Youth Activities

Minors have a fascination with games, games are one of the most easiest forms of activities for the minors. You can have a set group game times or provide an area with game boards, playing cards to play and make up own games -

Minors can join in with set A&S at events with their parents. All that needs to be considered is the level of skills - for example if doing an Illumination class, have kid safe paints, brushes & activity sheet. You can encourage youth to join in with A&S by displaying their work and have a comment sheet for feedback.

Set aside an area for Children area - for parents to use and to use for set activities session. You don't have to provide an activity by setting up an area the children will use this as a hang out, plays some games & parents of smaller children can use this area for their children to explore. Make up a toy/activity box for your group. Fill it up with pencils, simple board games, some craft materials etc. Place this box in the youth area. The minors will find and make use of it.

Finding successful activities for this age bracket can be hard.

How can we use the teens?

Allow them to organize the Youth Tourney or a class
Water barrier for battles, tourneys or wars
Design/make archary targets
Help out with set up & pull down etc
If the teen/youth is good with a camera, he/she can be the offical

photographier for the event

Many sports played today are modified sports played in the Middle ages. Nobles & Villagers
enjoyed a wide range of sports. We can aim to use these sport for this age range.

Medieval soccer - A form of soccer was played by kicking a large ball
Pitching Quoits - This is an early version of horseshoes where players would pitch a metal or rubber ring over a pin in the center of a patch of clay
Skittles - An early form of Bowling
A primitive form of badminton with a ball and paddles
Stoolball - medieval cricket