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| Sandra's guide pages |
| Scavenger hunts Scavenger hunts with a difference - for older girls. Divide the Guides into groups and give each group the following instructions Something ALIVE and something DEAD Something suitable for a BED Something NEW and something OLD Something GREEN and something GOLD Something SMOOTH and something ROUGH Something PRETTY and something TOUGH Something SOFT and something HARD All arranged neatly on a CARD Then send them off the find the items. They also have to find the card. [Catherine, GuidingUK] Star gazing On this page you can produce your own star chart: http://www.heavens-above.com/main.asp You can tailor-make it to your bit of sky; ie put in where you live and the date and time and it gives you the star chart representing the sky you would see out of your window. For younger girls get each to draw a star on a piece of paper and then get into groups to depict a constellation, all standing or sitting in the appropriate place. [Jo, GuidingUK] Wide Games and incident hikes There are some great wide games on Doreen's site at http://oocities.com/dpechey/games.htm, most of which require very little preparation. Smugglers & excise, Find the supplies, Robin Hood & Maid Marian, Continents. Wide games on this site An incident hike for a unit meeting Cooking outdoors Try solar cooking - cook hot dogs in a Pringles can! http://www.wattwatchers.org/nm/cook.html Things to cook on a barbecue Doreen's outdoor cooking resource (LOADS of ideas!) Click on "outdoor cooking resource" from http://www.cix.co.uk/~doreen/guide.htm - it takes a while to load but it's worth it. Nature National Be Nice To Nettles Week (I kid you not!) http://www.nettles.org.uk Activity ideas with plants - to do at the meeting, in parks etc. http://www.phenology.org.uk/ Nature’s calendar |
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| Other things to do outdoors http://www.hurricanedistrict.org/pioneering.htm pictures of various pioneering projects. Also links to lots of knots pages, and some info on making shelters |