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We’ve found 509 activities:
Cup it up
Get crafty with recyclable materials then use your game to perfect your hand-eye coordination.
20 mins
Online
Pack your bags
Figure out the difference between a need and a want and decide what to take on your trip based on the space you have in your bag.
30 mins
Online
Light painting
Try your hand at some long exposure photography and paint with light on a dark night.
30 mins
Outdoors
Dancing in the dark
Work together and use LED wristbands and headbands to create a dance routine in the dark then show it to your friends.
30 mins
Indoors
Share the kindness on social media
Use social media to shout about the power of kindness and spread the word.
1 hr
Indoors
Become a mental health vlogger or blogger for a day
Share what you’ve learned to raise awareness and help others look after their wellbeing.
2 hrs
Indoors
The Unknown Warrior
Learn about the memorial to the Unknown Warrior and reflect in your own way. What would you like to say to them?
30 mins
Indoors
Sew a poppy wreath
Mark Remembrance as a group by crafting your own felt poppy wreath.
25 mins
Indoors
Make paracord poppies
Mark Remembrance together by crafting a paracord poppy.
1 hr
Indoors
Remembering the Guernsey evacuation
Find out about the events 80 years ago that shaped the history and people of the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the war.
30 mins
Indoors
Come dine online
Don’t whisk it – use these top tips to cook up a virtual storm with an online cook-along.
30 mins
Online
Make Tangyuan
Celebrate the winter solstice with these simple Taiwanese treats.
30 mins
Indoors
Local knowledge tour
Learn more about your local area and teach others by planning and running a tour.
1 hr
Online
Make tin can pancakes
Make your own mini stove and whip up a batch of delicious but tiny pancakes.
30 mins
Indoors
Navigate from a distance
Learn how to use a map and compass to discover things around your local area.
30 mins
Indoors
Is your patrol ready to roll?
Learn what to look for as you check your kit to see that it’s in a fit state before your next adventure.
25 mins
Indoors
Shark-infested custard
Work as a team and solve problems to get everyone across the shark-infested custard.
10 mins
Indoors
Play Punchinella, little fella
Can you copy the person in the middle in this traditional Jamaican children’s game?
10 mins
Indoors
Wild wind
Find out how to tell a fresh breeze from a near gale in this game about the Beaufort scale.
Supported by
Trinity House
30 mins
Indoors
Build a bottle boat
Learn some basic sailing terminology in this bottle-based, boat building bonanza.
Supported by
Trinity House
45 mins
Indoors
Try Buddhist meditation
Try and breathe like the Buddha with this basic meditation technique.
20 mins
Indoors
Create a Buddhist prayer flag
Learn about Buddhist texts and teachings and print a square prayer to share.
1 hr
Indoors
Pin the propeller on the powerboat
Learn what goes where on watercraft in this take on the classic party game.
Supported by
Trinity House
15 mins
Indoors
Whipping into shape
Look after your rope and it’ll look after you. Learn how to care for the ends of rope with whippings and splices.
Supported by
Trinity House
45 mins
Indoors
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