PRE-OPENING ACTIVITY
Name That
Tree
York-Adams Council
This is a wooded outdoor
activity, but if you're stuck inside or away from the trees, improvise by
having leaf and limb samples for folks to use. Select as many different kinds
of trees as possible in the area and label each one with a number on an index
card. (Tie the index card around the tree.) Give each person a sheet with the
names of the different trees that you have labeled. Send the folks out into
the "forest" to match the trees and the names.
String Maze
or Trail
Mt Diablo Silverado Council
You will need for each player (or Team):
Different colored balls of sting or yarn
A stick or pencil for each ball of yarn
A prize attached to each ball of yarn
Preparation: Tie the prize to the end of the
string. Hide the prize somewhere in the yard, woods or room. Unwind the ball
of string completely, passing over, under and around trees, bushes, branches,
whatever is out in the park or woods. (Or if doing this inside - table legs,
furniture and other objects in the room.) Tie a stick or pencil on the
remaining end of the string. This gives the Cubs something to wind the string
onto. Repeat this with each ball of string, don't worry about crossing the
strings; this will add to the fun.
To play: As boys arrive - Give each individual, pair or
team – you decide how game is played a string end with a stick or pencil and
tell him or them there is a prize at the end of the string. Have them wind
the string around the pencil as the work their way around the room to find the
prize. The more Cubs that are playing simultaneously, the more fun.
Outdoor Nature Hunt
Heart of America Council
Make up a list such as
the one below for each boy. Boys can hunt in pairs in your backyard or in the
park. The winner is the pair that finds the most before the meeting begins or
within a limited amount of time.
1.
Something alive that flies
2.
A cup of wet sand
3.
A worm
4.
A cup of pink water
5.
Five maple leaves
6.
Three rocks at least two inches in diameter
7.
A piece of string
8.
A dandelion
9.
(Add in lots more from what you know is in your yard or the
park where you are holding your meeting)
