Cub Scout Pack Meeting: June 5, 2013 Pack Meeting

NO UNIFORMS NECESSARY FOR THE DEN PORTION OF THIS ACTIVITY AS PAINTING TENDS TO BE QUITE MESSY

Theme:    Perseverance                                                                

TIME	ACTIVITY		EQUIPMENT NEEDED		BADGE REQUIRMENTS MET
3:45	Gathering Activity: Cowboy Boot Puzzle		Cut out puzzle pieces before hand.
4:00	Opening Ceremony      -Opening Prayer: _____________      -Cub Promise: Carrots Presentation      -Attendance: ________________      -Welcome/Introduction		Attendance Sheets Stamp and Ink
4:05	GAME: Bucket Ball Game	BUSINESS: -Finalize Date for Day Camp -Focus on Religion in Life award -Badge worksheets review -ScoutsTracker	Bucket Balls Tape	Day Camp Outline Badge Worksheets
4:15	RECOGNITION: Talking Feather      -Den Demonstrations (have cubs talk about some of the projects they have on display)      -Certificates of accomplishment/Badge presentations      -Parent Appreciation      -Update Cub Books if desired		Certificates Cub Books Pencils Feather Campfire
4:25	CUBMASTERS MINUTE: PERSEVERANCE
4:27	WRAPUP PACK MEETING: -Handout schedule for next month -Pertinent information to upcoming activities INVITE PARENTS TO STAY IF THEY WISH		Assignment Sheets that need to be finished      -bird feeders      -plant growth tracker
4:30	GAME: PAUL BUNYAN RELAY		Materials listed below
4:40	BADGEWORK: Photography Knowhow		Have boys bring digital cameras		Photography #1, 2, 3
4:45	THEME ACTIVITY: PAPER MACHE PROJECTS		Paint, brushes, glue, craft eyes, utility knife, etc.		Recycle 2B
5:05	GAME: Paper Darts
5:15	SPIRITUAL FELLOWSHIP      -Spiritual Thought: ____________		Assignment on assignment sheet
5:20	Closing Ceremony      -Grand Howl      -Closing Prayer
5:30	Promptly Cleanup & Go Home

Gathering Activity: Cowboy Boot Puzzle

Materials:

q  Puzzle pieces

Here’s a challenge:  see who can get their “boots” off first with this paper puzzle.  Then be sure to check out all the reasons his boots were a cowboy’s pride and joy, and also important for his safety.  You’ll be surprised why the cowboy boot is designed the way it is!  See A Cowboy and his Gear under Value Related.

Materials:  First, enlarge to about double and cut out these shapes from heavy cardstock.

(solution will be posted after the activity is over)

Directions:  The challenge is to “get your boots on and then off and standing tall.”  I started with the boots as shown in Fig. 2 below, and gave each boy his own puzzle.  So their first challenge was to get their “boots” off.  Fig. 1 shows how to work the puzzle.

Game: Bucket Ball Game

q  Bucket

q  Tape

q  Tennis Balls

Set up buckets on a surface that balls will bounce on about six feet from a line. Divide the boys into teams and have them line up behind the marked line. Object is to bounce the ball once and have it land in the bucket for a point. The team with the most points wins.

Character Connection

Think about the game we just played. Was it fun? How did you do on your first try?

Perseverance is staying with something, doing it over and over. Did you persevere?  Was it hard to persevere; to do it again? Was it worth the effort? When you think of athletes or inventors, or a famous American like Abraham Lincoln, do you think they persevere?

Game: Paul Bunyan’s Perseverance Relay

Materials Needed:

q  Egg carton

q  Wire wisk

q  Bowl of water with bubble solution or dish soap in it

q  Frying pan

q  ‘pancake’ (A circle of craft foam)

q  Large spoon

q  Water balls (can be ice cubes)

How to Play:

Begin by reading the story of Paul Bunyan. Do the following relay.

1.  Boy runs to the station, gathers all the eggs and puts them in the egg carton, closes the egg carton, then dumps the eggs out again.

2.  Boy must run to the station, then use the egg beater or whisk to make bubbles in his bowl of water and soap.

3.  Boy puts a pancake in the pan and flips it at least as high as the top of his head – he must flip and catch a pancake three times, then dumps the pancake out for the next boy.

4.  Boy runs to station and uses the scoop or big spoon to pick up 3-4 “water” balls from a large bowl (forming the Great Lakes) – then return the balls to the bowl for the next boy.

Game: Paper Darts

Materials Needed:

q  Pencils and a large circle of paper (target)

Preparation:

·         Draw a large circle on paper.

·         Divide this into ten equal sections like a pizza.

·         Number each slice from 1 to 10. Mark the middle of the circle as the bulls eye.

How to Play:

·         The aim of the game is to score a bulls eye or the highest points if no bulls eye is scored.

·         The first player must close his eyes and place the tip of his pencil on the circle.

·         Whichever slice the pencil lands on is the number of points awarded to this player.

·         The scorekeeper crosses out that number and no other player can receive points from that pizza slice.

·         Each player then takes a turn.

·         If a player hits the centre of the circle - the bulls eye - with his pencil, he automatically win the game.

·         If no bulls eye is scored, the player with the most points after each player has taken a turn is the winner.

Theme Activity: Paper Mache Piggy Banks

Materials Needed:

q  Craft Paint

q  Brushes

q  Table protection (Newspaper, plastic etc)

q  Water containers

q  Googly Eyes

q  Hot glue gun and glue

q  Utility Knife to cut slit (leader only)

Paint and decorate the Paper Mache animals. Make them into piggy banks using the utility knife and add googly eyes for character.

Cub Masters Minute: PERSEVERANCE

Tonight we have celebrated perseverance. We have learned that Cub Scouts, like pioneers, persevere to meet their goals. Sometimes we face difficult activities or challenges, but if we just give up we will never succeed and meet our goal. So the next time you have a difficult school subject or other challenge, stick with it, don’t give up, and you will eventually succeed. We are Cub Scouts, we persevere.

Recognition: Talking Feather  

Materials Needed:

q  Feather

q  Campfire

AKELA:  Today we have a some awards to present. Would ______ please join me around the campfire?

I hold in my hand a Talking Feather. Does anyone know what a Talking Feather is? (If anyone speaks, ignore them. When someone raises his hand, give them the feather.) A Talking Feather gives the person holding it the right to speak. Everyone else must listen, until the feather is passed to them. (Akela sits.)

Since we are honoring _____ tonight, we will pass the Feather around the circle and each of us will in turn tell about something he has done or learned as we watched him make progress along the Scouting trail. I will begin. (Each person takes the feather, says something nice about the Scout and then passes it on. Even the Scout himself is given a chance to talk.)

Please stand now to receive your award.

ADULT THANK YOU AWARDS:

Ruler: Thank you for your immeasurable support!

Popcorn: Thank you for ‘popping’ in to Cubs every month!