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We’ve found 439 activities:
On the rights track
Create a list of rights for your favourite social media platform and present them to the group.
30 mins
At home
All the rights moves
Enjoy discovering more about the rights of children in this fast-paced team game.
30 mins
Indoors
One-minute professor
Think on your feet and become a visiting professor who’s an expert in… well, who knows?
30 mins
Indoors
Fizzing fruits
Add a tasty twist to a classic experiment. A fruit skin volcano then a smoothie – what’s not to love?
20 mins
Indoors
Learn how to reduce your energy usage
Learn about energy usage and how we can help reduce it in this fast, fun, cups and saucers game.
Supported by
Gas Distribution Networks
30 mins
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
Play raft, row and retrieve
Put your boating skills to the test and see if your team can be the first to collect the most items on the water.
Supported by
Royal Navy
30 mins
On water
Cardboard canoes
Design and build boats out of cardboard, and then test them in your own competition.
3 hrs
At camp
Make a small pet foraging box
Create a treasure hunt box for a small animal, such as a hamster, to explore and find tasty treats.
Supported by
Pets at Home
30 mins
Indoors
Roll and write
Get ready to roll and write a story planned by the dice.
20 mins
Indoors
Make a mini raft
Build a raft out of recyclable materials, then watch it float. Why not have a mini raft race?
1 hr
At camp
Play a game of Ninja
Be the last one standing in this strategic icebreaker game.
10 mins
Indoors
Play Canoe Polo
Use your kayak skills in this fun water based game
30 mins
On water
Make a brilliant bear mask
Oh no, lots of bears! Turn Squirrels into bears with this mask making activity.
30 mins
Indoors
Play map symbol bingo
Have fun learning all about map symbols with this brilliant bingo game.
45 mins
Indoors
Make campfire fajitas
Try cooking up these fun fajitas for your next camp meal
1 hr
At camp
Explore the impact of online content
Discover the different ways that online content can positively and negatively influence people’s ideas, emotions and behaviours.
30 mins
Indoors
Create a technology timeline
Find out how technology has changed over time and explore what might happen in the future.
20 mins
Indoors
Power a lightbulb using potato energy
Use the power of potatoes and pennies to create a circuit that lights up a bulb.
Supported by
Rolls-Royce
1 hr
At camp
Make an electric car
Put electricity to the test and make a moving car from recycled materials.
Supported by
Rolls-Royce
1 hr 30
Indoors
Make your own graggers
Make noisemakers and explore the story behind the Jewish festival of Purim.
45 mins
Indoors
Make origami bookmarks
Learn how to create and decorate a fun paper-folded bookmark to hold your pages in style.
25 mins
At home
Try alphabet photography
Spot and photograph letters of the alphabet hidden in the world around you, then use the photos to spell out the name of your group.
1 hr 30
Outdoors
Bake Sugar Skull Biscuits
Learn all about Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead – and take a delicious spin on a traditional sugar skull
1 hr
Indoors
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