Activities

Our group activities at your fingertips — search by age group, how big your group is, the kind of activity you want to do or the topic you want to explore. If you want activities to do at home, check out Dream Big at Home, our home activities site.

Woodchips (5 & under)

Younger Elfins (6-7)

Older Elfins (8-9)

Pioneers (10-12)

Venturers (13-15)

DFs (16-20)

Adult

Peace Bunting

Time: 20-40 mins, 40-60 mins
Topic: Peace
Location: Inside, Online

A fun craft activity in which participants make bunting to celebrate peace.

Elfin Orchestra

Time: 20-40 mins
Topic: Democracy
Location: Inside

This activity will support Elfins to consider how it is possible to hear the voices of individuals in a large group and bring the group together in a joint project that is quite structured.

Map Reading Skills

Time: 1h +
Topic: Environment, STEM
Location: Inside, Outside

Learn more about map reading skills, symbols, contours and grid references

Secret Treasure Box

Time: 40-60 mins
Topic: Cooperation, Identity & Culture, Just for Fun
Location: Inside

Stereotype Labels

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Equality & Inclusion
Location: Inside, Online, Outside

Game to look at how we interact with people

Square Balance

Time: 5-10 mins
Topic: Just for Fun
Location: Inside, Outside

Make Your Mark

Time: 10-20 mins
Topic: Cooperation
Location: Inside

Leader’s Challenge

Time: 1h +
Topic: Democracy, Identity & Culture, Leadership
Location: Inside

Goldilocks and Baby Bear

Time: 1h +
Topic: Peace

Through a conflict between the fairy tale characters Goldilocks and Baby Bear, participants discover the steps of a mediation process.

Bookshelf Audit

Time: 1h +, 40-60 mins
Topic: Equality & Inclusion, Identity & Culture
Location: Inside, Online

Look through your books and think about who is represented in the stories you read.

Chain reactions

Time: 1h +
Topic: Peace

A fast-paced drawing activity to explain conflict escalation and to think about how to calm down.

Check your Privilege

Time: 1h +, 40-60 mins
Topic: Equality & Inclusion, Justice
Location: Inside, Online, Outside

In this activity young people explore what privilege means, and what it means to check your privilege. They look at white privilege in particular, and think about how this manifests in their lives (or not).