Miscellaneous activities 2012-2013

Bonfire biscuits

Circus skills...

Olympic T-shirts...

Land yacht making and racing...

In the woods...

Shotover, January 2014

We met at Shotover on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Splitting into two halves, one group laid a flour trail for the others who played games on the big field before following ten minutes later. They were hot on our heels and we only just managed to hide before they found us. Then we swapped around and they laid a trail - over hill, down dale, and definitely into bog. We trailed them through the wettest, muddiest spots of Shotover, with many a casualty of shoe and welly boot. Luckily no-one brought a camera because Julie fell backwards full length into the mud (whilst heroically trying to rescue stranded Elfins), generously providing the children with the highlight of their day.

Muddy, damp and bedraggled, we repaired to the sandpit for cocoa and biscuits. Then we made shelters and wooden boats in the woods. 

Finally we trouped back to the big field at the top for an energetic game of Capture the Flag.

Clay sculptures and pine cone trails, April 2013

We made a (surely) Guiness World Record breaking pine cone trail...

And clay sculptures with Melanie from Oxford scrapstore Orinoco. The Elfins came up with some really imaginative ideas...  

 animals and plants

robots

 and, er, weapons

Wild pictures in the park, May 2013

We went out to Bury Knowle Park and found lots of interesting things to make natural sculptures and pictures from (plus a few unnatural things to put in the bin...)

District Camp, June 2013

Our weekend District Camp in June 2013 was held at Horley Scout Camp, a large field encircled by trees not far from Banbury. The overall theme for the weekend was 'Magic'.

We had fun on the zip-wire and hay bale maze...

...made lots of bubbles...

and of course had a campfire...

...this year enlivened by learning some 'interesting' songs from visiting Scouts...

....as well as our usual exciting Wide Game provided by the Venturers

Egg Drop June 2013

You can't make an Elfin activity without breaking eggs....

We gave the Elfins newspaper, balloons, tape, string and straws, and challenged them to design a structure or machine which would allow them to drop their egg from a height without it breaking. They came up with some very clever ideas....

 and we enjoyed testing them out...