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We’ve found 222 activities:
Try a plant-themed science experiment
What does a plant need to grow? Get outside, get your fingers green, and find out in this fun science experiment.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Indoors
Robot runway
Let your imagination run free as you use your skills to design and make a robot, then show it off on the robot runway.
1 hr
Indoors
Share your favourite game with the group
What’s your favourite game? It’s time to share it with your friends to practise teaching and leading the group.
20 mins
At camp
Tidy tubs
Someone’s made a mess! Work together to tidy everything off the floor and put it back to where it should be.
30 mins
Indoors
Make nature faces
Make your own magical nature faces using natural materials.
30 mins
Outdoors
Make toilet tube trees
Learn how trees change throughout the year with this quick craft.
1 hr
Indoors
Grow cress creatures
Plant your own cress creatures and help them to thrive.
15 mins
Indoors
Fire-free campfire
Build your confidence and show the world your skills by performing at the indoor campfire talent show.
50 mins
Indoors
Make leaf art
Look at leaves in a different way and use them to make a wild, nature collage.
50 mins
Indoors
Marvellous magnets
Three fun experiments to help everyone learn about magnets.
40 mins
Indoors
Learn what makes a good friend
What does it mean to be a good friend? Find out with an active game, then make a friendship tree.
30 mins
Indoors
Heart rate relay
What’s your heartbeat got to do with being healthy? Run a race, overcome obstacles, and hula up your heart rate to find out.
25 mins
Indoors
Hobby hoard
Work together to make a hobbies hoard board to showcase everyone’s hobbies. What will you add?
50 mins
Indoors
Make a leaf spotting wheel
See if you can recognise trees by their leaves in this outdoor hunt.
50 mins
Outdoors
Play Tree Switch
You’ll need to know your beech from your birch to play this outdoor game that puts you quite literally ‘in touch’ with nature.
45 mins
Outdoors
Munch machine
Use your newfound culinary skills to make three dishes to share.
1 hr
Indoors
Find me, follow you
Find out about tracking signs, then use them to follow a track and find the treasure.
50 mins
Outdoors
Human noughts and crosses
Complete challenges and questions to become a game piece. Will your team leader outwit their opponent to get three in a row?
30 mins
Indoors
Practice being a game leader
What does it take to be a good leader? Try being a game leader and teach everyone your favourite game.
10 mins
Indoors
Play Fruit Salad
Will you be strawberries, bananas, oranges or grapes? Get moving with this berry energetic game.
10 mins
Indoors
Every picture tells a story
They say that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. Share your photos and your thoughts so everyone can learn more.
50 mins
Indoors
Make brilliant bird feeders
Learn about the natural world by making a bird feeder packed with delicious treats for our feathered friends.
1 hr
Outdoors
Flying high
Host a goose themed Scout’s Own to explore teamwork and being helpful.
15 mins
Indoors
Make a paddlecraft
Prepare for a taster session of paddling by making a model paddlecraft.
Supported by
Royal Navy
30 mins
Indoors
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