Series 7 / Episode 1
The mean bean.
1 · Prize task
The thing that most people would like to touch
2
Design and demonstrate the best quick-change outfit
Design and demonstrate the best quick-change outfit. The best and quickest quick-change outfit wins. You have 1 hour. Your time starts now.
3
Build the highest tower
Build the highest tower. You have five minutes from when your first box is assembled and a maximum of twenty minutes from now.
4
Work out the circumference of the caravan in baked beans
Work out the circumference of the caravan in baked beans. You have three minutes. Most accurate wins. Your time starts now.
5 · Live task
Make the best fruit display hat
Make the best fruit display hat. You may not touch or tamper with your hat. Only the fruit picker-uppers may touch the fruit. You may only…
Play this episode at home
All 5 tasks can be played at home, about 1 hour 5 minutes of play.
You’ll need
- anything from around the house
- dressing-up clothes
- tape, safety pins, Velcro
- flat cardboard boxes
- tape
- tin of baked beans (to look at)
- paper
- pen
- hat
- fruit
- kitchen tongs or litter grabbers
Changes for playing at home
- Design and demonstrate the best quick-change outfit: Cut the hour to 30 minutes.
- Work out the circumference of the caravan in baked beans: Estimate the distance round your house, shed or car in baked beans.
- Make the best fruit display hat: Use kitchen tongs or a litter grabber as the fruit picker-upper.