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Note on Word Searches, Word Games, Mazes and such – In order to make these items fit in the two column format of Baloo’s Bugle they are shrunk to a width of about 3 inches.  Your Cubs probably need bigger pictures.  You can get these by copying and pasting the picture from the Word version or clipping the picture in the Adobe (.pdf) version and then enlarging to page width.  CD

Word Search
Great Salt Lake Council

Find the following words in the puzzle that relate to food:

BREAKFAST       FISH             RICE           CEREAL

FLOUR            DESSERT       CHEESE            FRUIT

SANDWICH        SALT           LUNCH           SUGAR

DINNER             MEAT          SUPPER               EAT

PASTA         VEGETABLES      EGGS        POULTRY

Baker’s Dozen
San Gabriel Valley-Long Beach Area-Verdugo Hills Councils

• Win the prize         __ __ __ __    __ __ __ cake
• Scottish plaid                                   tart__ __
• Package                                     bun __ __ __
• Old Spanish pesos
                pie__ __ __    __ __    __ __ __ __ __
• Livelihoodbread   __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __ __
• Fried pastry                             dough__ __ __
• Young rabbit                                   bun__ __
• Full width                                     bread__ __
• Showy dance step                    cake__ __ __ __
• Elevated amusement park railway
                      roll__ __    __ __ __ __ __ __ __
• Baker’s utensil             roll__ __ __    __ __ __
• Lazy person                                     loaf__ __
• Person or thing of excellence  cracker__ __ __ __

Answers

Take the cake, tartan, bundle, pieces of eight, bread and butter, doughnut, bunny, breadth, cakewalk, roller coaster, rolling pin, loafer, crackerjack

Kitchen Anagrams
San Gabriel Valley-Long Beach Area-Verdugo Hills Councils

Add the letter shown after each word, and then rearrange the letters to spell the names of items that can be found in the kitchen.

• soon + p  = _________________________
• beat + l  = __________________________
• low + b = __________________________
• sags + l = __________________________
• fine + k = __________________________
• tale + p = ___________________________
• kin + s = ___________________________
• loot + s = __________________________
• vest + o = __________________________
• hid + s = ___________________________
• lap + I = ___________________________
• cause + r = __________________________

Answers

1) spoon 2) table  3) bowl  4) glass 5) knife  6) plate 7) sink  8) stool   9) stove  10) dish  11) pail  12) saucer

In the Refrigerator
Russ, Timucua District

What's one of a Cub Scout's favorite scouting places, but "in the refrigerator"? Give out sheets of paper that have "in the refrigerator" across the top. Then have everyone try to get as many words as possible from the letters. What should happen to the winner, but a trip to the refrigerator and an ice cream certificate!

Word Plays
San Gabriel Valley-Long Beach Area-Verdugo Hills Councils

Answers

Midnight Snack, square meal, seven course meal, Corn on the cob, twice baked potatoes, Peas n’ (in) carrots, garbanzo beans, mixed vegetables

Vegetable Letter Square
San Gabriel Valley-Long Beach Area-Verdugo Hills Councils

Minced Vegetables:
San Gabriel Valley-Long Beach Area-Verdugo Hills Councils

• Or cart  _______________________________       carrot
• Pin spar _____________________________     parsnip
• Stoop eat ___________________________    potatoes
• Soot mate __________________________    tomatoes
• Cute let ______________________________       lettuce
• Had sir _______________________________       radish

Taste Test
Russ, Timucua District

This is a takeoff on Kim's Game and is done using the sense of taste. Premix a dozen different flavors in liquid form and have them in small sampling jars (like mason jars or baby food jars. Flavors can include extracts (like vanilla and almond), drink flavors (like cherry and grape juices), diluted vinegar, etc. Place the flavors at numbered stations and hand out cards with the numbers next to blank lines. Also have toothpicks (many of them) at each station so that each person can use a different toothpick at each station. Let everyone try each flavor and try to identify as many as they can. The winners are those that identify the most flavors. As rewards for all the valiant efforts, give everyone flavored tootsie rolls or lollypops.

In the Refrigerator
Russ, Timucua District

What's one of a Cub Scout's favorite scouting places, but "in the refrigerator"? Give out sheets of paper that have "in the refrigerator" across the top. Then have everyone try to get as many words as possible from the letters. What should happen to the winner, but a trip to the refrigerator and an ice cream certificate!