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Description

Work together to make the best budget and build the biggest tower in this team challenge.
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/budget-building/

Resources

Scrap paper
Pens or pencils
Coloured tokens
Craft materials from the ‘materials list' (attached)

Instructions

Before you begin - Create some different coloured tokens – we’ve suggested using some scrap card to make pieces that are blue, green, yellow, orange, and red. You could use different coloured items like buttons, or even some board game money – simply adjust the materials list for whatever you use.

Step 1: play your game
For the first part of this activity, everyone should play a game (or do an activity) to earn coloured tokens.
There are loads of games and activities you could use here, including:
The group’s favourite team game. Ask them to choose a game and award a different number of tokens for the teams that come first, second, and third.
A scavenger hunt. Hide the tokens around your meeting space and ask everyone to find them.
Dodgeball. Award tokens for the winning teams, or give some out each time a player gets a hit or catches the ball.
Relay races. Take part in some different races in teams, and award tokens for each race.
A quiz. Award tokens for correct answers.
Captains coming. Award tokens for correct actions.

Step 2: spend your tokens
Everyone should get into their teams and see how many coloured tokens they have.
The person leading the activity should explain that the challenge is to make the tallest tower. The teams have to use their tokens to buy all the materials they need.
The person leading the activity should give each team a materials price list.
Everyone should spend some time chatting and designing their tower. They should make a list of the materials they’ll need.
Each team should separate their list into things that they need, and things they just want. What’s essential to the structure? Could they manage with fewer sheets of card, for example? Could they start small, then build on their idea?
Each team should see how many tokens they have. Can they can buy all the things they need and all of the things they want? They should work together to decide what to prioritise and spend their tokens on.
The person leading the activity should give everyone the chance to trade (or share) tokens with another team.

Step 3: build your tower
Each team should use their tokens to buy materials. They can come back for more materials later, so they don’t have to spend all of their tokens at once.
Everyone should start building their towers. You could award more tokens during the activity for teams that are working well together, or for other challenges.
Once all of the group have finished their towers, come together as a larger group and see how everyone got on. As well as the tallest, you could look for the widest, the one that can hold the most weight, or just the most impressive architecture!
The person leading the activity should congratulate everyone.
Everyone should finish the session by chatting about some of the things they’ve learned.

https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/budget-building/

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Badge Links

• Money Skills - Budget
• Teamwork - Team-building