remember to capture your challenge on camera or film!

PERSONAL OR WILL POWER CHALLENGE

• get 5 bear hugs from complete strangers
• shave off half your moustache and leave it for one week
• go to work in your pjamas and don't say anything to anyone for the whole day
• go to work one day in fancy dress
• give up alcohol for one whole month
• go vegetarian for a month
• go vegan for a month
• no social media at all for 10 days
• go 'BEAR'foot for a whole day
• go 'BEAR'faced for a whole day - no make up!
• be quiet as a mouse and stay silent for 24 hours
• don't wash your hair for a week
• shave your head/cut your hair short
• live on 'bear food' for a whole day - fruit and vegetables only
• eat a whole sugary donut without licking your lips
• don't sleep for 24 hours
• share 5 secrets about yourself on social media
• dye your hair a crazy colour
• shave off a bit of your eyebrow
• learn to juggle
• go without swearing for a month
• go without food for a day
• go without your phone for a day
• use no electricty at all for a day
• no TV for a week
• clean up your neighbourhood for a week
• perform in an open mic night
• buy a strangers a vegan soy coffee and say 'it's with love from the animals'
• iron somebody elses clothes for a whole month
• cook all the meals in your household for a month
• spend only a pound a day for a week
• try and learn a new martial arts death move like the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique
• cycle everywhere instead of using your car for a month
• go for a run every day come rain or shine for the whole of October
• take a leaf out of our yoga bears and meditate for 10 mins everyday for a month
• cook something new every day you've never cooked before
• read a new book every week for October
• learn a musical instrument
• learn one song on the guitar and play it to camera
• learn a magic trick and show your mates
• give up online shopping for a month
• high five a different person each day
• do art everyday

WORKPLACE CHALLENGE

• come to work in fancy dress for a day
• make your co-workers teas and coffees all week
• do a dance performance for the office
• give up your office / car park space for a week
• take part in a work place trek

CHALLENGE EVENTS / PHYSICAL CHALLENGE

• run a 10K
• do a skydive
• get muddy like our bears and take part in a muddy obstacle race
• do a wild swim with no wetsuit
• trek a mountain or a munro
• do 50 push ups
• paritcipate in a fun run
• run a marathon
• climb a mountain
• join a boot camp
• go bungee jumping
• learn to dance (post a video)

FEARS

• get back to nature and camp in the woods for one night with no torch
• conquer your worst fear
• play a prank on your boss
• watch a horror film
• go on a blind date or go speed dating
• give a public speach on a topic you are passionate about

FUNNY CHALLENGE

• eat a teaspoonful of cinnamon
• hop around for one day
• do one lap of your house BEARbummed
• answer your phone by singing the 'Bear' Necessities for a whole week
• slip as many film titles into a conversation as possible
• put a blindfold on and do your friends make up
• sleep in your dogs bed for 1 night (& let your dog sleep in yours)
• learn a song in another language of your choice and sing it to camera
• take a water balloon to the face
• tell a bad joke in a really enthusiastic way
• sing a really hard song with a romantic voice to camera
• imitate a chicken AND a horse at the same time to camera
• attend a yoga class in the tightest clothes you can find
• go outside, stand on the sidewalk and sing a song
• eat a spoon of salt, chili and sugar mixed together
• wear an all in one morph suit for the day and make sure you leave the house
• act like a ninja for the day
• talk like a pirate for a day
• only use song lyrics to communicate for the day
• get into a full elavator and say 'you might be wondering why I have gathered you all here today'
• reinact the 'when harry met sally' scene in a packed resturant
• colour your nose black, wear bear ears and go out in public for the day

GROUP CHALLENGES / SCHOOL CHALLENGE

• get your whole class to stay silent for a whole day (remember to brief your teachers)
• get your class or even school to pay a £1 per student to have a day free from wearing their uniform
• do 100 laps (collectively) of the school
• go without junk food for the week
  
  

  Remember of course the options are endless, these are only suggestions and the sky's the limit. 
  Whether its something you know is embarrassing or something that will really challenge you we encourage you all to get involved in the fun this October!