Activities to explore the five ways to wellbeing
Explore the five ways to wellbeing with our ready-made activities.
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These activities count towards a number of different badges and awards. Click on the activities below to find out more then get stuck in.
Always follow the government guidance for your area. If you’re doing these activities as a Scout group, you must read and follow the detailed guidance on getting everyone back together safely before you run any activities.
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The chit chat
Revise and recount a recent adventure to the rest of the group, with the help of some picture prompts.
Ages: 10½-18 | Takes: 50 mins
Run this activityBrownsea island discs
There are worse places to be stranded than Brownsea Island, especially if you can take some of your favourite tunes with you.
Ages: 6-18 | Takes: 45 mins
Run this activityTime for tea
Spend some quali-tea time together with this GongFu guide to cha, chat, and chill.
Ages: 10½-18 | Takes: 1 hour
Run this activityA world of our Scout's own
This Scout’s Own is the perfect way to reflect on all of the opportunities Scouts brings.
Ages: 10½-14 | Takes: 20 mins
Run this activityScout’s Own: be-leafs
Just like plants in a garden, believes and values have roots, stalks, and leaves. How does your garden grow?
Ages: 10½-18 | Takes: 15 mins
Run this activityBe active
Muscle shuffle
Move your feet then take your seat in this muscle-group musical chair challenge.
Ages: 8-14 | Takes: 10 mins
Run this activityPractise to progress
Make a sports diary to track your progress and tell others about your sport.
Ages: 8-10½ | Takes: 30 mins
Run this activityVisiting nature
Time to take note of nature and discover how the world changes around us.
Ages: 8-10½ | Takes: 15 mins
Run this activitySkipping skills
Jump into three challenges and keep an eye on the rope, as we look at the benefits of hopping, skipping and jumping.
Ages: 8-14 | Takes: 20 mins
Run this activityBuilding balance
Core control and perfect posture are key to holding yourself up in these balance-building exercises.
Ages: 8-14| Takes: 20 mins
Run this activityCache and dash
Make treasure maps. Follow treasure maps. Find the treasure cache. Bring the treasure back!
Ages: 10½-18 | Takes: 1 hour
Run this activityTake notice
Mindfulness of breathing
Try and breathe like the Buddha with this basic meditation technique.
Ages: 8-18 | Takes: 20 mins
Run this activityMindfulness time
Take a few moments to practice mindfulness with the help of some everyday objects.
Ages: 8-18 | Takes: 10 mins
Run this activityLife under leaves
Visit some woodland and discover what lives among the trees.
Ages: 10½-14 | Takes: 1 hour 5 mins
Run this activityFeel the view
Create a tactile landscape, to experience art in a new way that’s also more accessible.
Ages: 6-10½ | Takes: 45 mins
Run this activityCrystal creations
Shape some new wonders of the natural world in your meeting place, by creating some sparkling crystals and geodes.
Ages: 8-10½ | Takes: 1 hour
Run this activityA cut above
Explore cultures from across the globe and design your own in this paper-cutting craft activity.
Ages: 10½-18 | Takes: 1 hour
Run this activityKeep learning
Pitta pocket pizzas
Whip up a quick and easy dinner on the embers of a fire with this tasty recipe.
Ages: 6-18 | Takes: 20 mins
Run this activityVeggie bakes
Use vegetables in some of your favourite bakes to add in an extra hit of healthy.
Ages: 10½-18 | Takes: 1 hour 30 mins
Run this activityLumpy bumpy name game
Learn and practise braille. Can you spell your name and read someone else’s?
Ages: 6-10½ | Takes: 25 mins
Run this activityCycle slalom
Become wheel weaving wizards as we ride in and out and work on some key bike-handling manoeuvres.
Ages: 8-14 | Takes: 15 mins
Run this activityGive
Kindness rocks
Show how a kind message can make all the difference when helping someone and write one for a friend in need.
Ages: 6-14 | Takes: 50 mins
Run this activityFeed the birds
Learn about the natural world by making a bird feeder packed with delicious treats for our feathered friends. Who will visit?
Ages: 6-10½ | Takes: 50 mins
Run this activityGift for the garden
Design and make some super seed packs to make your local community greener!
Ages: 6-14 | Takes: 1 hour
Run this activityButcher, baker, bath bomb maker
Look into the chemistry of clean and make some brilliant bath bombs from bicarb.
Ages: 8-10½ | Takes: 30 mins