PACK/DEN
ACTIVITIES
Visit a Farm
York Adams Council
How
many of the boys in your den have ever milked a cow or gathered eggs from
chickens? This month’s theme
promotes the All-American Tradition of farming.
Stop in at a local farm and check with the family running it to see if
you can arrange a visit to the farm. Make
sure to use the Local Tour Permit and permission slips before going, though!
Build A Pioneer
Farm
York Adams Council
Here’s
one my son’s den did years ago. They
made a train garden-like setup on a large piece of masonite that included the
layout of a homestead type farm. The
leaders pre-made the buildings out of cardboard and the boys “built” the
buildings using twigs hot-glued to the cardboard structures. For
roofing, they used cedar shakes from a craft store (like Ben
Franklin’s). The buildings were laid out on the board to resemble the
homestead layout. Fencing was
“snake fencing” made from crisscrossed twigs .
