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We’ve found 182 activities:
Share a story
Create your own books to tell your community about the lives of refugees and displaced children.
1 hr
Indoors
Vlog or blog for better mental health
Share your thoughts and experiences to raise awareness and share ideas about looking after your wellbeing.
4 hrs
Indoors
Make your own bath bombs
Butcher, baker, bath bomb maker! Look into the chemistry of clean and make some brilliant bath bombs from bicarb.
Supported by
Rolls-Royce
30 mins
Indoors
Telescopic creations
Use simple materials to make a telescope then look into the sky and discover the stars.
30 mins
Indoors
Create a star map
Work together to make a glow-in-the-dark map of the stars, and discover what stars can be seen all over the world.
50 mins
Indoors
The amazing library race
You’ll have to work together to complete the challenges in this library orienteering game.
1 hr 30
Indoors
Hybrid heroes
Share your own stories, then work together to draw heroes and act out their adventures.
1 hr
Indoors
Culinary countdown
It’s time to get cooking, and the clock’s ticking, but you’ll have to work in your pairs to over-come the kitchen complications.
1 hr 30
Indoors
Clean screen machine
You’ll only be able to look where you’re going if you can check and refill the windscreen wash bottle of a car.
10 mins
Outdoors
Break the ice
Stay cool as we learn how to stay safe in cold and icy waters.
25 mins
Indoors
Can the stain take the strain?
Which substance makes the best stain remover? Look for laundry lifesavers among some ordinary household products.
30 mins
Indoors
Mirror me: the cool down
Wind down and stretch it out after some strenuous sport, as we find out how to relax our bodies after using them.
10 mins
Indoors
Skipping skills
Jump into three challenges and keep an eye on the rope, as we look at the benefits of hopping, skipping and jumping.
20 mins
Indoors
The restaurant of home comforts
Invite family and friends to share in a night of feasting and storytelling. What will you cook?
1 hr 30
At camp
Sitting safely by a campfire
How can people enjoy campfires in the wild without damaging surroundings? Listen to the poem, then craft your own verses about fire-safety.
10 mins
Indoors
Expedition nutrition
Keep your mind and body fuelled up for a four-day expedition, as we look at how to prepare nutritious meals in advance.
30 mins
Indoors
The price is right
Find the price tag that fits your food as we look at how much our everyday groceries cost.
30 mins
Indoors
Campfire director
Lights, campfire, action! Direct your campfire like Scorsese to make sure your group has a night to remember.
45 mins
At camp
It takes two
Team up and confound the group by correctly guessing their chosen card… without seeing it!
1 hr
Indoors
Bake foraged blackberry crumble
Forage for some brilliant blackberries and create a fantastic fruity crumble.
50 mins
Outdoors
Insides out
Investigate digestion in the intestine as we take a close-up look at where our grub goes.
50 mins
Indoors
Supermarket bingo
Set out on a shop-floor search for some healthy hidden gems, as we look at how easy it is to find foods we need every day.
50 mins
At a centre
Perfect pizzas
Get a pizza the action while you cook these Italian classics.
50 mins
Indoors
Find food
Become hunter-gatherers as you track down the tasty treats in this food-themed word-search.
30 mins
Indoors
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