activity

I’ll just leave this here… A video compilation we came across on the LAD Bible page on Facebook of adapted and alternate use of equipment and items to produce games…

Playing and experimenting with light is a lot of fun. Especially for children. Light painting is a particular photography technique that captures how any torch or light source is moved…

There’s lots of things you can do with bubbles. Experiment yourself with bubble mixtures (look out for the ‘catchable’ bubble mixtures which allow you to catch and hold bubbles without…

Easy to set up team challenge, that’s useful for using up old newspapers and recycling old paper or cardboard. Although if working in separate teams, each team should have exactly…

Paper-based challenges are easy to set up – just requiring a lot of old newspapers and/or magazines. I’ve used both A Bridge Too Far and Tower very successfully at playschemes.…

Prefabricate a long narrow clear tube with a watertight seal at both ends. Bore a large hole in the side at one end, large enough to pass a key through,…

Team challenge and could be used as an ice-breaker, although it could be organised to provide a challenge at the individual level. Put a plastic duck in the bottom of…

Fun but definitely a challenge and good team exercise requiring teams (or pairs) to pitch a tent. However, the individual or individuals doing the actual pitching are blindfold and not…

A good way to encourage upcycling and reuse of scrap materials. The challenge is for teams to source the materials, design and build a go-kart they can use to race.…