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Description

Test how well you can put a sleeping bag back in its bag in this quick and easy game.

Resources

Stopwatch or phone
Sleeping bags

Instructions

You may want to ask people to bring their own sleeping bag if they have one.
If people don’t have a sleeping bag, you could see if someone can bring an extra one, or see if you can borrow one from another section or Group.
You may want to run the activity Teamwork Tents to learn to put the tent up alongside this activity.
You could also use this activity to put together bedding rolls, rather than sleeping bags.

Gather everyone together, then tell them that you’ll be practising putting sleeping bags in and out of bags.
Ask if anyone has done this before and has any tips or trips.
Make sure each person or pair has a sleeping bag.
Let people have time practising putting the sleeping bag in and out the bag.
Everyone should get into a pair.
When everyone’s ready, have everyone take their sleeping bag out the bag and place the storage bag to the side of it.
Each pair should move back from the sleeping bag, so everyone is an equal distance away from it to make it fair.
When everyone’s ready, shout ‘Go!’ and start the stopwatch.
One person should hold the storage bag, while one person stuffs it in.
Each pair should try to get their sleeping bag back in the bag as quickly as then can.
Whoever finishes first, wins. However, you could also reward determination and perseverance.
After doing this race, you could try to make them more inventive. For example, you could try doing it blindfolded, with one hand on your head, or while holding hands with someone else.
If you want to make it harder, people could take part individually, rather than in a pair.

Tags

• beavers my outdoors challenge award
• race
• sleeping bag
• team game

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