Olympics, 12/06/09

You can try these events:

Running

Relay

Egg and Spoon

Throw the javelin (well roll of newspaper)

Throw the Discus (try a paper plate)

‘3’ legged races

Wheel Barrow

To make your Medals

Disc of gold / silver / bronze / white card hung onto ribbon or braid Add 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd etc with everyone else coming 4th

Closing Ceremony with medals

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“Teach Scouts not how to get a living, but how to live.”

Only One, 05/06/09

One by one collage

Let the Beavers cut out single objects from some magazines - noses, heads etc.

Then stick them onto a large piece of card

One-arm ball

Beavers stand in a circle with legs apart and feet touching.

They put one arm behind their back and a football is placed in the circle.

Using only one arm the Beavers have to hit the ball around the circle, keeping it at floor level.

When it goes through a Beavers legs they are out and have to turn around. If anyone hits the ball through the legs of someone who is out - then they are out too

One candle birthday card

A birthday card with just one candle - it can be sent to anyone from baby to adult.

Using ½ a kitchen roll inner - cut it up the tube lengthways

Stick this on to a folded card (so it bulges up).

Decorate 

 Add a flame made from card

Write on the front 'Happy Birthday'

Hopping Heroes

Label the 4 corners of the room:

Long John Silver (he had one leg)

Lord Nelson (he had one eye)

Napoleon (he had one arm)

Cyclops (he had one eye)

A leader calls the name of a hero and the Beavers have to hop into that corner

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.”

The Station

Tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a long trip spanning the continent. We are travelling by train. Through the windows we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways; city skylines and village halls; children waving at a crossing; cattle grazing on a distant hillside; smoke pouring out of a power plant; row upon row of corn and wheat; expanses of flatland giving way to rolling hillsides, mountains, and valleys.

But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour we will pull into “the station.” Bands will be playing and flags will be waving. Once we get there many wonderful things will come true and the pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, cursing the minutes for loitering—waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.

“When we reach the station, that will be it!” we cry. “When I’m 18!” “When I can buy a new Mercedes!” “When I’ve put my last kid through college!” “When I’ve paid off the mortgage!” “When I reach the age of retirement, I shall live happily ever after!”

Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no specific place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly

outdistances us.

“Relish the moment!” is a good motto, especially when coupled with Psalm 118:24: “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” It isn’t the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.

Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today. So, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb the mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as long as we go along. The station comes soon enough.

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“The code of the knight is still the code of the gentleman today.”