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May 2015
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Guiding Star
Personnel: Akela, 8 Cub Scouts Equipment: Small campfire; blue paper or cardboard, three foot square, with cutouts for stars in Big Dipper and the North Star; 8 small or pen-type flashlights, one for each Cub Scout. Arrangement: Akela and 8 Cub Scouts stand near campfire with the figure of the Big Dipper and North Star at one side of the fire. Cub Scouts stand behind the figure with lights which they flash behind their star in the Big Dipper as... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Cub Scout
Patriotic Opening
Equipment: American flag. One red, one white and one blue candle in holders.Personnel: 4 Cub Scouts, Den Chief. Staging: After flags are advanced in usual manner, and before they are posted, the 4 Cub Scouts recite these lines:Den Chief: Practically from the beginning of time, man has used symbols to express hope, ideals and love in his own nation. Our flag represents the ideals and traditions of our people, their progress in art and science, commerce and agriculture. It symbolizes... Home > Resources > Boy Scouts > Advancement
Artist Webelos Mobile
1. Print out this page (one per Webelos Scout). 2. (optional) Laminate each sheet. 3. Cut out each shape (can be exact edges or squares or circles) 4. Scotchtape a thread near the top of each image. 5. Lash or tape 2 or 3 drinking straws together to make a "plus sign" (2 straws) or an asterisk (3 straws). 6. Tie the images to the straws, varying the length of thread for each. 7. Tie a... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Boy Scout
Welcome To A New Eagle
Eagle Scout candidate [ Scout's name ], as a representative of the Eagle Scouts of the _____________ Council, I welcome you to the brotherhood of Eagle Scouts. Barely more than 2 percent of the boys who enter Scouting achieve what you have been recognized for tonight. The requirements are demanding, but fair, requiring perseverance and ability.I am not here to talk of your past accomplishments, which are great, but of your future opportunities. I received my Eagle Award, more than... Home > Resources > Cub Scouts > Arrow Of Light
Webelos Scout Program
Welcome to the Webelos Scout program This document is designed to supplement material on Webelos Scouting found in the Cub Scout Leader Book, and Webelos Scout Program Helps. You and your Webelos Scouts will also each need a copy of the Webelos Scout Book, which shows requirements for the Webelos badge, Compass and Points, Arrow of Light, and the 20 activity badges. Webelos Den Organization Your Webelos den may consist of Webelos Scouts who are all in fourth grade, or... Home > Resources > Activities > Skits
Travel Horizons
In this narrated skit, five boys pantomime and carry props representing different kinds of travel. Props may be made from cardboard. As each paragraph is read, the appropriate prop is displayed and moved across stage. At closing, all props are brought back and placed together as final paragraph is read, by all boys together. Costuming would add interest, but is not necessary. NARRATOR: Here’s a fact that we should all face, A trait of the whole human race, To long to be... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Cub Scout
Honoring Our Flag
Personnel: 15 Cub Scouts, American flag bearer, Cubmaster Equipment: American Flag, 7 red crepe paper streamers, 6 white crepe paper streamers, blue crepe paper rectangle, white cardboard five-pointed star. (Seven Cub Scouts, each carrying a red crepe paper streamer, march in single file onto stage. In turn, each boy displays his streamer. It should reach from his head to his feet.) 7 Cub Scouts: (in unison) We are the seven red stripes in our flag. For hardiness and valor we... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag Closing
CHRISTMAS Closing
Arrangement.: Nine Cub Scouts come onstage, one by one; each carrying a large cardboard letter. As he speaks his lines, he holds up his letter, which ultimately spells out the word Christmas.C - C is for candles, we burn of Christmas night To gladden weary travelers with their light so bright.H - H is for happiest; the happiest time of year; It’s jolly, gay old Christmas time, with all its mirth and cheer.R - R is for ring; we ring... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Cub Scout
Guiding Star
Personnel: Akela, 8 Cub Scouts Equipment: Small campfire; blue paper or cardboard, three foot square, with cutouts for stars in Big Dipper and the North Star; 8 small or pen-type flashlights, one for each Cub Scout. Arrangement: Akela and 8 Cub Scouts stand near campfire with the figure of the Big Dipper and North Star at one side of the fire. Cub Scouts stand behind the figure with lights which they flash behind their star in the Big Dipper as... Home > Resources > Ceremonies
Patriotic Opening
Equipment: American flag. One red, one white and one blue candle in holders.Personnel: 4 Cub Scouts, Den Chief. Staging: After flags are advanced in usual manner, and before they are posted, the 4 Cub Scouts recite these lines:Den Chief: Practically from the beginning of time, man has used symbols to express hope, ideals and love in his own nation. Our flag represents the ideals and traditions of our people, their progress in art and science, commerce and agriculture. It symbolizes... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Cub Scout
Honoring Our Flag
PERSONNEL: 16 Cub Scouts, American Flag bearer, LeaderEQUIPMENT: American Flag, 7 red crepe paper streamers, 6 white crepe paper streamers, blue crepe paper rectangle, white cardboard five-pointed star.(7 Cub Scouts, each carrying a red crepe paper streamer march in single file onto stage. In turn, each boy displays his streamer. It should reach from above his head to his feet.)7 CUBS: (in unison) We are the seven red stripes in our flag. For hardiness and valor we stand.(6 Cub Scouts,... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag Closing
1000 Smiles
Have Cub Scouts make signs and carry them out as the vegetable are announced.Narrator: First plant five rows of peas.1. Preparedness 2. Promptness 3. Perseverance 4. Politeness 5. PraiseThen, plant five rows of lettuce:1. Let us be Faithful 2. Let us be Unselfish 3. Let us be Loyal 4. Let us be Truthful 5. Let us help one another.Next to them. Plant three rows of squash1. Squash impatience 2. Squash criticism 3. Squash indifferenceNo garden is complete without turnips:1. Turn... Home > Resources > Cub Scouts > Webelos
Questions Webelos Should Ask Themselves
Upon graduation from Cub Scouting with hopefully the Arrow of Light rank, a Webelos scout has some questions he needs to ask himself about his future and future in scouting. Scouting is an ascending adventure. As the boy grows in age and maturity, the Boy Scouts of America has a program for him. It is age adapted and has worked well for decades. First is learning a new set of skills that starts as Webelos Scout and builds from there.... Home > Resources > Activities > Games
Series of Games
Art Contests: Boys design projects or posters on a particular subject for fun or to be judged. Artists: Players sit round a table, each with paper and pencil. The right-hand Scout draws a picture, in separate firm strokes, of an ordinary figure or head, putting in his strokes in unusual sequence so that for a long time it is difficult to see what he is drawing. Each player looks over to see what the man on his right is drawing... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag
Honoring Our Flag
PERSONNEL: 16 Cub Scouts, American Flag bearer, LeaderEQUIPMENT: American Flag, 7 red crepe paper streamers, 6 white crepe paper streamers, blue crepe paper rectangle, white cardboard five-pointed star.(7 Cub Scouts, each carrying a red crepe paper streamer march in single file onto stage. In turn, each boy displays his streamer. It should reach from above his head to his feet.)7 CUBS: (in unison) We are the seven red stripes in our flag. For hardiness and valor we stand.(6 Cub Scouts,... Home > Resources > Leaders > Leader Tips
Learning Disabilities How To Survive And Prosper
A learning disabled child is a child who has at least an average IQ but has difficulty learning in school. Current statistics indicate that 6-10% of children in the U.S. have some type of learning disability. That means if you have 50 children in your pack, you potentially have 5 with learning disabilities. If you have 10 in your den, you are likely to have at least one with a learning disability. If you take five children who are not functioning... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag
Honoring Our Flag
Personnel: 15 Cub Scouts, American flag bearer, Cubmaster Equipment: American Flag, 7 red crepe paper streamers, 6 white crepe paper streamers, blue crepe paper rectangle, white cardboard five-pointed star. (Seven Cub Scouts, each carrying a red crepe paper streamer, march in single file onto stage. In turn, each boy displays his streamer. It should reach from his head to his feet.) 7 Cub Scouts: (in unison) We are the seven red stripes in our flag. For hardiness and valor we... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag Closing
Garden Closing
Preparation: Each Cub Scout carries a poster with a picture of each vegetable mentioned, or real vegetables. For younger boys who have trouble with the words, have an adult read the entire script and let the boys walk on with the items. Cub Scout 1: Here is how to plant one of those thriving Scout gardens that every family wants to grow. Cub Scout 2: First plant rows of peas—preparedness, promptness, perseverance, politeness, and praise. Cub Scout 3: Then plant... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag
Cub Scout Garden
As a leader reads the narration, five Cub Scouts enter in turn, carrying posters showing peas, lettuce, squash, turnips, and garden tools.NARRATOR: Here is how to plant one of those thriving, productive Cub Scout gardens that every parent wants his son to grow up in.First, plant five rows of Peas - preparedness, promptness, perseverance, politeness, and praise.Then plant five rows of Lettuce - let us be faithful, let us be unselfish, let us be loyal, let us be truthful, let... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag Opening
Patriotic Opening
Equipment: American flag. One red, one white and one blue candle in holders.Personnel: 4 Cub Scouts, Den Chief. Staging: After flags are advanced in usual manner, and before they are posted, the 4 Cub Scouts recite these lines:Den Chief: Practically from the beginning of time, man has used symbols to express hope, ideals and love in his own nation. Our flag represents the ideals and traditions of our people, their progress in art and science, commerce and agriculture. It symbolizes... Home > Resources > Activities > Skits
Artistic Genius
The scene is an art show where judges are inspecting several canvases are displayed. They comment on the brightness, color, technique, that is used on the different pictures. They select one for the prize and comment additionally on the genius, imagination, and the beauty of the picture. The artist is called up and the winning picture is shown to him. The painter exclaims, "Oh, my goodness, that got in by mistake. That's the canvas that I clean my brushes on.... Home > Resources > Ceremonies > Flag
Patriotic Opening
Equipment: American flag. One red, one white and one blue candle in holders.Personnel: 4 Cub Scouts, Den Chief. Staging: After flags are advanced in usual manner, and before they are posted, the 4 Cub Scouts recite these lines:Den Chief: Practically from the beginning of time, man has used symbols to express hope, ideals and love in his own nation. Our flag represents the ideals and traditions of our people, their progress in art and science, commerce and agriculture. It symbolizes... Home > Resources > Cub Scouts > Webelos
Webelos Scout Program
Welcome to the Webelos Scout program This document is designed to supplement material on Webelos Scouting found in the Cub Scout Leader Book, and Webelos Scout Program Helps. You and your Webelos Scouts will also each need a copy of the Webelos Scout Book, which shows requirements for the Webelos badge, Compass and Points, Arrow of Light, and the 20 activity badges. Webelos Den Organization Your Webelos den may consist of Webelos Scouts who are all in fourth grade, or... Home > Resources > Activities > Pre-Openings
Leaf Hunt
Divide the group into teams of 5-6 people. Give each team thin typing paper and crayons and have them make rubbings of all the leaves they can find in the immediate area. Award prizes for the most leaves found, the most leaves identified, the most artistic rubbings etc. As each group returns hang the rubbings at the front of the room for the pack meeting decorations.... Home > Resources > Leaders > Scoutmaster Minutes
Scouting Pathfinder Ernest Thompson Seton
Last week I talked about Baden-Powell, the English general who founded Boy Scouting. While Baden-Powell was working out his ideas for Scouting, in this country a man named Ernest Thompson Seton was doing something quite similar. Seton was an author and an artist, and even before Baden-Powell organized the first Scouts, Seton had started a boy's organization called the Woodcraft Indians. His Woodcraft Indians hiked and camped and studied nature, just as Scouts do.... Recipes
Hooter Sandwiches
8 slices turkey lunch meat 8 slices cooked ham lunch meat 8 slices Swiss cheese 16 slices rye bread 1 1/2 cup flour 1 tbs baking powder 1 1/3 cup water 1 egg, beaten oil powdered sugar Place 1 slice turkey on 8 slices of bread. Top with slice of Swiss cheese and slice of ham. Top with remaining bread. Cut each sandwich into quarters. Use toothpicks to hold together. Mix flour, baking powder, and salt well. Add water to beaten egg and add to flour mixture. Mix well. Dip each sandwich quarter into batter. Heat 1in oil in large skillet. Fry dipped sandwiches until golden brown. Remove toothpicks and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve warm. A taste treat from Fuzzy and the Hooters. Crock of Beans 1 lb (1 1/2 cups) diced bacon
Onion Buttered Corn
1/2 cup Lipton Onion Butter 8 ears corn Place each ear of corn on large square of heavy-duty foil; spread with Onion Butter. Wrap, twisting ends; roast over hot coals about 25 minutes, turning frequently. Lipton Onion Butter Blend 1 envelope Lipton Onion Soup Mix thoroughly with 1 (8 ounce) container whipped butter or soft margarine, or 1/2 pound butter or margarine. Store covered in refrigerator. Makes about 1 1/4 cups. |
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