Core Value: Cooperation
Theme: Under the Big Top
September Pack Meeting Plans: “Cooperation” AND “Under the Big Top”
Gathering Activity
Circus Photo Booth
Opening Ceremony
Under
the Big Top
Personnel:
10 Cub Scouts in circus costumes.
(Or if you are short on boys, use 5 and double the parts.)
Materials:
Cards with circus pictures facing the
audience. Parts are written on the back in large print.
Cub #1:
Under the Big Top is the theme for
tonight. We love circuses and think it is a dilly;
Cub #2:
Both circuses and little boys can
sometimes be quite silly.
Cub #3:
Den leaders find it a natural to do
this kind of show.
Cub #4:
They run a three-ring circus every
single week, you know.
Cub #5:
At a circus there is shouting, roaring,
stamping, whistles tooting;
Cub #6:
Tumbling, pushing, falling, wrestling,
and a rolling and a-rooting.
Cub #7:
At den meetings things keep moving,
constant motion, constant noise.
Cub #8:
There are lots of things in common
between circuses and boys.
Cub #9:
We’ve put all the dens together; it’s
not Ringling Brothers, you know.
Cub #10:
But we think you will enjoy it, so
let's get on with the show.
Training Topic
“Join Scouting Night” (begins on p. 45):
Circus Ideas For Handing Out Awards
1) Put slips of paper telling which award the Scout is getting
inside blown up balloons and have them throw darts to pop the balloons.
2) Have the boys walk a pretend tightrope holding an umbrella.
If they make it to the other side they receive their award.
3) Make a cardboard cutout of a lion’s mouth. They boys receive
their awards if they are brave enough to put their heads in the lion’s mouth.
4) Have the boys wear a clown costume and ride a mini-bike
through an obstacle course to receive an award.
5) Attach awards to the inside of a blow-out noisemaker and
when the boys blow the paper to unroll it they will see the award.
6) Have the boys perform a feat of strength by lifting a
“heavy” barbell to receive their award.
Cooperation Run-Ons
All
during the meeting, boys suddenly appear and demonstrate working together to do
something – choose activities that require more than one person – in other
words cooperation. Here are some
possibilities:
1)
Folding a
Flag
– one boy comes out, tries to fold the flag, then says, “Hey I need another set
of hands” Another boy or boys appears,
and together, they get the job done.
2)
Playing
catch
– one boy comes out, says “Wish I had someone to play catch with!” Another boy joins him, and they toss the ball
back and forth a couple of times.
3)
A boy comes out with a big stack of newspapers, which he
drops so they scatter all over the floor.
“Oh, no – look at this mess. Wish
I had some help!” Another boy or boys
appear and they get the papers stacked in no time and leave.
4)
A boy comes out with a paint can and a paint brush – he
pretends to look at a very LONG fence.
“I’ll never get this fence painted in time to play ball” he says, “Wish I had some help!” Out comes another boy or even several boys
with a brush – together they make motions of painting the whole length of the
fence.
After
each run on, either the boy or a Leader says, “Great. Now that’s what I call Cooperation!”
Cheers
Ferris
Wheel (Swing your arm in a large circle. When you go up, everyone says “oooh!”
and when you go down, everyone says “ahhh!”)
Strongman
(Pretend to lift a barbell, straining with all your might. Grunt “ah, ah, ahhh”
as you lift and “THUD” when you drop the barbell to the floor.)
Elephant
(Everyone makes a trunk with their arms and makes elephant trumpeting noises.)
Heart
& Sole (For someone who gives their heart and “sole” to Scouting. Everyone
puts their hand over their heart and then touches one hand to one of the soles
of their feet.)