May 2026

Enjoy the lighter evenings and get outside during National Walking Month.

Activities to try:

• Play a game of walking football.
• Find out which sandwiches and snacks stay the freshest while going on a walk.
• Explore your local area with Wild walk.

May Day marks the beginning of summer, and has been celebrated since the Romans.

Activities to try:

• Create a community garden
• Try stave dancing
• Create a colourful bouquet in Fascinating flowers

Vesak is also known as Buddha Day. It's a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha. 

Activities to try:

• Create a Buddhist prayer flag.
• Invite in a faith leader
• Try Buddhist meditation

A perfect time to celebrate the joy and positivity that laughter brings to our lives. Laughter helps build connections, reduce stress, and create happy memories—so let’s get giggling!

Activities to try:

• Get creative and have a laugh making funny floating activities.
• Share stories and jokes in a cosy setting with Tent Tales.
• Enjoy some hilarious physical challenges with Have a silly sports day.
• Add some egg-citing fun with Egg-cellent races.

Explore a galaxy far, far away, with our new Star Wars themed activities. May the fourth be with you! 

Activities to try: 

• Jedi creature keeper.
• Play Jedi scavenger hunt bingo.
• Make a hope time capsule

Feeling like you are glued to your phone or computer? Why not have a screen-free week with some activities to get you active and outdoors.

Activities to try: 

• Take on a screen-time switch off challenge
• Go on a treasure hunt or gratitude scavenger hunt
• While you're outside, discover lots of new natural features
• Try forest bathing or a mindfulness walk

This is World Password Day, a great opportunity to teach young people about the importance of online safety and creating secure passwords. 

Activities to try:

• Practise making stronger passwords
• Explore what makes a good password with Strong password, weak password
• Help young people recognize scams and protect their personal information online with Go Phish

Fairtrade Day celebrates and supports small-scale farmers, producers and their families to help create sustainable communities.

Activities to try:

• Make fair-trade campfire bananas
• Visit a farm near you with Top of the crops
• Think about where we get our food from with Go where it grows

A delicious way to explore creativity and have fun while learning new skills. Whether you’re cooking, crafting, or experimenting, there’s a doughnut-inspired activity for everyone!

Activities to try:

• Whip up some tasty treats with Cook camp stove doughnuts
• Get hands-on and crafty with Foam dough
• Explore science and technology by making conductive dough

A time to focus on well-being, reduce stigma, and encourage open conversations about mental health. Let’s support young people in building resilience and practicing self-care.

Activities to try:

• Open up conversations about feelings and well-being with We don’t talk about Bruno – we do talk about you.
• Get creative and connect with others through Run a craft event to promote good mental health.
• Find calm and balance while having fun with Try some animal yoga.

A time to celebrate the diversity, love, and support that families bring to our lives. Let’s explore the meaning of family and strengthen our connections.

Activities to try:

• Learn about different families.
• Reflect on personal growth and family connections by creating a Tree of Life.
• Celebrate the family of Scouts with Make a nature World Membership Badge.
• Share stories about your community with Part of the family.
• Explore inclusion and belonging with Welcome, welcome.

The International Day of Light celebrates light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development. It's held on the anniversary of the first successful operation of a laser.

Activities to try:

• Make a light painting.
• Make a diya lamp.
• Run a campfire event

A day to celebrate all things baking! Try a new recipe or bake an old favourite.

Activities to try:

• Bake Jerusalem sesame bread
• Make Mtabak
• Bake some tasty biscuits.
• Simple Scottish shortbread
• Make some tasty biscuits

International Museum Day has a different theme each year, to celebrate the value that museums bring to our communities.  

Activities to try:

• Make a mini museum
• Explore an air museum
• Create your own collection with Clued-up collections

The purpose of World Bee Day's to acknowledge the role of bees and other pollinators for the ecosystem.

Activities to try:

• Build a bee hotel
• Play a fun, nectar collecting game with Honey makes the world go round
• Dance like a bee with Waggle dancing

This day aims to raise awareness of the long history and cultural significance of tea around the world.

Activities to try:

• Create a storm in a teacup
• Try a tea ceremony
• Bake Welsh cakes
• Make lovely lemonade scones

Shavuot is an important festival in the Jewish calendar, which celebrates God giving the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai.

Activities to try:

• Explore how someone puts their faith into practise with Faith feathers
• Create tissue paper flowers

Learn more about faiths and beliefs in Scouts.

Eid al-Adha is a special Muslim festival that remembers the story of Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) and his family. Muslims from all over the world finish their pilgrimage called Hajj in Makkah by following in the footsteps of Prophet Abraham and his family. On this day, Muslims pray, share food, give to people in need, and celebrate with family and friends.

Activities to try:

• Bake baklava.
• Make a date shake.
• Make some lanterns.