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We’ve found 61 activities:
Play the DIY chocolate safety game
This quick and fun game teaches the importance of DIY safety gear with a tasty twist.
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
Pass It On: Teaching Challenge
Share your knowledge, teach others, and make a positive difference!
Supported by
Get Into Teaching
1 hr
Indoors
Play Commonality
Play a game to help everyone get to know each other in this quick icebreaker.
30 mins
Indoors
Practice fire building with chocolate biscuits
Make some different campfire structures with tasty biscuits, then learn a bit more about when to use each one.
45 mins
Indoors
Share, don’t share
Get ready to be wise online with a fast-paced game that teaches you what to share and what to keep to yourself.
15 mins
Indoors
That’ll teach you
Master a new skill with friends using online tutorials.
1 hr
At home
Play Inside-Outside
Try this quick game to learn more about each other and find out about hidden disabilities.
30 mins
Indoors
Solve a campsite mystery
Learn how to protect yourself from the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning by solving this mystery.
Supported by
Gas Distribution Networks
30 mins
Indoors
Practice public speaking - You teach, I deliver
Partner up and learn something new, teach what you have learned to others.
Supported by
Get Into Teaching
1 hr
Indoors
Beach bingo
Explore the seaside and see what you can find!
1 hr
Outdoors
Make a DIY mini golf course
Putt yourselves to the test and create your own DIY crazy golf courses.
45 mins
Indoors
Make a sugarcane mocktail
Learn about the holiday of Lohri and make a sweet drink to celebrate
20 mins
Indoors
Play a game of Ddakji
Learn how to play a traditional South Korean game that’s played using folded paper tiles
30 mins
Indoors
Smuggler’s treasure
Will the coastguard intercept the smugglers before the treasure reaches the pedlars, or will they get it back to base?
35 mins
Outdoors
Paper cutting creations
Explore the art of paper cutting from different cultures around the world, then design your own.
1 hr
Indoors
Make your own mini zip wire
Learn what zips and flies through the sky as you make and test your own zip wire.
45 mins
Indoors
Solve a meeting place mystery
Solve the mystery and learn how to protect yourself from the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning by finding clues and interviewing witnesses
Supported by
Gas Distribution Networks
30 mins
Indoors
My leadership experience
Share your experiences as a leader with your group by helping teach them something new
40 mins
Indoors
Go litter picking
Head outside and go litter picking to tidy up the world around you, whether in the park, at the beach or in your local area.
Supported by
Generation Green
30 mins
Outdoors
Local knowledge tour
Learn more about your local area and teach others by planning and running a tour.
1 hr
Online
Egg-ceptional towers
Hatch a plan to reach egg-streme heights and build a cracking tower.
40 mins
Indoors
Cruise control
Learn how wind affects the speed of flight and how quickly a bird could reach your home.
30 mins
Indoors
Create a Buddhist prayer flag
Learn about Buddhist texts and teachings and print a square prayer to share.
1 hr
Indoors
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