Mental Health First Aid Kit
Participants learn about the importance of mental health and make their own mental health first aid kit. Before you start What to do What is mental health and why is it important for your overall well being? Ask young people if they know what mental health means. Ask why it is important to recognise and […]
Peace Bunting
A fun craft activity in which participants make bunting to celebrate peace.
Elfin Orchestra
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.
Secret Treasure Box
This activity is good to do at the end of a term or academic year. This activity will help your group stretch their imaginations and making gifts for each other, bring the group together by focussing on shared memories of past achievements, celebrate and recognise what they have achieved together and evaluate things they would […]
Make Your Mark
What to do Divide the group into groups of four or five. Give each group a sticker and tell them to place it in the highest place possible, as quickly aspossible. No climbing on furniture – just using each other. Now give them five minutes or so to plan and then do the activity again. […]
Leader’s Challenge
This activity will encourage Pioneers and their Group Leaders to think about ways in which they all learn new skills from each other, skills acquired at Woodcraft and to have fun setting up a tv-style quiz! What to do Explain to the Pioneers that they are going to challenge the leaders today. Create a number […]
Bookshelf Audit
Look through your books and think about who is represented in the stories you read.
Build a Miniature Campsite
Help your group prepare to go to camp by making a camp for teddies, lego figures or dolls before you go. Before you start Prepare the group by asking them to bring a toy to ‘go to camp’ to group night. Leaders can bring some spares in case people forget. Have different craft options on […]
Colour Portrait
Making a colour self portrait helps us to recognise that we all have different coloured skin, and this is something that makes us special.
A Good Yarn
Discuss your own life timeline to help think about how past events shape the future, and plan what the group can do to see the future they want.
Animal Farm: Celebrating Difference
Explore how our differences are our superpower, and no one is the best at everything!
Occupy / Den Building
Learn about how to occupy spaces and squatting spaces as a tactic. Learn about laws about squatting. Have fun and build a den – feel ownership over the space.