Wild West, 14/08/09

Indian Headdress

The Beaver Scouts made these from a strip of card with a coloured feather. In stead of taping the card to the correct head size it was cut – like this – saves tape!!

 

Try out bow and arrows

Don’t panic – not real ones – they were made from string and garden canes. The Beaver Scouts had to try to burst water filled balloons – they loved it!

 

Make a Tee-Pee

Made from paper and decorated with Indian symbols. A good one to do in the colony. Cut a semi circle of paper. Let the Beaver Scouts decorate and then tape into a one shape. Add a piece of feathered paper to the top.

Look for Cree Indian signs

 Pan for Gold

Bit wet – but fun. The Beaver Scouts each had a Frisbee and had to scoop it into the water then drain off the water and see if they had found gold. The leaders said there was some in there but we did not find any!! Perhaps a bit wet for a colony evening – you could try it outdoor with lots of towels!

 

Face painting

Simple but fun – just watch out for allergies

Pearls of Wisdom—Quotes from Baden-Powell

“Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys’ man he can see it, too.”

Camelot, 07/08/09

Shields

Each Beaver Scouts got to make a large shield made from pre-cut cardboard. They decorated it them selves. The hand grips were mage from card attached to the shield using paper fasteners.

 

Get knighted

The Beaver Scouts were knighted as Knights of the Round Table and could choose their own name.

 

Jester’s skills

A leader showed the Beaver Scouts loads of Jester skills and tricks – they could all have a turn. The Diablo was really difficult to do!

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.