Virtual Instant Challenge: Take a Hike
For this week’s Virtual Instant Challenge, Take a Hike, we’re heading outdoors for an alphabet scavenger hunt! Students will find and take photos of as many letters of the alphabet in nature as possible and challenge their friends or family members to do the same. Once they complete the challenge, continue the fun by having […]
Marshmallow Catapult STEAM Challenge
Got marshmallows? This is a great STEAM activity that kids will have a blast doing. You should also have many of the materials already on-hand! Challenge: Using the materials below, build a catapult that can launch marshmallows to knock down 6 plastic cups stacked in a pyramid shape. Setup: Place 6 plastic cups in a […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Unexpected Mishaps
This week’s Virtual Instant Challenge is a performance-based activity and is all about mishaps that occur on a single day. Get a group of friends or Destination Imagination teammates together online and share your solutions with us using the hashtag #InstantChallenge. Challenge: Create and present a performance about a day when unexpected mishaps occur. […]
Weekly Message from Our Executive Director (5.18.20)
Dear DI Family, My three favorite holidays are Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day. Those holidays were of major importance while I was growing up because they meant we were having a backyard COOKOUT! My extended family would always gather at our house on those holidays to laugh, play games and tell stories. […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Objects Are Larger Than They Appear
We hope you’re enjoying our weekly Virtual Instant Challenges! This week, we’re gonna do a little performance-based challenge. Get your group together online and let us know what you think! Setup: Decide on a virtual meeting time with your team and have every group member bring one object from the kitchen with them to the […]
Weekly Message from Our Executive Director (5.11.20)
Dear DI Family, I have made so much banana bread that my family is saying “No más.” My quilting is halted because supplies have been delayed in the mail and everyone I know has a custom-made mask anyway. It’s too cold to start my container garden. I have run out of new dog walking routes. […]
Little News Ears Podcast for Teachers & Parents
Are you a parent or teacher who wants to talk more with your kids about what’s going in the world? Educator and longtime Destination Imagination volunteer, Dan Buck, created a podcast and video show, called Little News Ears, to do just that. Little News Ears aims to be positive, inspiring, challenging, funny, and educational—but it […]
Bridge the Gap Instant Challenge
Grab your materials and set the timer! For this STEAM-based activity, students will need to build a freestanding bridge as tall as possible from one square to another. Setup: On the floor, use masking tape to create two 6in x 6in squares (Square 1 and Square 2) that are 8 inches apart. Challenge: Build a […]
Support DI & Creativity Today
We all have to get a little creative sometimes, and as you may have seen, the Destination Imagination (DI) community has been stepping up to address the challenges we’re facing—from creating face masks to donating food and everyday supplies to serving on the front lines in the healthcare industry. DI has made the commitment to […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Copy That
We’ve got a brand-new Virtual Instant Challenge for you! For this challenge, you will create a drawing to be copied by friends and/or family members without them seeing it. This is a two-part challenge with a time limit for each part. The only materials needed for this challenge are crayons and paper. Challenge: Create a […]
Weekly Message from Our Executive Director (5.4.20)
Dear DI Family, Sunday, May 10 is Mother’s Day. It always reminds me of some of my favorite memories of my mom, Anna Mable Tuck. I started in Girl Scouting at the age of 6, and for much of that time, my mom was my Girl Scout Troop Leader. As some of you may remember, […]
