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Welcoming messages
Send a welcoming message to young refugees and displaced children to show them they are welcome in the UK.
1 hr
Indoors
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Make and play Yut Nori
Learn about a traditional Korean game, make the board and have a go at playing it with your friends.
45 mins
Outdoors
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70 things
Set yourself a 70 things challenge to represent the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
1 hr
Indoors
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The marshmallow experiment
Is a marshmallow in your hand worth two in the future?
10 mins
Indoors
Coin design
Use your imagination to design your own brand-new coin.
Supported by
HSBC UK
30 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Plan, do, review
Plan how you’ll tackle a game or activity, then put it into action and reflect with your team.
10 mins
Socially distanced indoors
The movement map
Get moving as you talk about what went well and what was tricky.
5 mins
Socially distanced indoors
3, 2, 1
Can you explore how you worked together to achieve your goals?
5 mins
Socially distanced indoors
River and bank
Put your reflexes to the test in this fun warm up game.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
An unusual year at Scouts
Look back at a year like no other and remember the good times you’ve still been able to share.
30 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Rush hour
Warm up and see how fast teams can move around without causing a jam.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Foxes and rabbits
Can the rabbits stay safely in the warren, or will the foxes catch them out?
10 mins
Outdoors
Express yourself
Practise being yourself and expressing your feelings with a fun game.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Out of sight
Can you work together and join forces to make your way around the hoops?
15 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Lost and found
Become reunited as quickly as you can by trusting your group when you can’t all see.
15 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
In the groove
Can you create a dance routine that has everyone’s favourite moves in?
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Fire ball
Work together and come up with a plan to keep the fire balls out of your space.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Animal mirror
Stretch like an animal to calm down and relax.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
Red light, green light
Get hearts racing with this fast-paced traffic light warm up game.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
A soldier, a saint, a Scout?
Why do Scouts celebrate St George’s Day? Find out with a fun quiz.
30 mins
Online
It’s all fun and games
Try out some not-so-fun new rules and chat about the problems with online games.
Supported by
Nominet
30 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Money maps
Work together to create a map of different currencies around the world. What does the same amount of money look like in different countries?
40 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Keep apart, but do it with heart
Coronavirus means we have to stay further apart than normal. Find out why, and come up with new ways to live your values.
1 hr
Online
Racket-free hack
No racket, no tennis balls, no court? No problem! Use these games to build your tennis skills without the frills.
Supported by
LTA
30 mins
Socially distanced indoors
Bank a recycled robot
Decide what makes the best robot, then work together to save tokens and turn your vision into reality.
2 hrs
Socially distanced indoors
Le capitaine arrive
Learn some basic French whilst playing this adapted version of Captain’s coming.
10 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
A pebble to remember
Paint a poppy on your pebble, then add it to a group picture, as a way to remember the people who have served and sacrificed.
Supported by
The Royal British Legion
30 mins
Socially distanced outdoors
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