Game
Toss the caber
Using rolls of newspaper see who can toss the caber the furthest
Craft
Curling Stones
Curling Disks
1. Curling Stones - paint stones with thistle patterns
2. Curling Disks - the Beavers cannot really play curling with stones within a building so make paper plate wizzers for them to throw around. Use small paper plate, colour and cut the edges from outside towards centre (appx 3cm). Bend "cuts" up and down.
Game: Scotch Broth
Played in teams
Give each person name of an item in the broth:
Potato Carrot Meat Gravy Peas Onion
When leader calls out name of an item, that person runs to end of room round obstacle and back.
If ‘broth’ is mentioned, whole team to run
Craft: Make a tartan
The Beaver Scouts can all design their own tartan on a piece of A4 paper
Game: Golf
Played in teams - with each team having a golf club and a ball
The Beaver Scouts have to knock the ball down the hall and into a box (pretend hole).
Then run back again and pass the ball and club to the next player.
Game: Queenie, Queenie, who's got the ball (traditional Scottish game)
A person is picked to be the "queenie," and that person turns her back to everyone else. The "queenie" then throws the ball over her shoulder and one of the other players needs to catch it or pick it up. Everyone, except the "queenie", puts their hands behind their backs so that the "queenie" doesn't know who has the ball. The "queenie" then turns around and everyone shouts: because you don't have the ball!"
The "queenie" has to guess who has the ball through a process of elimination. If the person with the ball is the last one to be picked, that person becomes the new "queenie."
Game
Throw the Curling Disks
Beavers stand on each side of a roped off area. Beavers throw the wizzers across the "divide". When whistle blows see who's wizzer is in the area
Skill
Tasting
Provide a selection of Scottish dishes for the Beaver Scouts to taste:
Haggis
Scottish shortbread
Edinburgh rock
Scotch pancakes
We has shortbread and oat cakes with Scottish cheese and highland spring water
Identifying Fish
Label one end of the room ‘lake’ and the other ‘sea’
Prepare the pictures or names of fish – printed onto large cards
The Beaver Scouts stand in the middle of the hall and the leader holds up a card
The Beaver Scouts have to chose where the fish would live and run to that end of the hall
You could make up some bogus cards – with made up fish or non-fish on.
When these are held up the Beaver Scouts have to stay in the middle of the hall
Try using this game to fit another theme – eg: animals with forest / fields
