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We’ve found 182 activities:
Cook camp stove doughnuts
Set up your stoves and rustle up some delicious doughy delights.
30 mins
Indoors
Try using a flint and steel
Learn how to make fire with a fire steel and cook a tasty snack.
45 mins
Outdoors
Make tin can pancakes
Make your own mini stove and whip up a batch of delicious but tiny pancakes.
30 mins
Indoors
Is your patrol ready to roll?
Learn what to look for as you check your kit to see that it’s in a fit state before your next adventure.
25 mins
Indoors
Keep your kit fit
Learn what to look for when checking and using any equipment before setting out on your next adventure.
30 mins
Indoors
Fishing
Fall for this peaceful pastime, hook, line and sinker, as we explore lakes, rivers and the sea for the catch of the day.
5 hrs
Outdoors
I’m hooked
Time to fish through your contacts list, as we invite along an expert to help everyone prepare for a group fishing trip.
1 hr
Outdoors
Port pilots
Use sound to get around, as we look at the nautical navigation of tricky tides, coursing currents and packed ports.
Supported by
Trinity House
30 mins
Indoors
Whipping into shape
Look after your rope and it’ll look after you. Learn how to care for the ends of rope with whippings and splices.
Supported by
Trinity House
45 mins
Indoors
Plan your camp menu
Work together to decide what you’d like to eat and design your ideal camp menu.
40 mins
Indoors
Learn to prune trees and bushes
Look before you lop and treat some trees with a trip to the barbers.
Supported by
Generation Green
45 mins
Outdoors
Make astronaut pudding
Cook up something out of this world that an astronaut might enjoy, as we look at life on the ISS.
Supported by
UK Space Agency
45 mins
Indoors
Ice climbing
Learn how to keep your cool during a sub-zero climbing adventure.
1 hr
Indoors
Make your own flip books
Make flipbooks that tell the story of all the adventures you’ve been on with your group.
2 hrs
Indoors
Safety whilst climbing
How do you look after equipment? Lean how to stay safe once your feet leave the ground.
1 hr 10
Indoors
Okay, no way!
Look at adventure dos and don’ts in this game, as we try to reduce the impact of our activities.
10 mins
Indoors
Easy earth ovens
Boost your backwoods cooking repertoire (and impress your friends) with this ancient cooking technique.
2 hrs
At camp
International health hazards
Inspect infections and highlight hazards as we take a look at some global threats to our health.
45 mins
Indoors
When disaster strikes
Look into a recent extreme weather event or seismic hazard and explore how people help put things back together again.
45 mins
Indoors
Micro:bit campfire music
Teach your micro:bit a tune, ready for your next campfire.
Supported by
Raspberry Pi Foundation
45 mins
Indoors
Radio Wright brothers
Be like Wilbur and Orville, as you build from a blueprint, while your team describes what it looks like.
Supported by
The Royal Air Force (RAF)
30 mins
Indoors
What floats your boat?
Get your science ship-shape before taking to the high seas, as we look at how we make boats buoyant.
Supported by
Rolls-Royce
45 mins
Indoors
Campfire admirers
Scout out the science of the perfect campfire to create something worthy of the hall of flame.
Supported by
Rolls-Royce
2 hrs
Outdoors
Cook for change
Cook up a storm, then bring your community together to share a meal and chat about how to end homelessness for good.
4 hrs
Indoors
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