Volume 5 Issue 9
April 1999

PRE-OPENING ACTIVITY

Big Foot Game
Trapper Trails Council

Cast a print of the cub's bare foot in plaster of paris. Have parents guess which is their cub's print.

Matching Game
Simon Kenton Council

1. Paul Bunyan a. spread the news the British are coming
2. Blackbeard b. Samuel Clemens
3. Rip Van Winkle

c. very big man with blue ox

4. Benjamin Franklin d. freed the slaves
5. Paul Revere e. slept for 20 years
6. Daniel Boone f. congressman turned frontiersman
7. Davy Crockett g. signed Declaration of Independence
8. Casey Jones h. father of mass production
9. Mark Twain i. was a ghost at sea
10. Henry Ford j. established apple tree nurseries
11. Johnny Appleseed k. railroad hero
12. Abraham Lincoln l. hunter in Kentucky

Matching Game

Answers: 1-c, 2-i, 3-e, 4-g, 5-a, 6-l, 7-f, 8-k, 9-b. 10-h, 11-j, 12-d

Mixed-up Folktales
Trapper Trails Council

1. BOMY KIDC
2. SECOP LIBL
3. GIB OTOF
4. ROZOR
5. NOEL NEARRG
6. ATHAWAHI
7. GINK HAMEMAMEAK
8. BAE NILNOLC
9. MOT YESRAW
10. LUPA YABUNU
11.LEANID NOBOE
12. YESCA SNOJE

Answers: 1. Moby Dick, 2. Pecos Bill, Big Foot, 4. Zorro, 5. Lone Ranger, 6. Hiawatha, 7. King Kamehameha, 8. Abe Lincoln, 9. Tom Sawyer, 10. Paul Bunyan, 11. Daniel Boone, 12. Casey Jones

Match The Americans
Trapper Trails Council

1. Johnny Appleseed A. Was the man of steel
2. Bigfoot of Sasquatch B. Was of royal blood
3. Daniel Boone C. Slept for a long time
4. Molly Brown D. Cracked a whip
5. Paul Bunyan and Babe E. Bravest of all
6. Ichabod Crane F. Knocked of his horse by a pumpkin
7. Davy Crockett G. Built with a precious metal
8. El Dorado H. Died at the Alamo
9. John Henry I. She was unsinkable
10. Hiawatha J. Got tired of the sea
11. Casey Jones K. Beat a machine
12. King Kamehameha L. Robbed the rich, gave to the poor
13. Lost Dutchman M. Planted trees
14. Joe Magarac N. Is famous in Kentucky
15. Old Stormalong O. Gold gone forever
16. Pecos Bill P. Felled trees and dug valleys together
17. Pony Express Q. Rode a strange horse
18. Charlie Parkhurst R. Brought water to artillery men
19. Rip Van Wrinkle S. Strayed with his train
20. Zorro T. Isn't a man but a something
21. Molly Pitcher U. Carried the mail

Answers: 1. M, 2. T, 3. N, 4. I, 5. P, 6. F, 7. H, 8. G, 9. K, 10. E 11. S, 12. B, 13. O 14. A, 15. J, 16. Q
17. U, 18. D, 19. C, 20. L 21. R

Photo Gallery
Simon Kenton Council

Set up a photo gallery for the pack meeting by painting a backdrop made up of the bodies of those "Legends and Heroes";: you choose then cut out the face. At the pack meeting invite Cubs and their families to have their pictures taken as their favorite legend.

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