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We’ve found 474 activities:
Flower Bookmarks
Create colourful bookmarks and explore nature and creativity.
Supported by
Twinkl
1 hr
Indoors
Rocket racers
Ready, set, blast off! Create and launch rockets while learning about space.
1 hr
At camp
Play Space Explorers
Blast off to space to learn more about the planets in this energetic game, based on Captain's Coming.
10 mins
Indoors
Make teddy space helmets
Help your favourite teddy turn into an astronaut and get ready for their space adventure.
50 mins
Indoors
Paint Azulejo tiles
Unleash your creativity while exploring the vibrant art of Portugal’s iconic tiles.
30 mins
Indoors
Run a battery recycling competition
Within your group or within your community, run a battery recycling competition to help the environment
Supported by
VARTA
15 mins
Indoors
Make Norwegian Waffles
Try your hand at making fresh Norwegian Waffles, also known as Hjertevafler!
30 mins
At home
Make a card for a friend
Create a card to thank someone for being a great friend.
Supported by
Hobbycraft
30 mins
Indoors
Make a natural collage
Make a collage using natural materials you've found around your meeting place.
45 mins
Outdoors
Try a jigsaw hunt
Colour in your own jigsaw pieces before finding them around your meeting place.
45 mins
Indoors
Play shrinking habitat
This game’s all about how habitats are shrinking and how this impacts the animals that live in them.
Supported by
Nattergal
20 mins
Outdoors
Go forest bathing
Spending time among trees has huge benefits to our mental well being, so take time to sit and listen to nature.
Supported by
Nattergal
40 mins
Outdoors
Make a YouShape moodboard
Create a fun moodboard to get young people's ideas of what they like in Scouts and what they want to do next.
1 hr
Indoors
Play Train's Coming
Learn about staying safe when you’re catching a train, with a station-themed version of Captain's Coming.
Supported by
The Rail Industry
20 mins
Indoors
Cook speedy chicken noodles
Check out this recipe to whip up a tasty chicken stir fry.
Supported by
HelloFresh
30 mins
Indoors
Make a plastic bottle lid mosaic
Collect plastic bottle lids, then put them together to turn them into art.
1 hr
Indoors
Three-legged obstacle course
Team up, stay in sync and race to victory in this test of coordination and teamwork!
15 mins
Indoors
Make planets from nature
Create Earth out of natural materials, then invent your very own planet!
Supported by
UK Space Agency
50 mins
Outdoors
Make a beaver paper bag puppet
Make your own beaver puppet from a paper bag and discover fun facts about Britain’s largest rodent.
Supported by
Hobbycraft
30 mins
Indoors
Craft a kindness calendar
Make your own kindness calendar, with an act of kindness to do each day.
Supported by
Hobbycraft
30 mins
Indoors
Make a nature mandala
Collect natural materials and use them to create your own beautiful mandala designs.
Supported by
Hobbycraft
30 mins
Outdoors
Have a sleeping bag rolling race
Test how well you can put a sleeping bag back in its bag in this quick and easy game.
40 mins
Indoors
Make some brilliant bunting
Use your creative skills to make this brilliant bunting.
Supported by
Hobbycraft
30 mins
Indoors
Play Rugby racers
Try this quick, fast paced game based on T1 Rugby's 'raggy tag' and see if you can get past the players.
Supported by
England Rugby (The RFU)
10 mins
Outdoors
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