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We’ve found 439 activities:
Write here, write now
Make it newsworthy and share a story you’re passionate about with the world.
Supported by
Generation Green
1 hr
Indoors
Run a JOTA-JOTI event
A unique opportunity to connect with Scouts all around the world by taking part in an international jamboree.
6 hrs
Indoors
Make your own chalk
Create your own chalk from cornflour using this easy recipe.
35 mins
Indoors
Make homemade hot air balloons
Find out how hot air balloons work by crafting your own and watching it fly up, up and away.
Supported by
The Royal Air Force (RAF)
30 mins
Indoors
Learn how to keep personal information safe
Use these fun games to consider who we trust with our personal information.
15 mins
Indoors
Hiking
There’s no one way to hike, trek, or walk. It’s up to you where you go, how far you travel, and what you do on the way.
3 hrs
Outdoors
Incredible inuksuk
Learn about towers of rocks and stones and have a go at making your own.
20 mins
Online
Green hearts
Go green and share your ideas for the environment with this fun craft.
20 mins
Indoors
The Great Escape of Ellen and William Craft Treasure hunt
Take part in a treasure hunt to follow the Craft’s daring escape to freedom.
1 hr 30
At camp
Make a cardboard biplane
Get creative and build your own colourful model plane.
Supported by
The Royal Air Force (RAF)
45 mins
Indoors
Make a suncatcher
Make some tissue-paper sun catchers, then hang them in windows to let them shine.
1 hr 30
Indoors
Make an apple bird feeder
Feed the bird with this super quick and easy activity.
45 mins
Outdoors
Make a duct tape wallet
Use lots of colourful duct tape to create a safe place to keep coins, cash and cards.
45 mins
Indoors
Make space rocket wraps
Blast off with a tasty snack inspired by space rockets.
45 mins
Indoors
Make a mosaic flowerpot
Design and make a summery mosaic flowerpot
1 hr
At a centre
Calculate the speed of light
Experiment with melting chocolate to learn about the speed of light.
40 mins
Indoors
Practice fire building with chocolate biscuits
Make some different campfire structures with tasty biscuits, then learn a bit more about when to use each one.
45 mins
Indoors
Hide and seek
Play the well-known wide game, Hide and Seek, then try some of our variations.
45 mins
Outdoors
Play ‘Minute to Win It’
Take on a mix of quick challenges and see who can complete them in 60 seconds or less!
45 mins
Indoors
Heads or hands
Don’t lose your head as you try to handle the pressure in this mind-boggling game of catch.
5 mins
Indoors
On the spot
Keep track of your interactions during an activity and create a trail that’s just like a digital footprint.
1 hr
Indoors
Take on a screen-time switch off challenge
Take on the switch off challenge to find a healthy balance between time on and away from screens.
15 mins
Indoors
Is it OK?
You’ll have to think quickly and call on all your digital thinking skills in this fast-paced game.
10 mins
Indoors
Rights and wrongs
Find out more about your rights as a child in this fast-paced team game.
30 mins
Indoors
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