Theme: 50 Great States ideas for the Wolf Den and Bear Den - Skits, Game, Song, Crafts and Activities

Theme: 50 Great States

Opening:

 Have a large map of the United States out and have everyone mark where they are from – supply yarn and colored pins so each family can mark where family members have lived

Den Meeting Idea:

Have the families ask relatives and friends to send postcards from where they live.  See if as a group, your boys can collect all 50 states!

Skit, Joke or Run on:

Q: What kind of perfume did Americans use 300 years ago?

A: Cologne-ial

Q: What was on the bottom of America’s foot?

A: The Civil Wart

Q: Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?

A: On the bottom

Utah National Parks Council Pow Wow Book 2012-2013 pg 61

Game:The Fifty Stars Relay Game

Divide the group into equal teams lined up a few feet away from a table.  Place a bowl on the table for each team. Lay 50 cutout paper stares approximately 2 inches in diameter on the table beside each bowl.  Give each player his own straw.  On a signal, the first player in each team runs forward and picks up one star (or as many as he can with one breath) by sucking on the straw, thus holding the star to the end of the straw.  No hands!  He releases the stars into the bowl, and then funs to tag the next player and goes to the end of the line.  He may need to run again.  The first team to have all 50 stars in the bowl is the winner.  The game could be varied by using the original 13 stars for a smaller group of boys.

Hint: If you use tissue paper, it is easier to pick up.

Utah National Parks Council Pow Wow Book 2012-2013 pg 57

Song:God Bless America:

God bless America, land that I love,

Stand beside her and guide her

Through the night with a light from above.

From the mountains, to the prairies,

To the oceans white with foam.

God Bless America, my home sweet home,

God Bless America, my home sweet home,

Craft or Activity:

·         Know your Home and Community Wolf Achievements 4 Be Safe at home and on the Street Wolf Achievement 9

·         Build a toolbox - Bear Achievement 20b - this makes a great gift for the boys to give their dads.  Plan on at least 2 weeks to complete the project.

·         Law Enforcement Bear Achievement 7

·         Ways we worship Bear Achievement 1

Belt Loop: Family Travel, Geography, Geology, Map and Compass, and Photography

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