Three Uniforms

Tommy Lasorda, former manager of the Los Angles Dodgers, says that he has worn three uniforms in his lifetime, and that all three were very important to him. The obvious one is that of Dodger blue, as he managed the Dodgers to many pennants and World Series during his colourful baseball career. The second uniform was when he served his country and wore the uniform of the U.S. Army, and distinguished himself as a good soldier. The third uniform, of which he is equally proud, was when he was a young boy, and he wore the uniform of the Boy Scouts of America.

Insects, 22/06/07

Find the bugs - pictures around the room and a list per Beavers to find the names.

Creepy Crawly game

BSL calls out insects and Beavers do the actions.

On the call freeze they have to stand still

Butterfly - flap arms. Caterpillar - wriggle on floor. Snail - crouches on floor and move slowly. Bee - moves around quickly and buzzes.

Sweet bugs

Chocolate marshmallows and liquorice laces & sweets to make beetles, ladybirds or any other insects

Pom-Pom Bugs

Using pre-made pom-poms and pipe cleaner, wool etc make 'bugs'

Spider & the fly - like cat & mouse

Beavers stand in lines with finger touching. One Beavers is fly and one the spider. Spider has to chase fly and try to catch him without touching the "Beavers Webb"

Egg Carton Insect Craft

Materials Needed:

• Egg Cartons
• paint
• Glue
• Misc Supplies (wiggle eyes, felt, pipecleaners, sequins, etc)

Instructions:
Use egg carton cups to make a variety of insects!

Cut a long row of cups and make a caterpillar.

Use two sections and some tissue paper and make a butterfly.

Make a spider with long, pipecleaner legs!

Antennae Headband

Materials Needed:

• Construction Paper
• Crayons, Markers, or Paint
• 2 Pipecleaners
• 2 Pom-poms
• Glue
• Stapler or Tape

Instructions:

Using the construction paper, cut out a strip of paper about 2 inches thick and long enough to wrap around the Beavers’s fore head (make sure you make it an inch or two longer so you can staple the ends together.)

Use crayons, markers, and/or paint to make the headband colourful.

Glue the pom-poms to one end of each pipecleaner.

Put the other end of each pipecleaner up against the centre of the strip of paper, about 4-6 inches apart.

Staple or tape them in place.

Once the antennae are attached, staple or tape the ends of the strip together to snuggly fit around your fore head.

A few other options: Before attaching the pipecleaner to the headband, wrap them tightly around a pen or pencil to give them a fun, spiral shape. You can also decorate the headband itself with the pom-poms!

Dragon-fly

Materials Needed:

• Lolly Stick
• Paint or Markers
• Glue
• Sequins
• Thread
• Clear Packing Tape

Instructions:
You can use paint or markers to colour the lolly stick whichever colour you like. If you want to be more realistic, you can colour a blue body with a green head. Glue two sequins on for the eyes.

 

Cut many pieces of black thread. Pull off a piece of clear packing tape about 6 inches long (you can also use clear contact paper!). Set down the piece of tape sticky side up and start sticking the pieces of thread to it. This will look like all the little lines on a dragonfly's wings!

Once you are satisfied with the amount of thread you have on your tape, place the lolly stick on the tape (figure 2). Tear of another piece of tape the same length ads the first one. Lay it on top of the first piece of tape, sticky side down. This will cover the tape and also keep the lolly stick in place! Now trim the tape to look like the wings (figure 3),and you are done!

If you like, you can also add 6 pipecleaner legs to your dragonfly!

Ants on a stick

Materials Needed:

• Celery Stick
• Peanut Butter
• Raisins (or any small, dark food such as chocolate chips)

Instructions:
A very simple snack idea! Fill the centre of the celery stick with peanut butter. Place a few raisins on top to be your ants. Eat and enjoy!

Caterpillar puppets

Materials Needed:

• Cotton Sock
• Yarn
• Buttons
• Pom-poms
• Pipe Cleaners
• Ribbon
• Glue
• Markers

Instructions:
Glue a variety of pom-poms (or cotton balls), buttons, yarn, and/or ribbon onto the sock to make a colourful caterpillar. Cut a pipecleaner in half and push both of them through the toe of the sock to make antennae. Use a marker to dry eyes and a mouth if you want. Wear the sock on your arm to make a fun puppet.

Honeycomb Bee painting

Materials Needed:

• Large Piece of Paper
• Course Sponge
• Paint
• Markers

Instructions:
Dip the sponge in yellow paint. Dab the sponge on your paper lightly. This should leave big holes here and there so it looks like a honeycomb! Set it aside to dry.

Once the yellow paint is dry, use black paint, or whatever colour you like, and make some fingerprints on your honeycomb picture. These are the bodies of the bees. Use markers to draw wings and whatever other features you want.

Optional: Squirt little dabs of glue here and there in some of the holes on your picture. Once it dries, it will give the effect of honey dripping out of the honeycomb!

O you could paint the yellow honeycomb part by applying yellow paint to a piece of bubble wrap and then dabbing the bubble wrap on your paper.

Bee Puppet

Materials Needed:

• Paper Plate
• Black Glove (stretchy kind works well!)
• Glue
• Wiggle Eyes
• Felt
• 1 Inch Pom-Pom
• Pipecleaner

Instructions:
Colour the paper plate what ever flower colour wanted. Cut around the edge of the paper plate to make petal shapes (figure 1). Cut a hole in the centre of the paper plate that is just big enough for the Beavers index finger to fit through (figure 2).

   

Put on the glove and poke their index finger through the hole in the paper plate. The finger will be the bee puppet! Glue the pom-pom to the end of the finger. Glue the wiggle eyes onto the pom-pom. Cut short pieces of pipecleaner for the bee’s antennae, and glue them onto the pom-pom. Cut thin strips of yellow felt and glue them around the finger to look like the bee's stripes. Use felt and make wings for the bee and glue them on.

Ladybird Treasure Holder

Materials Needed:

• Plastic bowl / dish
• Black Acrylic Paint
• Felt
• Black Pipe Cleaner
• Wiggle Eyes
• Glue or Glue Gun

Instructions:
Paint the dish black and set it aside and allow it to dry.

Trace around the dish to make a circle on a red piece of felt. Cut out your circle, but cut it about 1/2 inch larger than your tracing. Cut the circle in half. Cut tiny circles out of black felt and glue them on your red half circles to be the ladybird's spots.

Spread glue half way around the top edge of your painted dish (figure 1).

Place your two half circles onto the top edge of your dish. The half circles should come together to form a circle, and you want them to join in the centre of your glue line (figure 2).

Once dry, you can fold back the bottom of the wings to reveal the inside of the can (figure 3)!

Ladybird (another idea with a bowl)

Materials Needed:

• Small White Paper Bowls
• Shirt or Cereal Box Cardboard
• Glue
• Paint (preferably red and black)

Instructions:
Use scissors to cut the ladybird's feet out of lightweight cardboard (or a cereal box!). Turn the bowl upside down and glue them to the underside of the rim. Use paint to decorate the back of the bowl to look like a ladybird!

Spider’s web

Materials Needed:

• Black Paper
• White Yarn
• Glue

Instructions:
Using the glue, squirt lines on the paper in whatever spider web design you want. Lay the yarn on the glue lines and set it aside and let it dry. Add a few small plastic spiders if you like!

Spider Puppet

Materials Needed:

• 1 Black Stretchy Glove
• 2 Large Black Pom-poms
• 2 Wiggle Eyes
• Glue

Instructions:
Let the Beavers put their hand in the glove, glue on one pom-pom right behind the knuckles on the back of the hand, glue on the other pom-pom just behind the first so they are touching. Glue the wiggle eyes on the pom-pom nearest the knuckles. You now have a cute spider puppet that will crawl around when the Beavers wiggles their fingers!

Spider Biscuits

Ingredients:

• 2 Chocolate Wafer Cookies
• Chocolate Frosting
• Mini Chocolate Chips or M&Ms
• Black Lace Liquorice

Instructions:
Spread the chocolate frosting on the flat side of each biscuit. Cut a piece of liquorice into 8 pieces about 2 - 3 inches long. Stick the liquorice on the frosting on one of the biscuit so they look like the spider's legs sticking out (4 sticking out on each side). Then put the other biscuit, frosting side down on top of it to hold the "spider legs" in place.

Using the frosting as your "glue", add 2 eyes using the chocolate chips or M&Ms and enjoy!

Denmark, 08/06/07

Talk about Denmark

Denmark is one of four countries that make up the area of Europe called Scandinavia. The others are Sweden, Norway, & Finland. It is a country made up of lots of islands (about 500) , trees and has lots of snakes.

The Danish flag is the oldest national flag in the world - it has been used for over 700 years. Legend says it fell from the sky during a battle.

The world's most accurate clock is in the town hall in Copenhagen - the Olsen clock - and has only lost ½ a second in 300 years.

Viborg is probably the oldest town in Denmark.

Lego bricks are made in Denmark - the word comes from lege godt which means play well .

The Vikings came from Denmark and invaded Britain in the 8th century. They used long boats. King Canute was a Danish king who ruled England from 1016 - 1042.

Denmark is famous for its bacon, fish and Smorrebord open sandwiches.

Trees and Snakes

2 teams in straight lines raise arms to form arches - these are trees. 2 other teams face them holding hands - to form a chain -these are the snake. On "GO" the snakes wind in and out of the trees. The first back in position wins. If a tree is knocked over the snake is disqualified. To make in harder call "wind is blowing" and the trees wave their arms up and down.

Island Bases:

Island One: Viking Helmets and swords, make as template

Island Two: Bacon Butties, let the Beavers watch the cooking of the bacon and then make themselves a butty.

Island Three: Viking Boat, make as template

Island Four: Smorrebrod, try some traditional Danish "buttered bread" with different toppings. These may have started in the days when rounds of bread were used as plates. Each is a little meal in itself.

Fishing

Each lodge has a bucket containing (card) fish with rings, and a rod with a hook. See which team can catch the most fish in relay in a set time.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“There is no teaching to compare with example.”