The idea of this game is simple – divide your group into teams of 3 or 4, and give each team a “Building Kit” (explained below) and a bowl of water.

Each group has 30 minutes to build a bridge that spans across a bowl of water. At the end of 30 minutes, each group demonstrates their bridge. You then test it for strength by adding pebbles one at a time, until the bridge collapses. The team with the strongest bridge wins!

The Building Kit is a shoebox with a variety of building materials.

For example:

• Ice-cream sticks
• Putty / Blue tack / Elmer’s Tack
• Paper clips
• String
• Glue
• Wool etc.

Make sure each group has the same amount of materials, just to keep things fair.