August is International Month in Guiding
...and with the recent Commonwealth Games being held in Scotland, we decided to kickstart our international learning with a Highland Games night.
We had Caber Toss (using long bamboo poles), Gumboot Throw (instead of Hammer throw), Weight over Bar (how high can you heave a bottle of water), Sheaf toss (I thought about throwing pillows with brooms, or marshmallows with forks, but ended up going with tiddlywinks/table rugby) and Maide Leisg. I had fun and got nice and muddy, the girls loved it and hopefully learned something, and I took my camera with me but had too much fun to remember to take photos.
I got all my information on the games from wikipedia. An easy to plan, fun night.
We had Caber Toss (using long bamboo poles), Gumboot Throw (instead of Hammer throw), Weight over Bar (how high can you heave a bottle of water), Sheaf toss (I thought about throwing pillows with brooms, or marshmallows with forks, but ended up going with tiddlywinks/table rugby) and Maide Leisg. I had fun and got nice and muddy, the girls loved it and hopefully learned something, and I took my camera with me but had too much fun to remember to take photos.
I got all my information on the games from wikipedia. An easy to plan, fun night.
