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We’ve found 206 activities:
Book Repair Hospital
Become junior Book Doctors and help repair poorly books through teamwork, role play, and creativity!
Supported by
Twinkl
1 hr
Indoors
Flower Bookmarks
Create colourful bookmarks and explore nature and creativity.
Supported by
Twinkl
1 hr
Indoors
Make a natural collage
Make a collage using natural materials you've found around your meeting place.
45 mins
Outdoors
Play shrinking habitat
This game’s all about how habitats are shrinking and how this impacts the animals that live in them.
Supported by
Nattergal
20 mins
Outdoors
Go forest bathing
Spending time among trees has huge benefits to our mental well being, so take time to sit and listen to nature.
Supported by
Nattergal
40 mins
Outdoors
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
Make a YouShape moodboard
Create a fun moodboard to get young people's ideas of what they like in Scouts and what they want to do next.
1 hr
Indoors
Rocket racers
Ready, set, blast off! Create and launch rockets while learning about space.
Supported by
UK Space Agency
1 hr
At camp
Make a plastic bottle lid mosaic
Collect plastic bottle lids, then put them together to turn them into art.
1 hr
Indoors
Play our game
Use technology to create connections by making and sharing an instruction video.
1 hr
Indoors
Three-legged obstacle course
Team up, stay in sync and race to victory in this test of coordination and teamwork!
15 mins
Indoors
Make planets from nature
Create Earth out of natural materials, then invent your very own planet!
Supported by
UK Space Agency
50 mins
Outdoors
Play Space Explorers
Blast off to space to learn more about the planets in this energetic game, based on Captain's Coming.
Supported by
UK Space Agency
10 mins
Indoors
Try the oil spill clean-up challenge
Learn about water pollution by trying to tidy up after a mini oil spill.
1 hr
Outdoors
Marshmallow constellations
Discover the constellations in the night’s sky and make them out of a sweet treat to show everyone else.
40 mins
Indoors
Green hearts
Go green and share your ideas for the environment with this fun craft.
20 mins
Indoors
Play Treetop Twist
Learn about all the different parts of a tree in this quick, fun, Captain Coming’s style game.
40 mins
Indoors
Make a YouShape clay model
Let everyone build on their YouShape Award theme with this clay play
40 mins
Indoors
Make an apple bird feeder
Feed the bird with this super quick and easy activity.
45 mins
Outdoors
Make your own Galo de Barcelos
Explore the story behind Portugal’s famous rooster, then craft your own masterpiece!
30 mins
At home
Paint Azulejo tiles
Unleash your creativity while exploring the vibrant art of Portugal’s iconic tiles.
30 mins
Indoors
Hide and seek
Play the well-known wide game, Hide and Seek, then try some of our variations.
45 mins
Outdoors
Fizzing fruits
Add a tasty twist to a classic experiment. A fruit skin volcano then a smoothie – what’s not to love?
20 mins
Indoors
Make eco-friendly slime
Cook up an environmentally friendly version of this gloopy gunk.
45 mins
Indoors
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