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February 2006 Cub Scout Roundtable Issue |
Volume 12, Issue 7
March 2006 Theme |
Theme: Cubstruction
Webelos: Engineer & Athlete
Tiger Cub Activities |
CUB GRUB
Foundation Snacks
Baltimore Area Council
Ingredients
- Graham Crackers
- Chocolate frosting
- Peanut Butter
- Chocolate chips
- Mini M&Ms
- Chopped Peanuts
Directions
- Break graham cracker into squares
- Spread a layer of frosting on one side of a square
- Spread the other square with peanut butter
- Sprinkle chocolate chips or nuts top of the peanut butter.
- Cover with the first cracker,
- Frosting side down.
- Gently press together.
House-Wiches
Greater St. Louis Area Council
- Cut the top of a slice of bread in a triangle shape to resemble a roof shape.
- Spread cream cheese or peanut butter over the bread shape.
- Add a cheese slice, cut on the diagonal (triangle), to the roof area of the bread house.
- Using more cheese pieces, cucumber slices, thin carrot slices
- or whatever food item you can think of, add windows, and doors to the house.
Skiing Snowman
Baltimore Area Council
Ingredients
- 3 lg. Marshmallow
- 2 toothpicks
- 3 pretzels
- Pieces of black licorice lace
- 2 flat carrot Sticks
Directions
- Stack the 3 marshmallows. to form snowman,
- Hold them together with a toothpick.
- Push 1 pretzel through top of middle marshmallow to form arms.
- To make face and buttons press licorice into marshmallows .
- Place snowman on carrot skis.
- Lean remaining pretzel sticks against snowman’s arms for ski poles.
Marshmallow and Pretzel Towers
Ingredients
- 1 bag large marshmallows,
- 1 bag small marshmallows,
- 1 bag thin pretzel sticks,
- 1 bag large pretzel sticks,
Directions
- Place all 4 ingredients in separate bowls and put themwhere everyone can reach.
- Write on small slips of paper different things to make out of the pretzels and marshmallows fold themand place themin another bowl. For Example: A triangle, a circle, a square, a bridge, a ladder, a car, a boat, a train and a tower.
- Pull slips out one at a time and let the boys make each item.
Graham cracker Houses
You will need:
- 1-box grahamcrackers,
- pint size milk carton for each child,
- a small square of cardboard covered with tinfoil for each child,
- assorted candies for decorating the houses,
- royal icing
Royal icing
You will need:
- 2 egg whites,
- 3 cups confectioners’ sugar,
- 1 1/4-teaspoon creamof tartar
Directions for House and Icing
- Beat the egg whites with the sugar and creamoftartar with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth.
- When not using cover with damp clothe to keep it fromhardening.
- Frost the bottomof the empty and cleaned milk carton and ‘glue’ to the cardboard.
- Allow drying for about 5 minutes.
- Then frost each side of the carton and put on graham crackers, until all four sides are covered.
- Let stand for another 5 minutes and then break one cracker in half to use for the roof and put onto the base.
- Wait another 5 minutes and then allow the children to decorate their houses the way they would like
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