
Check out these Electives in Chapter 4:
4A: Pie-tin Washer toss
4B: Marble Sharpshooter
4C: Ring Toss
4D: Beanbag Toss
4E: Marbles
4F: Wide area game with your den or pack
Activities for boys ages 7-9
These are just a few ideas for service projects. The holidays makes it easy to learn about serving and thinking about others first.
All of our crafts will be done with a Pirate theme this month. We did a demonstration for the boys to show them how the stories had to include each of the items in the bag and they had a blast. Many of the parents stopped me on the way out and said that thier son's were already working on their stories in the car!
We included the following items to be included in the stories:
Bandana
Eye Patch
Tattoos
Gold and Silver or coins
Jewels
Treasure map
Ring
Remember: To Err is Human, to Arr is Pirate!
Boy's Life is having it's annual Reading Contest. Details are below. This is a great way to incorporate the October theme of "Adventures in Books". You can also use this activity to work in the electives on Computers and also the Computer Belt Loop!
Wolf Elective 21B Write a Report
Computer Belt Loop:
Say Yes to Reading Contest:
Everyone who enters gets a free patch! First place winners in each catagory get a $100 gift certificate for the Boy Scouts official retail catalog, 2nd place winners get a $75 gift certificate and 3rd place winners get a $50 gift certificate.
Include your name, age and grade in school on your report.
Mail your report along with a business sized SASE to:
Boys Life Reading Contest
S306
P.O. Box 152079
Irvine, TX 75015-2079
We added blue and gold feathers and our boys and parents have already started adding more embellishments to our flag and flag pole to make it their own! Our flag pole also carries our den doodle, so there are lots of strings and beads hanging off our flag! This was a super fun project and the kids love our flag.
On the back of our flag, we have a second flag with the Cub Scout Patch and foot prints of our Sprouts. We incorporate our Sprouts in all of our activities and they are thrilled to be included with thier own flag.
Collecting Belt Loop:
For more information or to find a participating store near you, visit www.baseballcardclubhouse.com
Bowl number 2:
Mix the Elmer's with the water. Then in a separate bowl mix the water and the Borax powder. When the Borax is dissolved, slowly add the Borax mixture to the glue mixture, stirring constantly. You will see the slime start to come together. Remove the slime from the remaining water and kneed the slime until it is firm and consistent. Throw away the remaining water.
Store your new slime in a tight container or zip lock bag. The fun of putting the slime in a container is that if the slime is the same size as the container, it will make farting sounds as you push it in with your fingers... what boy doesn't want that?
Be sure to refrigerate your slime when done. Do not eat of ingest your slime.
*Borax is a laundry booster. If you don't already have some at home, you'll find it in the laundry aisle at the supermarket.
Most of these are requirements that you'll be doing already, so go ahead and work them into your BSA Family Award!
To earn the Citizenship Pin:
These are great activities on trusting. Choose one, to complete the Trusting section.