Numbers, 29/05/09

Game:  Please may I?

Beaver Scouts line up against a wall and ask “Please may I step X steps” or the like. They must say please to be allowed to move forwards.

First to the end wins

Try using other words in place of please.

Craft: Number picture

The Beaver Scouts draw and colour a picture using numbers only -

eg: number 2 turned into a duck; 2 number 6s back to back  as the trunk with number 3s are the top of the tree; 4 number 1s as the hull of a ship with a number 4 as a sail and sop on …. They will think of loads!!

Game:            Numbers on the run

Beaver Scouts run around being cars, trains etc. The leader calls out 1+1 and the Beaver Scouts have to get into pairs; then (say) 3+1 and the Beaver Scouts get into 4s etc…..

Names, 22/05/09

Find your name

Put Beavers names on lolly sticks and hide them around an open area. See who can find his own name.

Ball and name circle game

Beavers in a circle - remind them of their names (just in case there are some new boys). One Beavers has the ball - he says his own name, then another Beavers name and throws the ball to that Beavers. If he fails to catch it he goes down on one knee, then other knee, then he sits down and is out. Game continues until say 10 boys are out

Name collage

Beavers have a piece of A4 paper, with his name on in large print. He has to collect some grass etc from outside and then cover his name with it and decorate the paper.

Name Bingo

Beavers sit on chairs - or the floor - in lines of 4 (like in cinema). Give each Beavers the first 8 letters of his name on a piece of paper. Leader calls out a letter - if it appears in his name the Beavers sits down - see which are the most common letters.

Pancakes, 15/05/09

Game: Pancake on your head race

In teams - Beaver Scouts try walking across the room with a cardboard pancake on their head.

Game: Pancake Race

In teams- Beaver Scout s try walking across the room while ‘tossing’ a card pancake on a tennis racquet

Game: Pancake relay

In teams – relay style. Each team member is given a pancake ingredient:

Flour, Water, Milk, Eggs, Salt, Margarine, Pan etc

When their ingredient is called they run to the end of the room and back. When pancakes are called all the team run.

Three Wise Men, 08/05/09

Game:  Pass the Parcel

Wrap a number of gifts (one per Beaver Scout)

Then pass them round the circle and let the Beaver Scouts guess their contents (they should not unwrap them!)

Crown Biscuits

Prepare a crown shaped biscuit for each Beaver Scout. Then let them ice and decorate them

Christmas Stepping Stones

Give each Beaver Scout a piece of Christmas wrapping paper (large enough to stand on)

The Beaver Scouts should line up in teams at one end of the room and using the ‘stepping stones’ try to get to the other end of the room, by putting the paper in front of them and then passing another one down to the front etc (You will need one extra piece per team for the first person to stand on)

Only 1 Beaver Scout on a paper at any one time.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“We must change boys from a ‘what can I get’ to a ‘what can I give’ attitude.”