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November 2004 Cub Scout Roundtable Issue

Volume 11, Issue 4
December 2004 Theme

Theme: Holiday Food Fare
Webelos: Craftsman & Scientist
  Tiger Cub: Achievement 2 & Activities
 

 

GATHERING ACTIVITIES

Santa’s Bag

Connecticut Rivers Council

Set Up –

Number 10 paper bags from 1 to 10.

Put a familiar article in each bag (preferably an article related to Christmas) and staple bag shut.

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Each Cub Scout is given a pencil and paper on which he lists numbers 1 through 10. He tries to guess what is in each bag by feeling through the paper, and recording it on his paper. The Cub Scout with greatest number of items guessed correctly wins.

Hungry Santa

Connecticut Rivers Council

Draw a large Santa Claus head on a paper plate and cut a large hole for the mouth. Suspend Santa in a doorway

Give each Cub Scout a supply of “Snowballs” (These can be ping-pong balls, wadded paper balls, Styrofoam balls, etc.)

The object of the game is to toss the snowballs into Santa’s mouth. The person who tosses the most is the winner. This game can be played by individual boys or teams.

Icicle Hunt

Connecticut Rivers Council

Cut pieces of colored yarn or string into different lengths. Hide the icicles (yarn) around the room and have the Cub Scouts search for them.

The winner is the one whose strings forms the longest icicle when laid end to end, not the Cub Scout who collects the most.

Holiday Word Search

Santa Clara County Council

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Sled                     Pine                         Wreath                  Tinsel

Red                 Presents                      Winter                   Angel

Antler                 Eve                          Moose           North Pole

Cupid                Cozy.

Ethnic Foods

Santa Clara County Council

Match up these ethnic foods with the correct region that food comes from.

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 1. Bread Pudding

A. Mexico

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 2. Tandoori Chicken

B. Israel (Jewish)

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 3. Sambal Balado (crispy crunchy  beef)

C. France

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 4. Latkes (potato pancakes)

D. England (British)

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 5. Spaghetti Bolognese

E.  Germany

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 6. Sushi

F. China

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 7. Enchiladas

G. India

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 8. Peking Duck

H. Italy

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 9. Coq Au Vin (chicken in wine)

I. Hawaii

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10. Sauerbraten (sour roasted duck)

J. Indonesia

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11. Souvlaki (lamb)

K. Greece

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12. Macadamia Nuts

L. Japan

Answers:       1-D, 2-G, 3-J, 4-B, 5-H, 6-L, 7-A, 8-F, 9-C, 10-E, 11-K, 12-I

CHRISTMAS MAP

Southern NJ Council

Make a Christmas map. Find cities with names associated with Christmas. Place names on flag pins and poke in the map. Can you find Christmas Island? There are two, one in the Indian Ocean between Australia and Indonesia and the other just south of Hawaii in the Line Islands.

Here are some others you could look for or see how many more you can add to this list:

North Pole, Alaska                                                        Joseph City, Arizona

Bethlehem, New Hampshire                                              Noel, Missouri

Snowflake, Arizona                                                   "Carroll". New Hampshire

Santa Claus, Indiana                                                       Mt. Angel, Oregon

"Carroll", Tennessee                                                     Evergreen, Alabama

Nicholas, Kentucky                                                            Bell, Kentucky

Helper, Utah                                                                  Holly Green, Arkansas

Snowhill, Maryland                                                          "Holladay", Utah

Berry, Alabama                                                              Merryville, Louisiana

Berryville, Arkansas                                                     Bow, New Hampshire

Star, Idaho                                                                  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Christmas Greeting Match Up

Connecticut Rivers Council

Below are holiday greetings from 6 different countries. See if you can match each greeting with the country where that greeting is used. You can work with your parents.

1. Feliz Navidad                                                            a. Italy

2. Joyeux Noel                                                            b. Spain

3. Frohliche Weinachten                                         c. France

4. Glaedelig Jul                                                      d. Germany

5. Buon Natale                                                          e. Poland

6. Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia             f. Denmark

Answers: 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-f, 5-a, 6-e

 

 

 
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