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We’ve found 16 activities:
Make some brilliant bunting
Use your creative skills to make this brilliant bunting.
Supported by
Hobbycraft
30 mins
Indoors
Play the magic carpet game
You’re hovering on a magic carpet, when you realise it’s upside down. Work as a team to find the solution, without anyone falling off!
10 mins
Indoors
Play Squirrel’s Coming
Play a Squirrel-themed version of Captain’s Coming, have fun being a squirrel and learn a bit about what real Squirrels get up to.
10 mins
Indoors
Cook some campfire popcorn
Enjoy this tasty treat after watching it pop over a campfire.
50 mins
Outdoors
Something sticky
Close your eyes and memorise the feeling and shape of a stick. Can you identify your stick from a collection?
Supported by
Generation Green
10 mins
Indoors
Make a DIY compass
Magnetise before your eyes to create real working compasses from scratch!
Supported by
Rolls-Royce
30 mins
Indoors
Super shaker, music maker
Make your own musical instrument and get out your dancing shoes. What’s your favourite move?
30 mins
Indoors
Feel good chatterboxes
Fold a paper chatterbox that helps people to feel better.
30 mins
Outdoors
Make lollipop stick catapults
Put your pioneering skills to the test by creating a miniature catapult from lolly sticks. Ready, aim, fire!
25 mins
Indoors
Learn how to pitch a tent
Explore the different parts and pieces of a tent, then team up to pitch a tent together.
30 mins
Outdoors
Make an edible World Membership badge
Make an edible World Membership badge and learn how to tie a classic reef knot with a tasty twist.
25 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
Try the human knot game
Hold hands and tangle yourselves into a knot, then work together to untie yourselves without letting go of each other.
10 mins
Indoors
Lumpy bumpy name game
Learn and practise braille. Can you spell your name and read someone else’s?
25 mins
Indoors
Changing your coat
Understand your local coat of arms, then make your own shield. Find out where you might find local examples of heraldry.
1 hr
Indoors
Build teeny tiny twig rafts
Build a miniature raft with twigs and leaves, then set sail. Will yours float successfully away?
30 mins
Indoors