This is a problem solving skills activity!

Make 2 teams in single file lines.

Give each person a paper plate. and each group gets 1 extra plate.

Before we get to how it works...

The twist is that we don't tell the Scouts how to play the game. They have to figure it out on their own.

The goal is to move from start to finish by stepping only on the paper plates. The most effective way is to move forward in single file.

Each person stands on their paper plate. The last person passes the extra plate quickly up the line to the first person, who puts in on the ground. The team then moves forward one step (one plate) by stepping on the new plate. Players must always stay on the plates.

Items Needed:

Empty Milk just or Similar.

Choose one person to be “IT” and a "home base" for the children to gather (when playing outside, a fire hydrant or familiar tree are great spots).

Place the Jug in a safe, open space.

To start, have IT count to 50 with his/her eyes closed while the other players hide.

Upon opening their eyes, IT should start searching for the hiders. When IT finds a hider, he/she calls out the player's name and that player goes to jail (home base).

Another player can risk capture to save jailbirds by kicking over the jug and calling out "Home Free" without getting tagged by IT, after which the jailbirds are free to run and hide from IT again.

The game continues until everyone has been captured.

If jailbreaks keep the game going too long, the first person caught 3 times becomes IT and a new game begins.

A classic — with a scout twist!

With the kids sitting in a circle, have one scout whisper a scout tenet or motto to the scout next to him, who in turn will whisper it to the next scout, and so on.

When you get to the last scout, have him say the message aloud to see how it compares to the original message.

Come up with some words that relate to scouting (knots, Pinewood Derby, daisies, marshmallows, etc.).

Split into teams. One member as to draw the word while the others guess.

Give each scout a picture — possibly from a magazine or newspaper — of favorite outdoor place.

Have one scout start a story that incorporates whatever is in her picture.

The next scout continues the story, incorporating whatever is in her picture.

Keep going until each scout has gotten a chance to contribute to the tangled tale!

Have the scouts sit in a circle.

The first person says, “I went to the supermarket and I bought a _______,” filling in the blank with an item starting with the letter “A.”

The second person repeats the item the first person said, and adds a second item starting with the letter “B.”

See how far you can get through the alphabet!

Have the scouts stand in a circle holding hands.

Put a hula-hoop over the head of one scout.

Then challenge the scouts to pass the hoop around the circle without letting go of anyone’s hand.

Have two scouts sit on the floor, back to back, with their arms linked. Then challenge them to stand up together by using each other for support. Once they’ve done that, keep adding scouts until the whole group is trying to stand up together.