www.sandscapes.com/how_to/. > www.crucial-crew.org/ (Coastguard activities for kids). > stillparenting.blogspot.co
ui
g
g din L aS E R
Gi r l
At the Seashore In this activity we want you to enjoy what the seaside has to offer – smell the salty air, paddle at the water’s edge or collect sea shells.
Take your pick from the list of suggested ideas, which may have come from existing resources (e.g. Roundabouts / Handbooks / Badges / GFIs / Octants and other Girlguiding publications) or choose your own activity. Remember that Growing Up Wild is designed to get our girls outdoors and into their natural environment – so discuss with your girls to decide how many activities they’d like to do! You can achieve your badge for participating in any activity on a beach or by the sea.
All Age Activity ideas > Join in a beach tidy campaign > Play beach games: cricket, rounders, volleyball, races, etc. > Fly a kite > Visit a lighthouse, lifeboat station or helicopter rescue base > Go on a boat trip > Watch a sunrise or sunset > Leave footprints in the sand > Smell the salty air > Eat chips from a bag while sitting on a beach wall > Eat ice cream or candy floss while sitting on the beach > Have a beach picnic > Take a group picture on the beach and send it into the Girlguiding LaSER office > Visit a sea life centre > Go for a paddle at the water’s edge > Have a sing song on the beach and sing watery songs
Rainbow ideas > Go rock pool dipping > Draw sand pictures > Watch the passing ships
Links /Extensions
> Listen to the sea in a seashell
Roundabouts: Global Adventure
> How many sea birds can you count in 5 minutes > Dance in the sand or at the water’s edge
Brownie ideas > Make a bottlescope and look for creatures in rock pools > Build a sand castle > Do your own Punch and Judy Show > Visit a rock making factory and see if you can help make a rock > Identify as many sea birds as you can in half an hour > Collect sea shells, seaweed and drift wood to make a beach picture in the sand > Using sticks and stones make a sundial > Have a scavenger hunt > Look for the safety flags on the beach and find out what they mean > Draw a large boat on the beach and play Port and Starboard on the boat > Use Plaster of Paris to make a cast of your own sandy footprints
Links /Extensions Instant Challenge: Water Badges: Water Safety
Guide ideas > Identify the creatures that you find when you look at rock pools > Build a sand sculpture > Arrange to go Sea Kayaking with a qualified person > Hire a beach hut for a day and live outside > Look for signs of animal life on the beach > Collect sea glass
Links /Extensions Badges: Active Response Water Safety
> Make tents or shelters to protect you from the sun or wind > Visit a pier and find what wildlife is living on or near this man made structure > Have an Inter-Patrol challenge like the ‘Its a Knockout activity’ > Have an obstacle course using survival skills > Look for the safety flags on the beach and find out what they mean > Use flip flops and transform them into animal track shoes using a hot glue gun and sheets of coloured craft foam. Then lay a trail on the beach! > Find out about the Coastguard and what they do > Build sandcastles then have a tide fight to see which will survive the waves the longest
The Senior Section ideas > Identify the creatures that you find when you look at rock pools > Build a sand sculpture > Arrange to go Sea Kayaking with a qualified person > Hire a beach hut for a day and live outside > Look for signs of animal life on the beach > Collect sea glass > Make tents or shelters to protect you from the sun or wind > Visit a pier and find what wildlife is living on or near this man made structure > Have an Inter-Patrol challenge like the ‘Its a Knockout activity’ > Have an obstacle course using survival skills > Look for the safety flags on the beach and find out what they mean > Use flip flops and transform them into animal track shoes using a hot glue gun and sheets of coloured craft foam. Then lay a trail on the beach! > Find out about the Coastguard and what they do > Build sandcastles then have a tide fight to see which will survive the waves the longest
Links /Extensions Badges: Active Response Water Safety
