Withie lanterns
Make a beautiful lantern to light your way at night
Power and conflict
A role play activity to understand who is gaining from armed conflict and war.
Alka-seltzer rockets
Launch your own mini rocket!
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 […]
Photography & Film-making
Make a video (or a series of photos) about your Venturer group and Woodcraft Folk district to send to another group in another part of the country. To arrange to pair up with another group, you could twin with one you met at a national (or international) camp or event, put an article on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Finding a balance
What is balance between work and play?
Improvisation Game
This is a fun game which opens up the lines of communication and also encourages the Venturers to think about each others’ (real) characters and ways of describing things, in order to help them guess the right answers. Start by giving out pieces of paper and pens. All write down some famous people on separate […]