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Description

Bingo game to introduce Beaver to the badges they can earn.

Copied from Beaver version on https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/badge-bingo-bonanza/

Resources

Treasure hunt cards
Bingo cards
Bingo tickets

Instructions

Treasure Hunt
• Print a copy of team card for each Colony.
• Print badge pages, cut and hide around game area.
• Show Beavers badge pages and talk about the different badges/types of badges.
• Give each Colony a team card. Set a time limit and ask them to find a badge card for each section. Go!

Bingo game
Before you begin
Print out enough bingo cards so there’s one for each pair or small group. You could laminate the cards so it’s easier to use them again.
Cut out the bingo tickets, fold each one in half, and put them in a bag (or another container, such as a tub or a hat).
Decide whether you’ll use pens or counters to mark squares. Counters are ideal if you want to use the game again.

Play bingo
Everyone should split into pairs or small groups/nests. The person leading the game should give each small group a bingo card and a pen or pencil.

Groups should be mixed so that older and newer members work together.

Teams should look at the badges and try to figure out whether they’re Core Badges, Activity Badges, Staged Activity Badges, and Challenge Awards. They should look and see whether they can find where the badges go on their uniform.

The person leading the game should take a ticket from the bag. They should read out the name of the badge, and put the ticket to one side so they can check people’s answers later.

Now and throughout the game, older members should make sure younger members have a go at taking a guess before they tell them the answer.

Each team should search their bingo card to see if they have that badge. If they have that badge on their card, they should cross it off or cover it.

Everyone should repeat steps two and three until a team covers three in a row. They should call out ‘row’, the game should pause, and the person leading the game should check their card.

Consider getting some prizes for the first teams to complete a row or their whole card. These could be sweets, small toys or something practical like a torch or camping mug.

Everyone should continue repeating steps two and three until a team covers their whole card. They should call out ‘bingo’, the game should pause, and the person leading the game should check their card. If they’re right, they’re the winners! Everyone should keep playing until several teams have completed their rows or whole card.

Tags

• badge game
• Badges
• squirrels

Badge Links

• Membership - Badges