Aylesbury Scouts go camping!

Activities for the boys and girls aged 6 to 14 have included making popcorn in a tin, setting up their own den in the house, making the Scout logo out of different materials, writing a poem, going on an A to Z scavenger hunt in the town, cooking and first aid.

Many of these activities will go towards some of the Challenge and/or Activity Badges.

With sections meeting over zoom, the adult volunteers have developed new skills including setting up meetings, sharing screens, muting and unmuting everyone in the call and demonstrating various activities from their laptop in the kitchen.

Two very popular activities that started the year were making a cake in a mug and making bird feeders.

The bird seed was issued to families before Christmas and the instructions for making these and the recipe for the cakes were issued in advance. All of the children were encouraged

to follow the recipe and make, cook and eat the cake.

Zack Herman who participated in the virtual camp said, “My favourite activity was designing my own t-shirt and then tie-dying it. Every hour I had to complete a challenge. The best one was racing to put on as many t-shirts as possible in one minute; I managed 13.

Paul Rawlins, Deputy lead volunteer for Buckinghamshire Scouts said, “It’s been really good to see and hear about the children and young people having fun on their section nights and also at the virtual camp.

The volunteers have been brilliant in setting up a programme where children can participate from their home.

We’ve got some exciting activities scheduled over the next few weeks including a Superheroes Virtual Camp for the Beavers (boys and girls aged 6 -8).

We’ve also teamed up with the Thames Valley Air Ambulance so the children can learn about what they do and earn themselves a Challenge badge.

For further information about Aylesbury Scouts, please visit www.bucks-scouts.org.uk