Withie lanterns
Make a beautiful lantern to light your way at night
Peascapes
A discussion and collaborative art activity to think about the concepts of conflict and peace and create a visual ‘peascape’ mural
Teddy’s Upcycled Togs
Find out about the impact of fast fashion and then recycle fabric to make an outfit for your teddies
Representations
This activity can help your group understand the idea of representatives. IT will also support the group to consider how it can make its views heard throughout the organisation, encourage active involvement and to raise awareness of the systems in place to ensure that Pioneer voices are heard. What to do Divide the group into […]
The Adults Guide to Pioneers
Reasons for doing this activity: What to do Use large paper to brainstorm these and other questions as a whole group. Write down ideas under different headings. Explain to the group that they are going to contribute to writing a new leaders guide to Pioneers. Ask the group if they are aware that sometimes Pioneer […]
Responses to conflict
Before you start What to do Write on a flip chart sheet: Ask the participants what they understand these words to mean. Clarify the definitions using the following: Avoidance: acting as though a conflict does not exist; e.g., when a friend stains a shirt you have lent her, and, rather than verbalizing your annoyance, you […]
Express Yourself – Hair Appreciation
Express yourself! Make a chain of people as a way of reminding yourself that we are all different, and these differences make us who we are so we should embrace them
Contaminated Waste
Tie one end of each of the four pieces of the string at equal distances around the elastic band. Get four people to hold the other end of each string. Blindfold these four people. Place the cardboard tube somewhere in the room and the cardboard box somewhere else. The four blindfolded people must be guided […]
Plastic bottle use
This activity is about finding ways to re-use the plastic bottles we do have – this is also called upcycling – giving them a new life.
Making Juggling balls
What to do Start by getting into pairs, this activity is easiest when working with another person. Remind the group that working together and cooperating will make the activity easier. Create Your Juggling Balls Start with two heavy duty balloons for each juggling ball you want to make. Using a funnel, pour about half a […]
Solar Oven
Resources Discussion Start the activity by talking about energy with your group. What are the alternatives to burning fossil fuels and the importance of harvesting natural sources of renewable energy. Discuss the benefits of using alternative sources and the affects of using traditional sources such as fuel, petrol and electric on the environment. Explain what […]
Insulating Ice
Why insulate an ice cube? When you get ice cubes out of the freezer, or put them into a drink, they melt into water. This is because they warm up past their melting point of 0°C – insulating ice can slow this process down. Heat energy is lost or transferred in three ways. Conduction — […]