Cub Scout Den Meeting: March 27, 2013

Theme:    Discovery and Exploration                               

Bring something you would like to invent a new use for.              

TIME	ACTIVITY	EQUIPMENT NEEDED	BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity: WSEA Journal covers
4:00	Opening Ceremony      - Opening Prayer: _____________      - Grand Howl      -Attendance: ________________	Attendance Book Stamp and Ink
4:05	GAME:  Bed Sheet Ping Pong	Bed Sheet Ping Pong Ball
4:15	BADGEWORK: Invent a use for something you used to always throw away.		Recycle 1B
4:20	THEME ACTIVITY: Seeds and Seedlings Plant 6 garden seeds and 1 gladiolus bulb Hand out sheet to track the growth of the plant for 4 weeks. *Recycle newspaper to make pots for plants	Seed growth tracking record. Seeds Bulbs Pots Dirt Newspaper	Gardener #4a, 4d Black Star A3 (with sheet) Recycle 5B p. 49
4:40	GAME:  Who’s Line is It?
5:00	THEME ACTIVITY: Robbie the Recycle Robot	Plastic bottles Tin foil Sequins Colored markers Pipe cleaners Glue Googly eyes Piercing Tool	Recycle 2B p.49
5:10	BADGE WORK:  Continue recycle invention
5:15	SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP      -Spiritual Thought: ____________	Assignment:
5:20	Closing Ceremony      -Cub Promise      -Closing Prayer      -Badge worksheets or other information
5:30	Dismiss and Go Home

GATHERING ACTIVITY:  WSEA Journals

Materials:

• •        Booklets
• •        Nature pictures
• •        Glue
• •        Scissors

To Construct:

·         Have boys select a photo of an outdoor place. Decorate the covers of their WSEA journals.

GAMES: Bed Sheet Ping Pong

How to Play:

• ·         Players stand and hold a bed sheet on opposite ends.
• ·         A ping pong ball is placed onto the sheet.
• ·         The sheet is then raised or lowered.
• ·         The object of the game is to get the ping pong ball to fall off the other team's side of the sheet.

GAMES: Who’s Line is It?

Preparation:

·         Get everyone to write out their name on a slip of paper, then mix all the names up in a hat or bowl. Also prepare some ready chosen bible stories and put them in a separate hat.

How to Play:

·         1. Pick out a random (well known) bible story.

·         2. Roll the dice.

·         3. Whatever number you rolled, pick out that number of kids from the hat.

·         Those kid(s) must act out the scene in a matter of minutes. On the spot... no preperation. Usually the more outgoing and active kids will try to get the shy, quiet kids involved. It can end up really hilarious if only 1 kid is chosen for a scene that needs many actors!

BADGEWORK: Recycled Invention

    Invent a use for something you used to always throw away. Try to have basic crafting supplies available for the kids to use in creating their invention.

THEME ACTIVITY: Seeds and Seedlings

Materials Needed:

q  Garden seeds and gladiolus bulbs

q  Newspaper

q  Pot makers

q  Potting soil

q  Water

q  Trays lined with plastic

 Teach boys how to make newspaper pots. Have each boy make 6.

Prepare soil and plant 6 seeds: tomato, cherry tomato, marigold, gladiolus, sweet pea, zucchini

Place in plastic lined trays and teach boys how to care for their plants.

THEME ACTIVITY: Robbie the Robot

Materials:

• 3D Paint Pens (Primary)
•  Tacky Glue
• Pipe cleaners
• Sequin or Rhinestone (a permanent marker easily transforms a clear rhinestone into a colored gem.)
• Empty water bottle
• Wiggle eyes
• Piercing tool or awl (to pierce holes in bottle)
• Aluminum foil

Instructions:

1. Wrap foil around water bottle, sealing seam with Aleene’s Tacky Glue. Smooth foil to shape to bottle.
2. Have an adult pierce holes for arms, ears and antenna.
3. Twist pipe cleaners as desired and push ends through holes in bottle.
4. Use Tacky Glue to adhere colored rhinestones or sequins and wiggle eyes onto robot.
5. Use Scribbles® 3D Paint Pens to draw mouth and box around belly embellishments. Add dots around box. Let dry completely.