Activities for teens
700 activities found
Flower Pressing
Collect fresh flowers and foliage, arrange them flat between absorbent paper, and press them under weight for weeks until they dry into preserved botanical specimens — pressed flowers can then be mounted in frames, incorporated into cards, or used to decorate journals and notebooks.
Football
Kick, pass, and shoot in a park, backyard, or on a pitch — the world's most popular sport delivers fitness, teamwork, and the pure joy of chasing a ball together with friends.
Foraging
Walk hedgerows, woodland, and coastlines with a field guide to identify and collect wild edibles — berries, mushrooms, herbs, and sea vegetables — foraging reconnects you with seasonal food cycles and demands careful identification skills.
Freediving
Descend into the water on a single breath, using trained relaxation and technique to reach depths and durations that seem impossible — freediving is a meditative extreme sport that builds extraordinary breath control and teaches you to be still under pressure.
Game Design
Conceive the rules, mechanics, art, and narrative of a video or tabletop game, then test and iterate your way to something compelling — game design sits at the intersection of systems thinking, storytelling, and player psychology in one endlessly fascinating discipline.
Gardening
Cultivate vegetables, herbs, and flowers in a garden bed, raised plot, or containers — gardening grounds you in seasonal rhythms, rewards planning and observation, and produces fresh food and beauty in a space you have shaped yourself.
Genealogy
Research your family tree through census records, parish registers, DNA tests, and archive visits — genealogy is detective work applied to personal history, uncovering ancestors, migration stories, and unexpected connections across generations.
Geocaching
Use a free GPS app to hunt for hidden containers (geocaches) in parks, trails, and city streets — a modern, tech-assisted scavenger hunt that turns any neighbourhood into an adventure.
Glassblowing
Gather molten glass on a metal blowpipe and shape it by blowing, rotating, and tooling it while it glows — glassblowing is an ancient craft requiring split-second decisions as the material transitions from workable to rigid, producing vessels and sculptures of extraordinary beauty.
