twigs of equal thickness, liquid white glue, 1 sheet white paper, colored
crayons or markers, wax paper.
Cut twigs about twice as long as logs shown in illustration. Place six twigs
on sheet of wax paper. Glue the twigs together with glue to form raft. Cut two
twigs to fit the width of the six glued twigs. Glue these two twigs near the
ends of raft. Let the raft dry overnight. When dry turn upside down. Cut a
twig to form the last two twigs to fit the width of the raft. Glue the
remaining two twigs to both sides of the mast. Dry overnight. Cut the sail
from white paper, decorate. Push sail through standing twig. Hot glue will
speed up drying processes. Have a den race with the boats.
From Baloo’s friend,
have you put your den chest together yet? Here are some great ideas to start
one. You will find there is always a need for some if not all of these items
for games, crafts or whatever you my have going on with your dens plus there
is the added bonus of teaching a little about recycling as you and your Cubs
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Make the old tried and
true newspaper folded hat, remember them? You can find directions in many
books. Make them out of plain newsprint. Then let the boys paint them and
added a large feather to stick into the brim.
Knight helmets -
Using a gallon milk jug, cut out the portion below the handle and the bottom
of the carton. Decorate with grey tempera or cover with tin foil, and finish
off with a feather. String might be needed to assist in keeping the helmet on.
Sword in the Stone -
Cut an egg cup from the bottom of a cardboard egg carton for each boy. Turn it
bottom side and cut a small slit in the center. To make a sword, cover one ice
cream stick with aluminum foil. With scissors, cut the ends off another
ice-cream stick and color it with markers. Glue the two sticks together.
American Folklore Figures
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Read about these legendary heroes in your Scout book!
Acrylic Paint Markers
faces with markers. For the clothes, trace patterns onto construction paper
and cut out. Glue clothes in place. If desired, paint details on clothes.
Recycled Craft Materials
Items to save for crafts!
Mesh bags that fruits or vegetables come in
Toilet paper tubes
Paper towel tubes
Empty tissue boxes
Baby food jars
Baby wipe containers
Margarine tubs and lids
Frozen orange juice cans and lids Plastic bottles (2 liter, 1 liter, 20 oz,
Soda bottle lids
Baby formula containers and lids
Plastic containers with lid that fresh fruit comes in
Old or unused CD’s
Aluminum cans with inside edge sanded by an adult
Spaghetti sauce glass jars or other jars of that type
Used copy paper
Mac and cheese boxes
Miscellaneous food boxes (hamburger helper, etc.)
Frozen food trays
Used Gift wrap
Used gift Bows
Wall paper remnants
Squeezable bottles (like ketchup and mustard, etc)
Camera film containers and lids
Misc. shipping boxes
Used greeting cards
Cleaned foam plates (from bakery or deli)
Paper grocery bags
Plastic grocery bags
The dots from a hole punch
Old mouse pads
Miscellaneous wood scraps
Used gift bags
Milk jug lids
Sour cream containers
Round ice cream containers with lids - all sizes
Coffee cans - all sizes
anything else that looks like you could make something out of it!! Clean out
each item thoroughly and in the proper way
Design A Shield And
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Enlarge template to desired size.
Let the boys design their own shield and
banner to display at pack meeting.