Blog | 05 October 2022
10-minute fillers - fun games to play during any extra time in Scouts
Nicola Hilliard, Creative Content Producer
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It can sometimes be hard to make sure everyone’s entertained between activities, and keeping everybody busy, occupied and safe can be difficult.
To help, we’ve put together a group of games that are all under ten minutes. They can be helpful little time fillers to keep in your back pocket. Or, you can put them together to create a session for an unexpected rainy day!
Why not print or write out a few options and create a games folder so Scouts or Young Leaders can choose and run them themselves?
- Test your reflexes in River and bank
- Play Foxes and Rabbits, but try not to get caught
- Avoid becoming the wolf’s lunch in What time is it, Mr Wolf?
- See what you can spot in i-Spy
- Race round the circle in a game of Fruit Salad
- Try a Squirrel-themed version of Captain’s Coming in Squirrel’s Coming
- Try some animal yoga
- Get racing with Red Light, Green Light
- Play a quick round of Duck, Duck, Goose
- Try an energetic parachute game with Cat and Mouse.
- Practise your listening in Capture the Keys
- Get dancing with Musical Statues
- Learn the points of the compass with Naughty Elephants Spray Water
- Race your team's paper fish in a relay in Flapping fish
- Work together to get to the other side in The floor is lava
- Try to pass the message on in Broken Telephone
- Be an effective detective and find the Rhythm master
- Put your throwing to the test with Game of aim
- Learn everyone’s names in Gimme 5 by giving high fives!
- Sneak to get the pirate’s map in Don’t wake the pirate
- Race and get to the space before your friends in Circle Tag
- Try not to get caught in Sharky, Sharky
- Work together to protect your tail in Dragon dodgeball
- Test your memory and reactions in Zip, zap, boing
- Test your reflexes by being the first to shout ‘Splat!’
- Try a magical version of rock, paper, scissors in Giants, wizards and elves
- Warm up with an energising game of Captain’s coming
- Put your acting to the test in Wink murder
- Try playing the classic wide game, Capture the Flag
- See how many Numbers you can say without anyone treading on your twos!
- Pretend to use your trunk to pass the ball in Elephant ball
- Remember everyone’s names in a game of Guess Who
- Get your ears, mind and hands working together in Catch It, Drop It
- Try thinking fast with Scattergories, a quick alphabet icebreaker.
- Take on the Mission:Lightyear challenge
- Play a racing game of hide and seek in 40:40
- Test your problem-solving skills in Who Am I?
- Send the ball around the circle in Up and Down
- Try a quick game of Homemade Hockey
- Race in a big game of Noughts and Crosses
- Try to spot who’s in charge in Copycat
- Sneak to succeed and retrieve the keys in Night Watchers
- Dodge, duck and dive in a game of Dodgeball
- Try not to drop the ball in Hot Potato, then try the extreme version
- Get active and use teamwork in Escape The Jail
- See how fast teams can move around in Rush Hour
- Fit your whole group through a single piece of paper
- Test your team’s reflexes as you pass the scarf in Scarves and Ladders
- Get to know fun facts about everyone in Two Truths, One Lie
- Play a classic sport while seated in Chair Football
- Play Interceptor and pass the ball to everyone in your team
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