learn how she helped the civil rights movement, then try craftivism.
1 hr
Indoors
Create spoon puppet superheroes
Choose someone who inspires you or a fictional character and create the perfect puppet.
1 hr
Indoors
Take on the chocolate mint face race challenge
Move the chocolate from your forehead to your mouth and see who can eat it first in this fun and messy game!
15 mins
Indoors
Play Equity Spaghetti
Work together to achieve a shared goal, and explore how it feels to be on the receiving end of differential treatment.
30 mins
Indoors
Discover how Scouts have always helped
Travel back in time to explore how Scouts have supported refugees and how their empathy to those in need has made a difference.
30 mins
Indoors
Try making different cardboard creations
Using only cardboard and your imagination, what can you build?
1 hr
Indoors
Designing solutions
See what you can build using online design tools and come up with creative solutions.
45 mins
At home
Welcome to Squirrel Scouts
Meet all your new Squirrel friends and learn what makes Squirrel Scouts special!
40 mins
Indoors
It’s a money old world
Learn about the history (and geography) of money, then choose a creative way to show how it’s changed over the years.
Supported by
HSBC UK
45 mins
At home
Make a house pledge
Look back at what you’ve done and make a pledge that’ll help end homelessness for good.
2 hrs
Indoors
Make ranovola
Whip up a refreshing glass of ranovola, a toasted rice treat from Madagascar.
20 mins
Indoors
Remembering the Guernsey evacuation
Find out about the events 80 years ago that shaped the history and people of the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the war.
30 mins
Indoors
Drie blikkies
Discover this traditional game from South Africa and work as a team to score the most points.
15 mins
Indoors
Who do you think Scouts are?
Learn about the history of the World Scout Movement, find out what it does today, and set your sights on its future.
15 mins
Online
Learn about affinity bias
Play the tag game and find out about the idea of affinity bias, then see what we all share in common.
20 mins
Indoors
Watch a film to celebrate Black History Month
Set up your screen and celebrate Black History Month by sharing a cinematic experience.
2 hrs
Indoors
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