[* means a leader is needed here to help; + means some equipment is required to be set out beforehand] 1 Stand on your head (even for a split second) 2 Count from one to ten 3 + Eat three cream crackers 4 Rub your stomach while patting your head 5 Pat your stomach while rubbing your head 6 + Draw around one of your hands on a piece of paper, write your name in the middle, and cut it out reasonably neatly 7 + Take the ball out of the box, take five paces away, then throw the ball into the box (repeat if you don't get it first time) 8 Sit down, close your eyes, and try to think about how far away the centre of the Earth is beneath you 9 Stand up, while pretending to be a robot (jerky movements) or, if you prefer, a zombie or mummy (slow, groaning, outstretched arms) 10 Count from eleven to twenty 11 * Recite the Cub Scout Law (with hints given if you get stuck) 12 Run to one end of the hall, then to the other, then to the place where drinks of water are to be had 13 + Drink a glass of water 14 Count how many different pieces of cloth were sewn together to make your trousers 15 Smile 16 + Arrange five objects (marbles, etc) into size order 17 Choose an adult in the room, and ask them which they prefer: Beatles or Rolling Stones? 18 Wink 19 Wink with the other eye 20 Count from twenty-one to thirty 21 Count how many badges you have 22 Remove your necker, make it look neat and tidy, then put it back on. The neater it is to begin with, the less time this will take! 23 * Keep answering questions read out from a quiz book or other such resource until you get one right (can be done in parallel with more than one contestant; a leader can be reading out questions to a group which cubs constantly join, letting the first one to say the correct answer to each question go) 24 Say (to anybody nearby) the name of your favourite teacher - and why you chose them 25 Walk backwards to the next challenge 26 + Make a stack of some lightweight object (empty cardboard boxes, etc) higher than your own head, then take it down again 27 Choose somebody else in the room, and ask them a question 28 Do ten sit-ups 29 While still lying down, breathe in deeply (with your stomach as well as your chest) and out again, slowly, ten times. 30 Name ten different vegetables 31 Count from thirty-one to forty 32 + Write the names of the five people who have inspired you most on a sheet of paper 33 Fold the sheet of paper in half until you can't fold it any more 34 Put the result in your pocket 35 Do ten press-ups 36 Laugh 37 Sing "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes; and eyes and ears and mouth and nose" - with actions 38 Point towards North 39 Crawl on your hands and knees until you reach the nearest wall 40 Facing the wall, stretch up to see how far you can reach 41 Count from forty-one to fifty 42 Think of something you own that you don't really need 43 Walk for ten paces, each time placing your foot directly in front of your other foot, so they are touching and in the same line, as if walking along a narrow plank 44 Decide what your earliest memory is 45 Count how many paces wide the room is 46 Count your limbs 47 Go to the nearest person to you and ask them what they got for Christmas 48 Name as many types of tree as you can 49 Find which corner of the room is the warmest, or are they all the same? 50 See if you can find a draught anywhere in the room 51 Count from fifty-one to sixty 52 Find a place to stand, not within arm's reach of anybody else 53 With one eye closed, touch your finger tips together in front of your nose 54 List your five favourite foods 55 Name a country that begins with A 56 Decide what you would do if there was a fire alarm right now - where is the nearest emergency exit? Where would you go once you got outside? 57 Say the name of the last book you read 58 Jump up in the air, and land facing in the opposite direction to how you started 59 Decide what job you would like to do when you leave school/college/university 60 Say the name of the current Prime Minister 61 Count from sixty-one to seventy 62 Decide who in the room you'd most like to swap shoes with (but don't actually swap) 63 Stand on one foot for as long as you can 64 Decide how you would climb stairs in a hurry with only one leg! 65 Clap out a tune you like 66 Sit down quietly, close your eyes, and spend at least twenty seconds seeing how many people's voices you can recognise 67 Look around the room, choose a person - whoever you like, even an adult - and go up and shake hands with them. 68 Walk sideways for ten paces 69 Touch your toes 70 Count how many digits you have (including toes and thumbs!) 71 Count from seventy-one to eighty 72 Jump in the air and clap - ten times 73 Say your full name out loud 74 Skip for ten paces 75 Shout your own Grand Howl - "I Will Do My Best!" 76 Count the number of cubs in the room 77 Count the number of adults in the room 78 + Put all the shapes into Jean's shape sorter, then tip them out again for the next person 79 Think of ten different materials used in building your house 80 Name the colours in the rainbow 81 Count from eighty-one to ninety 82 Sit down 83 Decide what your favourite film is 84 Decide what your LEAST favourite film is 85 Take your shoes off 86 Put them back on again 87 Stand up - while making a strange noise 88 Decide what your LEAST favourite song is 89 Decide what your favourite song is 90 Do an animal impression 91 Count from ninety-one to one hundred 92 Name five different tools 93 + Do ten skips with a skipping rope 94 Hum a tune 95 + Inflate a balloon 96 Close your eyes and turn around ten times 97 Pretend to be a musical instrument 98 Close your eyes and touch your nose 99 Count backwards from one hundred to zero - in tens. 100 Pat yourself on the back!