December 2024

Here are some activities you could try over the festive season: 

• Make a festive Norwegian gnome
• Make campfire Christmas pudding
• Play Snowbuddy relay race
• Find more festive activities on our activity finder

This month is a great way to learn about disability to create a more equitable way forward for all. 

Activities to try: 

• Explore some activities about disability
• Play sitting volleyball 
• Try a Paralympic sport called boccia

Find out more about disability inclusion in Scouts.

This event focuses on the rights and well-being of disabled people around the world. 

Activities to try:

• Explore differential treatment with Equity spaghetti
• Discover how accessible your meeting place is
• Arrange to visit a local disability service

Find out more about disability inclusion in Scouts.

Did you know that soil is essential to our survival? World Soil Day celebrates the importance of healthy soil and sustainability. 

Activities to try:

• Try building a wormery with It's a worm's world
• Explore our ecosystem with Web of life
• Make your own compost

A time to say thank our amazing volunteers, and see how you can volunteer to make a difference in your local community. 

Activities to try:

• Say thank you by making handprint celebration cards
• Try some volunteering yourself with Be the change
• Learn about the Young Leaders' Scheme

Use your imagination and think about where you'd go if you could time travel? 

Activities to try:

• Try to guess a badge from the past
• Be part of a Time travelling team
• Come up with ideas for future activities

Human Rights Day marks the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It's the most translated document in the world and sets out the rights that everyone is entitled to. 

Activities to try:

• Play human rights musical chairs
• Make change with the Community Impact staged activity badge
• Learn more about your rights with Rights and wrongs

Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year. It's an important time for many around the world. If you’re going camping this winter, why not reward your young people with a special blanket badge?

Activities to try:

• Create a fruit solar system
• Go stargazing 
• Make Taiwanese treats for the winter solstice festival, Dongzhi

Christmas Eve is celebrated around the world on the 24 December. Some countries may celebrate Christmas on this day, rather than on 25 December.

Activities to try:

• Play Santa's coming
• Play Fill the stocking
• Make some mini Christmas puddings

Christmas Day is a Christian festival that’s celebrated around the world on the 25 December. For some people, it celebrates the birth of Jesus, but for others it can simply be a time for family and kindness.

Activities to try:

• Get outside and make a campfire Christmas pudding
• Make some festive chocolate truffles
• Make melted snow buddy biscuits

Learn more about faiths and beliefs in Scouts.

Hanukkah is a Jewish festival, which lasts for eight nights. It's sometimes known as the Jewish Festival of Lights. 

Activities to try:

• Play dreidel 
• Have a menorah relay race 
• Make some camp stove doughnuts

Learn more about faiths and beliefs in Scouts.

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated after Christmas Day. 

Activities to try:

• Make cards from leftover wrapping paper
• Make something tasty from your leftovers
• Support a local food bank 

Say goodbye to 2024 and get ready to welcome in 2025! 

Activities to try: 

• Make toilet roll party poppers 
• Get to know people at the party

Hogmanay is celebrated on New Year's Eve. Did you know Hogmanay is the word for the last day of the old year?

Activities to try:

• Try ceilidh dancing
• Sing some Scottish songs
• Try making some Scottish tartan