Scouting


Each year beginning with September BSA puts out the PROGRAM HELPS.  In the Propgram Helps you find ideas for the year for pack meetings and den meetings.  They suggest themes and include games and skits and songs.

In addition to the Program Helps, it is good to have:
1.  Cub Scout Leader How - To - Book, it has lots of ideas, skits, cheers, stunts, stories, crafts, etc.  2.  Staging Den and Pack Ceremonies,  3.  Sparklers (a little book with fun ideas),  4.  Cub Scout Song book,  5.  Bear, Wofl, or Webelo book
(the one for your den)  You learn different cheers at round table, form other leaders, at training.  Here are a few:
1.  A round of Applause.  Clap hands while moving hands in a big circular motion in front of you
2.  A big hand.  Leader says, "Let's give them a big hand!"  Everyone holds out one hand with the palm of hand in front of you.
3.  A water melon cheer.  Pretend to hold a slice of water melon to mouth.  Pull it rapidly across mouth, slurping the fruit, then
     turn head to one side and pretend to spit out the seeds, making lots of noise.
4.  Desert Cheer.  "Yucca, Yucca. Yucca!"



This is an idea for cub scout inspection:
I have the boys line up and we have our opening and then the uniform inspection.  I go down the line handing out clothespins for things they have earned.  They get one clothespin just for being there.  For inspection they receive clothespins if they are wearing their hat, neckerchief, shirt, belt, navy blue pants, and have their book, one pin for each.  I let blue jeans count for the pants in this inspection.  It is not an official inspection, but I do this each week to encourage the boys to wear their iniforms.  It works.  After the inspection and the handing out of clothespins, they drop them one by one into a #10 can.  If they can get it into the can they get one piece of candy for each clothespin.


Ideas for themes for Wolf Den Meetings

JANUARY/OUTDOOR ADVENTURE                                             FEBRUARY/ BLUE AND GOLD
  Treasure hunt at the church                                                          Make centerpiece, placemats, invitations
  Dribble a soccer ball, play soccer                                                  and cards for name at place settings
  Make puddle Jumpers
  Walk on stilts
  Plan adventure trail and have at church                                         MARCH/SAFETY
  Play Basketball                                                                             Three ways to stop a cold
  Obstacle race at park                                                                     What to do for a small cut
  Walk a board both ways                                                                  Phone numbers
  Plan a den picnic                                                                            Kite flying fules
  Have a den picnic at park                                                                 Use a reel for a kite
                                                                                                       Visit fire station

APRIL/WOODWORKING
  Sand wood and paint - gift for mother day
     recipe holder or hot pad holer
 

MAY/ARTIST                                                                                  JUNE/FATHER'S DAY GIFT
  Make stencil for Mother day card                                                      Make key ring
  Write secret code inside card/decorate                                              Make father's day card/secret
    paper bag for gift                                                                                 code picture
  Make bean bags
  Play bean bag toss
 

JULY                                                                                               AUGUST
  Fourth of July breakfast                                                                      No Pack Meeting

SEPTEMBER
  Cookout
  Make an Indian Pictograph                                                               OCTOBER/INDIANS
                                                                                                          10 ways neighborhood gets dirty
                                                                                                          Indian Sign Language - pair off tell stories
                                                                                                          Pie Tin Washer
                                                                                                          3 wys to make where you live more beautiful
                                                                                                          Bean bag toss
                                                                                                          Headband
                                                                                                          Feather
                                                                                                          3 ways to save energy
'                                                                                                          Marble Sharpshooter
                                                                                                          Loincloth
                                                                                                          Tape ends of rope
                                                                                                          Ring Toss
                                                                                                          Make Indian Tom Toms



Ideas for themes for Bear Den Meetings

KNIVES AND KNOTS
  By combining these two and working on knots part of the meeting and working with knives part of the den meting, it was easier to keep their interest.

1. Safety rules   2. Sharpen the knife   3. Carve a bar of soap (something simple like an arrowhead)
4. Whip ends of a rope   5. tie knots (only one or two per den meeting)  6. Using the sheet bend knot to tie a sock (It can be used
        as target practice.  The boys really enjoyed this and we used it several times)  7. Earn whittling chip

BLUE AND GOLD
  1. Make place cards   2. Make centerpeice   3. Make placemats   4. Make invitations

NATURE
  1. Make eraser animal prints   2. Field trip to nature center   3.There are quite a few nature crafts in the electives

ENERGY
  1. Wire en electric bell   2. Make an electro magnet   3. Track events

LAW ENFORCEMENT
  1.  Fingerprints   2. trip to the Police Station

THE PAST
  1. Trip to the Library   2. Play Indian Games   3. tell Folk tales

GAMES
  1. Let boys teach a game to the den (this can take several den meetings)   2. Play different team sports

BE A LEADER
  1. Let each boy plan and conduct a den activity

OUTDOOR GYM
  1. Plan an outdoor gym day   2. Build games for the gym day   3. Have an open house for gym day and invite families.  It can even
      be a cookout.