Treasure Island, 31/07/09

Eye Patches

Made from patches of black felt and elastic. You could always use black card instead and the Beaver Scouts could paint a skull and cross bones onto it in white paint or white wax crayon.

 

Wooden Book marks

They were made from wooden spatulas with an animal shape glued to one end. The Beaver Scouts decorated them as they wanted. You could always do this in the colony using thick card.

 

Connect 4

Bit like the ones you see in play areas. May not be possible in the colony – although you could always have a games night.

Wonderland, 24/07/09

Decorate the Mad Hatter’s Tea Pot

The Scouts had made a large tea pot out of chicken wire covered in paper-mache

The Beaver Scouts had to decorate the tea pot – there were some inventive pictures!

Perhaps a simpler thing for the colony would be to make tea pot shaped cards but using an Alice in Wonderland theme

 

Cress Eggs

The Beaver scouts added cress seeds to an egg shell filled with damp cotton wool.

The leaders explained how it would grow

In your colony you could put the egg shell onto of a tube of card which the Beaver Scouts could decorate as one of the Queen of Hearts soldiers.

 

Humpty Dumpty Jigsaw

The Beaver Scouts made up large floor jigsaws that some enterprising person has made from hardboard and painted.

In the colony the Beaver Scouts could design the jigsaw on cardboard and leaders could cut them up into large pieces then have a relay game to see who could be the 1^st to put their picture back together.

 

Croquet

Using children’s croquet sets – this is quite hard for the Beaver Scouts to do – it challenges them quite a bit.

 

Find the White Rabbit

In the chapel at Waddecar – we got the opportunity to show it to the Beaver Scouts and explain all about it. Then they hunted for hidden white rabbits – pictures not the real thing!!

There were about 30 hidden around the chapel area – you could easily do this in your colony.

A Scout Is Considerate

A person is considerate if he is concerned about the feelings of other people. With this basic idea in mind, what characteristics would make you considerate?

Being respectful and polite.

Being helpful and courteous.

Respecting the privacy of others.

Respecting other people’s property.

Respecting the right of others to have different beliefs and ideas.

Have you heard the story about an old man who went to the Olympic Games in ancient Greece? He arrived late and not a single seat was left. A Spartan youth noticed the old man’s problem and gave him his seat. A group of Athenian boys saw this act of courtesy and began to applaud. The old man turned to them saying,

“Yes, you Athenians know what is right to do—but it takes a Spartan to do it.”

Knowing what you should do to be courteous is not enough; you must put it into practice every day. The courtesy you practice as a boy will make you a better man.

Royal Air Force, 17/07/09

Twirlers

Let the Beaver Scouts cut out and colour in twirlers

Cut an oblong of paper 6 cm by 12 cm; fold in ½ length ways and cut ¾ of the way down the fold. Let the Beaver Scouts decorate them. Fold in half again and bend the tops over – fasten in place with a paper clip. We which one twirls the best!

Targets

Make 4 large bulls-eye targets (like on the sides of ‘planes) from card. Add scores to each band. In teams the Beaver Scouts have to throw a disc into the target – add up the scores.

Craft: Paper planes

From folded paper – look this up in an origami book

Plane racing – using the planes they have just made

Make 4 A4 labels (plane; jet; glider; rocket) Divide the colony into 4 teams named as the A4 sheets. Give a label to each leader – the Beaver Scouts run around being aeroplane and when their team name is called they have to line up in front of their leader. Be sneaky and get the leaders to swap the A4 sheets!!

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“A boy can see the smoke rising from Sioux villages under the shadow of the Albert memorial.”

Promise, 03/07/09

In the pond

Beavers stand with their toes touching the circle. Leaders call out ‘In the pond’ (beavers jump in the circle) or ‘On the bank’ (jump outside the circle), slowest beaver loses a life (roll up one sleeve). Try and catch them out by saying ‘ON the pond’ or ‘IN the bank’, if they move they lose a life. When they lose all their lives they sit on the bank, last one standing is the winner.

Promise Jigsaw

Prepare cards (one set per lodge) with the words of the promise on them.

Have a copy of the promise printed out to show the Beaver Scouts.

In relay fashion the Beavers line up at one end of the room

In turn they run to the other end – roll the dice and find the card with that number on it. They take the card back to their lodge and when all the pieces are retrieved they make up the promise..

Hand Promise

The Beavers draw around their hand and colour it in

The cut it out and stick it onto the piece of paper with the promise written on it.

Potatoes, 26/06/09

Crisp taste test

Number five bowls of potato crisps and record which flavour is in each bowl.

Tape the five potato crisp bags to the wall behind the table.

The BSs have to match the taste with the bag.

Speed spud

Set up a ramp to roll potatoes down. Use a long stacking table with the legs of one end collapsed. Let everyone choose a potato. Set these up at the start line at the top of the ramp. At a signal from the leader, the racers let their spuds go. The first one over the finish line wins.

Improvise different rules: the straightest rolling spud wins; the fastest wins; the one that rolls the farthest wins; the funniest roll wins.

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head

Collect a variety of items to decorate the spuds. Include vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, carrots) and non-food items like paper, beads, ribbon, string. 

Let the BSs use toothpicks to stick things to the potatoes. 

Allow group members about 20 minutes to make their own personalized creation.

Chat and drink

Use the event to tell your Beaver Scouts about the food value in potatoes. Did you know the lowly spud holds almost all the minerals and vitamins a person needs to survive, including vitamin A, B, C, and D?

Make a list of all the ways we eat potatoes: baked, scalloped, mashed, fried, stuffed, boiled, potato chips. Talk briefly about the need for good eating habits and nutrition.

Potato wheel-barrow race

Organize a wheel-barrow race with a team of two Beavers-one on the floor walking on hands and the other holding up his/her feet 

Put a potato on the back of each 'wheel barrow'. Listen to the shrieks of glee! If the spud falls off, the team must return to the starting line.

Our Flag

Our flag stands for freedom and equality. It is the banner of a people who are still willing to lay down their lives in defence of right, justice, and freedom. It is the emblem by which we proclaim to the world that this is “the home of the brave and the land of the free.”

Our flag is an emblem of true patriotism—the patriotism of deeds; the patriotism of courage, of loyalty, of devotion to freedom, justice, and humanity; the patriotism of men who have lived and died, not for themselves but for their country. When we look at our flag—its stars and stripes, its vivid red, white, and blue—and read its story and hear its message, when we contemplate what our flag means and what it stands for, and when we consider the sacrifices made and the lives given so that our flag could still be flying over us today, we are quietly reminded to cherish, to protect, and to defend it.

Planets, 19/06/09

Planet bases

Corners: Pluto; Mars; Jupiter; Neptune

Earth = curl up in ball on floor

Moon = find a partner and twist round each other

Shooting star = stand with one arm pointing out

Uranus = pretend to wobble / shake

Meteor = run around the room

Solar system = link hands in centre

Planet mobiles

Make the planets from curled / ribbed foil effect card and hang from a wire coat hanger. Add a few aliens made from bobbles and card

Space catch

Use rocket shapes, space ships & stars some with numbers on. Attach paper clips. Fishing rod with magnet.    Count the scores at the end - Just like magnetic fishing game.

Craft Star Gazers.

Give each Beaver a cardboard kitchen roll (we used a full one but you can cut in half)

Cover end of tube with black paper.

Let then gently push a toothpick/cocktail stick through the black paper to create tiny holes. (Beaver Scouts can do their initials ).

Cover the tube in sparky adhesive paper, wrapping paper or just decorate the tube with felt tips or stickers.

To use them have the Beavers hold their scopes up to the light and look through the uncovered end.

They will look like a mini -planetarium.

Planet chase

Sun = one chair in centre

4 teams one in each corner - named after the planets

On word go 1st Beavers in each team runs in a circle round the sun - when he gets back to his own corner he tigs the next Beavers.

1st team to finish wins

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