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Tarantula challenge

Teamwork skills: Friday Scouts attempted the Tarantula challenge tonight. See below for instructions.

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Tarantula challenge instructions

It’s quite physical and doesn’t involve actual tarantulas.

  1. Put young people in groups of 4 or 3. Helps if they are all about the same height in a group.
  2. Each sits on a chair sideways, close to each other, in a circle.
  3. They all have to lean back onto each other’s knees and grab hold of arms/ shoulders.
  4. Then you take the chairs away, and they have to stay up. Hey Presto! A tarantula.
    Extensions:

    1. “Walk'” a short distance as the Tarantula.
    2. Put a pot of water on their stomachs and get them to walk a short distance.

Good luck!