Virtual Instant Challenge: May the Forks Be With You
You know we love our structure challenges! Gather the materials and a group of friends and/or family members together online to do this challenge. You will not know ahead of time what you will be scored on. Challenge: Using the materials below, build a freestanding tower as tall as possible. The tower should sit completely […]
DI Team Encourages Positivity through Creativity
Thank you to all of our teams, parents and volunteers who have reached out to us over the past two weeks, sharing your messages of hope and gratitude. Some of you have also shared how your kids or team members are working to spread positivity and encouragement. Last week, we received an email from The […]
STEAM Activities: Get Creative with DI & Disney
Destination Imagination (DI) is all about inspiring the next generation of creative thinkers, leaders and innovators. A few years ago, we teamed up with our friends at Disney to create two STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) activities to spark kids’ creativity and help them learn how to think out-of-the-box. Both of the challenges […]
Virtual STEAM Challenge: Match Mine Plus Yours
Have your kids challenge their friends with this fun, simple, low-prep STEAM activity! Our Match Mine Plus Yours Instant Challenge is designed to be done virtually (either by email or text) and tasks kids with using their imagination, creativity and problem-solving skills to build the tallest freestanding tower possible. Challenge: Create the tallest freestanding tower […]
Spaghetti Tower STEAM Challenge
Ready to put your creative thinking skills to the test? For this challenge, students will build a spaghetti tower as tall as possible that can hold a marshmallow on top. You can also try this activity as a family! Materials: 30 pieces of spaghetti, 20 mailing labels (or 30 inches of masking tape), 1 marshmallow […]
Weekly Update from Our Executive Director
Dear DI Family, First, I want to thank everyone for your support, patience, and feedback following the cancellation of Global Finals. Your commitment to Destination Imagination is extraordinary and deeply appreciated. I am proud of our kids for their diligence and their ability to adjust. It is one of the things that I truly admire […]
5 Free STEAM Challenges for Kids & Teens
Looking for more projects to inspire your kids’ creativity and curiosity? It’s been a challenging couple of weeks for everyone, and we want to help both parents and teachers during this trying time. We created five new (free!) challenges that incorporate STEAM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics and art) principles and help students learn how to utilize the […]
Virtual Instant Challenge: Unknown Structure
Get ready for our first-ever Destination Imagination Virtual Instant Challenge: Unknown Structure! This virtual activity is designed for a group of kids or teens to do together online through a video chat app or platform. For this challenge, group members will need to use a specific set of materials to build a structure that can […]
Message From Our Executive Director
Dear DI Family, I am truly sorry that this is not the Spring any of us expected. I know that you have spent many hours preparing to present and host creative, smart and innovative solutions to this season’s Destination Imagination Team Challenges. We are all deeply disappointed that due to the coronavirus pandemic, things have […]
Global Finals 2020 Urgent Announcement
It is with heavy hearts that we are announcing the cancellation of an in-person Global Finals event in Kansas City, Missouri for this season of Destination Imagination (DI). We made this decision based on guidance from the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control, state and local health officials, states of emergency that have been […]
The Creative Chat: A New Podcast from DI’s Alumni Council
We are so excited to announce the launch of our new Destination Imagination (DI) alumni podcast, The Creative Chat! In each episode, we’ll chat with a DI alum about how they use creativity and problem-solving in their everyday life and career. We’ll also explore how Destination Imagination helped shape their lives into what they are today. […]
COVID-19 Update: DI Tournaments & Global Finals
To the Destination Imagination Community, As you know, there is considerable international media coverage on coronavirus (COVID-19). The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has identified this virus as a “very serious public health threat,” but the CDC cautions that the immediate risk to the American public remains low at this time. Destination Imagination, Inc. is […]
