Plan engaging 60-minute scouting and outdoor activities with ready-to-use ideas for skills, games, challenges and practical group sessions.
Activity Overview Can your team build a stable star-shaped campfire? 👦 Age: 8–18👥 Group size: 4–24⏱️ Duration: 45–60 minutes📍 Location: Outdoors⭐ Difficulty: 3/5 A good campfire doesn’t happen by accident. Before you strike a match or create a spark, you need to think about the location, fuel, airflow, structure and safety around the fire. In…
Activity Overview Can you spot the hazards before they cause a problem? 👦 Age: 8–18👥 Group size: 4–30⏱️ Duration: 45–60 minutes📍 Location: Indoors or outdoors⭐ Difficulty: 2/5 Imagine you’ve just arrived at a campsite. Everything looks fine at first, but there could be hazards hiding in plain sight. A loose guyline, a bag left on…
Activity Overview Can you build a safe little home for solitary bees? 👦 Age: 6–18👥 Group size: 2–30⏱️ Duration: 45–60 minutes📍 Location: Outdoors or indoors⭐ Difficulty: 2/5 Bees aren’t just busy making honey. They’re also incredibly important pollinators, helping plants produce fruits, seeds and new growth. In this hands-on nature activity, you’ll learn a little…
Activity Overview Can your team plan and complete a mountain rescue? 👦 Age: 8–18👥 Group size: 6–30⏱️ Duration: 45–60 minutes📍 Location: Indoors or outdoors⭐ Difficulty: 3/5 Imagine you’re part of a mountain rescue team. Your group has received an emergency call: an explorer has become injured while travelling through the mountains and needs help getting…
Activity Overview Difficulty: IntermediateTime: 60 minutesGroup size: 11-20Best for: ScoutsSkills: Survival, teamwork, decision-making, navigation, communication Scouts are given a realistic lost-in-the-woods scenario and must work as a team to decide what to do, what equipment to use and how to attract attention. The challenge focuses on good decisions rather than speed. What You’ll Learn Scouts…
Activity Overview Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 60 minutesGroup size: 6-10Best for: ScoutsSkills: Signalling, creativity, teamwork, problem solving, survival awareness Scouts work in small teams to design and build a visible emergency signal using simple materials. They then test how easy their signal is to spot from a distance and improve it. What You’ll Learn Scouts will practise:…
Activity Overview Difficulty: IntermediateTime: 60 minutesGroup size: 11-20Best for: ScoutsSkills: Signalling, communication, teamwork, emergency awareness, problem-solving Scouts learn how to attract attention and communicate for help using a range of emergency signals. Teams then complete practical challenges where they must choose and create an appropriate signal for different situations. What You’ll Learn Scouts will practise:…
Activity Overview Difficulty: IntermediateTime: 60 minutesGroup size: 11-20Best for: ScoutsSkills: Compass use, navigation, bearings, teamwork, communication, distance estimation Turn compass practice into a team relay. Scouts take turns navigating between marked points using simple compass bearings, then pass the challenge to the next team member. The focus is on accurate navigation and teamwork rather than…
Activity Overview Difficulty: BeginnerTime: 60 minutesGroup size: 11-20Best for: Beavers, CubsSkills: Fire safety, hazard awareness, decision making, communication, outdoor safety Teach young people how to behave safely around a campfire without needing to light one. Through a series of simple scenarios, demonstrations and team challenges, they identify hazards and decide what should and should not…
Activity Overview Difficulty: IntermediateTime: 60 minutesGroup size: 2-5Best for: ScoutsSkills: Compass use, navigation, bearings, direction finding, teamwork Give Scouts a practical introduction to using a compass by setting a series of simple direction-finding challenges. They will learn how to identify directions, take and follow basic bearings, and use a compass to navigate between points. What…
