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We’ve found 499 activities:
Create a fruit-salad solar system
Use the contents of your fruit bowl to demonstrate the staggering size of the planets in our solar system.
40 mins
Indoors
Hatter chatter
Use these handy prompts to kick-start a conversation about the skills needed, and rules required, for your chosen martial art.
10 mins
Indoors
Get your scoot on
Give scooting a go in this fun taster session.
40 mins
Indoors
Make tactile art
Create a piece of artwork you can explore with your hands.
45 mins
Indoors
Mystic biscuit moons
Observe the Moon, then recreate a much tastier version with a biscuit (or two).
35 mins
Indoors
Cook sausage smash
Try backwoods cooking, then work as a team to dish up a smashing meal in the great outdoors.
1 hr
Outdoors
Eye to I-Spy
Test your map reading skills and eye for detail by navigating a route and spotting things along the way.
50 mins
Outdoors
Ready, steady, cook-off
It’s time to show off your cooking skills! Make a delicious two-course meal with simple ingredients.
1 hr 20
Indoors
Bake or boil?
How do you like to cook your food? Learn about cooking methods, and match them with the foods you like to eat.
30 mins
Indoors
Zorbing
Zorbing comes in all shapes and sizes – choose your adventure and see where it’ll take you.
1 hr
Outdoors
Hazard maps
It’s time to be a safety inspector. Can you explore the basics of camp safety, and make sure everyone’s looked after?
1 hr
At camp
YouShape cool wall challenge
Where do different badges and activities belong on the cool wall? It’s up to your group to decide.
20 mins
Indoors
Sing some campfire songs
Create a campfire and then sing some fun songs around it.
45 mins
Outdoors
Grab it, bag it
See if you can pack your bag without taking someone else’s items. What do you need for different adventures?
30 mins
Indoors
Chariots of water
Practice knots and lashings, then test your skills by building chariots and racing them outdoors.
1 hr
Outdoors
Make shadow puppets
Build a shadow puppet theatre, create your puppets, and get ready to tell your story.
1 hr
Indoors
Build a recipe book stand
Practice using tools to make a useful wooden stand for holding books or devices.
1 hr
Indoors
Build teeny tiny twig rafts
Build a miniature raft with twigs and leaves, then set sail. Will yours float successfully away?
30 mins
Indoors
Make a pan flute
Make your own pan flute, and learn about the Inca Sun God and the festival of Inti Raymi.
40 mins
Indoors
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