Challenge suggestions

[Man of Tanith]

Evening All
wednesday night we plan on having a challenge evening at scouts
only got two challenges though
one is light a candle balanced on a brick without crossing the shark infested custard between you and the candle(metaphorical sharks and custard)
and the other is transfer 3 items in a canoe the three items being a wolf a lamb and a cabbage risk being the wolf would eat the lamb the lamb would eat the cabbage only one thing can be left out of the canoe on respective banks sotwo items must go in canoe each time
any other suggestions we can do? plus explanations/methods please

 

[Trev]

Heyho ,
You could do a few " River crossing with planks " You can use paper for the planks / stumps . It's been ages since I've done any and all I can find now is this . It will give you the gist though .
Cheers , Trev .

 

[Culloch]

What about this,

The Team Game
This game has three aims. One to teach a knot, Two to throw a Life Line and Three, which is the big one, is to teach Team Work within a Patrol.

Equipment;

Each Patrol to be issued with a Life Line, (which is a long rope with or without a monkey’s fist in the end), A old Car tyre and a Carpet Mat.

Where to play ?

You can play this in the river, but in your troop hall is a good place to start.

How to Play.

1. Each patrol is to line up at one end of the Hall. Patrol Leader in front of each Patrol with the Assistant Patrol Leader at the Back.

2. On the GO! command, the first Scout, PL, runs to the end of the Hall with the Car tyre and Carpet Mat. When he gets to the end of the hall, he is to place the Carpet Mat on the floor. He then must place the Car tyre on the Mat. When this has been done he must then sit on the tyre with his/her arms out to the sides to catch the life line.

3. The second Scout, who was behind his Patrol Leader must throw the Life Line at the Patrol Leader so that it lands over his stretched out arms. Don’t for get to hold on to the end of the Life Line when you throw it !

4. When the Patrol Leader has got the Life Line, he must then tie a knot, (Round Turn and Two Half Hitches, Bowline or what you want them to tie), around the tyre. When he/she has done this it must then be inspected by a Scout Leader.

5. When the Scout Leader gives the OK, the rest of the Patrol are to pull the Patrol Leader back.

6. Once the Patrol Leader is back with his Patrol, the knot is untied, the Patrol Leader goes to the back of the line, the second Scout then takes the tyre and mat to the top of the hall, the third Scout must get ready to throw the Line, and we repeat as above until each Scout has throw the Line and Sat and Pulled back on the tyre.

7. The game must be timed. The winning Patrol must stand at the alert with the Life Line coiled correctly on the tyre, with the tyre on the Mat in front of the Patrol.

TIPS

The winning patrol will be the Patrol with the best team work.

When the Patrol is pulling back their member on the tyre, the back person should be coiling the rope so that it is ready to through again quickly.

A good Patrol will practise through a line and their knots, so that next time you play this game they will be ready.

If you have to run a Patrol Leaders training course then use this game at the Start, In the middle and at the End and see how each Patrol has improved.

A 1st Class time is about 10 to 15 Seconds per Person.

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN !!!!!!

 

[Snowfire]

Set out a series of stepping stones (can be anything, circles drawn on floor, car tyres, whatever you have so long as it's not more than a couple of inches high and won't slip). Along the route of the stones lay out the components of something, we usually use a trangia but adapt using whatever you have in your stores that will give one piece per member of the patrol. The pieces of the trangia need to be varying distances from the stepping stones (because your Scouts are varying heights) but reachable by at least one of the patrol without stepping off the stones.

The patrol progress through the route, keeping hold of each other at all times. As they go they must pick up the pieces of the trangia, but each member of the patrol can only pick up one piece. So if the tallest one grabs the first piece which is close to the stones then the littlest is going to have a very big stretch.

When they've got through all the stones they have to assemble it and make themselves hot chocolate (or tea for the leaders).

You can add any other rules you like, such as if anyone steps in the swamp the whole team has to start again, no talking and such like.