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We’ve found 206 activities:
Make teddy space helmets
Help your favourite teddy turn into an astronaut and get ready for their space adventure.
Supported by
UK Space Agency
50 mins
Indoors
Try making sun prints
Understand the power of the sun and what sunlight is, then create artwork using the sun’s energy.
30 mins
Outdoors
Go fishing for plastic pollution
Try this fun activity to learn about water pollution and sort the rubbish from the recycling.
45 mins
Indoors
Try the Beat the Heat experiment
Discover how different colours absorb heat in this fun experiment with water
1 hr
Outdoors
Go wild with wind power
Learn about wind and wind energy, then test how powerful wind can be.
40 mins
Indoors
Explore different water worlds
Create miniature water worlds, then explore the water cycle.
1 hr
Indoors
Try an ice-speriment!
Learn about rising sea levels with this frozen experiment and try to melt the ice cubes.
1 hr
Indoors
Make climate change posters
Create posters that champion a better world, locally and globally.
1 hr
Indoors
Show off your YouShape Cardboard City
Based on everything’s that’s been planned, led and explored in your Cardboard City, decide how you will represent your experience.
1 hr
Indoors
Build a YouShape cardboard city
Bring your ideas to life by making cardboard city scape.
1 hr
Indoors
Plan a YouShape cardboard city
Plan a cardboard city, learn about maps and think about your YouShape award.
1 hr
Indoors
YouShape idea circles
Circles are a great way for everyone to share their ideas about your Squirrels YouShape Award Theme.
30 mins
Indoors
Create YouShape photo frames
Decorate some photo frames and be inspired to learn more about your favourite thing.
45 mins
Indoors
Create a YouShape art gallery
Put together an amazing art event to showcase the different outcomes of your YouShape Award experience.
1 hr
Indoors
Go on a YouShape nature walk
Head out on a nature walk and let the world around us make you feel inspired.
1 hr
Outdoors
YouShape Roleplay
Let imaginations run wild in this roleplay activity to spark ideas for your YouShape Award.
1 hr
Indoors
Represent your YouShape Award
Based on everything’s that’s been planned, led and explored in the YouShape Award, decide how you will represent your experience.
1 hr
Indoors
Tell your Youshape Award Story
Create a story using the things that have so far inspired the group and their YouShape Award.
30 mins
Indoors
Learn about fantastic flowers
Explore how flowers help to make life on Earth possible, then make some seed art.
30 mins
Indoors
Play Microplastic Mayhem
Learn about microplastics, then play a game to protect the whales from plastic.
20 mins
Indoors
Cook campfire apples
Cook up a tasty dessert or snack with these baked apple treats.
35 mins
Outdoors
Roll and write
Get ready to roll and write a story planned by the dice.
20 mins
Indoors
Play YouShape ladders
Race a friend when your hear your word in the story, then create your own story to get ideas for a youth-led programme.
45 mins
Indoors
Make a Lion King inspired Pride Rock
Be inspired by Disney's The Lion King as you paint your own version of Pride Rock for your community
1 hr
Outdoors
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