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Activity Description: Youth play a quick charades‑style game using season‑themed prompts.

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Items Needed:

• Strips of paper with season prompts written on them
• A container or bowl to hold the strips of paper
• (Optional) Timer
• (Optional) Extra paper and pens to add new prompts

Before the Meeting Starts:

• Prepare the prompts. (5 min)
  • Before the meeting, write season clues on strips of paper and place them in the container. (See prompt list below activity).

Instructions (Estimated Total Time: 10–15 min):

1. Draw a prompt. (1–2 min)
   • Youth take turns drawing one strip of paper from the container. Youth do not show the prompt to anyone.
2. Act out the clue. (2–3 min)
   • Each act out the prompt without speaking or using props.
   • (Optional) Set a timer as they only have 60 seconds to act before the group has one last chance to guess.
   • The group tries to guess not only the action but also the season it belongs to. Once the prompt is correctly guessed, the next youth takes their turn.
   • (Optional) If using a timer, the group can make one last guess when the timer runs out. If no one guesses correctly, the acting youth reveals the prompt before the next turn begins.
3. Continue until all youth have performed or the prompts run out. (5–15 min)
   • End the game when everyone has had a chance to act.
   • Continue until all youth have acted.

24 Seasonal Charades Prompts

Winter

1. Building a snowman in winter
2. Sledding down a snowy hill in winter
3. Drinking hot cocoa to warm up in winter
4. Ice skating on a frozen pond in winter
5. Shoveling snow in winter
6. Catching snowflakes on your tongue in winter

Spring

7. Planting seeds in spring
8. Jumping over puddles in spring
9. Watching butterflies in spring
10. Picking flowers in spring
11. Opening an umbrella in spring rain
12. Spotting a rainbow after spring rain

Summer

13. Swimming in a pool in summer
14. Eating ice cream before it melts in summer
15. Playing at the beach in summer
16. Putting on sunscreen in summer
17. Having a picnic in summer
18. Running through a sprinkler in summer

Fall

19. Jumping into a pile of leaves in fall
20. Raking leaves in fall
21. Picking apples in fall
22. Feeling a cool breeze in fall
23. Wearing a cozy sweater in fall
24. Collecting colorful leaves in fall

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Info Needed: Changing leaves, weather, or what we see outside gives us clues to notice how the Earth changes throughout the year in seasons.

• Fulfills Step 1 of GSUSA Brownie Brownie Numbers in Nature badge requirements.

This activity does not meet any Scouting America Requirements

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