May Round Table and Father's Day gift Ideas

Journal Jar

Bear A8f-Start your own history keep a journal for 2 weeks

Materials needed:

•  Clean empty jar; peanut butter jar, crystal light container, mason jar etc
•  Journal prompts
•  Note book
• Label (optional)
• Paper to decorate notebook(optional)

Have the boys cover their jar and decorate it, add the label. Print and cut the journal prompts and add to jar.

Optional- You can have the boys cover and decorate their notebook as well using scrapbook paper.

Family Scrapbook:

Tiger A1d-Make a family scrapbook

You can change the page about brother and sister, mom and dad to one about each boy in the den and the my family page into my den then use it to pass off Bear A8c-Start or add to a den scrapbook.

Father’s Day Gift Ideas:

When I grow up photo:

Take a photo of the boys wearing some of “dad's” clothes; shirt tie, shoes etc. Use a photo editing software to add “when I grow up, I want to be like you). You can add a name and date to it as well. I used photoshop to add the text, but if you don't have photoshop you can use Picmonkey to add the text. 

Print desired size and frame.

“Tie”ny Key Chain:

You will need:

•         An old tie
•         Key ring
•         Scissors
•         Glue

Visit THIS LINK for a step by step tutorial.

Your wolves will be able to pass off WOLF E17-Learn to tie a tie, by making this fun key chain.

Dad’s Stache Jar: You could use this as a savings jar, or fill it up with candy or both (use a smaller jar if you are filling with candy to cut down on cost)

You will need:

•         A jar
•         Vinyl mustache or you could cut one out of cardstock
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Homemade BBQ Sauce and Brush:

Get wooden handled paint brushes and have the boys paint or decorate them.

1 ½ c ketchup

¼ c brown sugar

¼ tsp. garlic salt

½ tsp. onion salt

2 tsp. chili powder

4 TBSP. Worcestershire sauce

Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes. Place in small mason jar.

Shirt and Tie Candy Bar Holder (using an envelope)

You will need:

•         Regular envelope
•         Tie shape cut from printed paper
•         Hershey’s Chocolate bar.
•         Scissors
•         Glue

    Seal the envelope then cut off one of the short ends (it doesn't have to be much just enough that the envelope will open. 

    

    Cut a slit in the middle of the envelope from the new opening down about an inch. 

     

    fold both sides down to form the shirt collar. 

    

     Make a tie using scrapbook paper, or use plain white paper and have the boys decorate it. Glue the tie under the collar then tack down the collar corners using some glue. 

    Add a cute label that says You're "Tie-rrific" Happy Father's day! Now place your Hershey's candy bar inside the shirt for a simple fun gift for dad.

Candy Tie:

You will need:

•         Clear bags(I found the pretzel rod bags work best)
•         Candy
•         Scraps of scrapbook paper
•         Label(not pictured)

     Notice in the picture that the bags are not the pretzel rod bags? Well that is because I took the pictures and then realized that no matter how many times I tried I could not make these bags work and I didn't want to take pictures again. But the directions are the same either way. 

     

      On the back of the back fold each corner to the center of the bag to form a point at the bottom and tape

Fill with candy, and add a "knot" to the top. I folded the extra bag back behind the knot and taped it down.

Visit Little Lds Ideas to find the cute printable tag to go with this fun candy tie.

Wolf Achievement 7 Lapbook lesson

I found several ideas for covering Wolf Achievement 7-Your Living World, the problem however was that it was a little overwhelming so I decided to use the ideas and make similar things and put them in a lapbook lesson. My cubs do well with lapbook lessons, and they make it easy to contain all the information you need to pass off the achievement.

Here is a quick tip that I have learned, if you are making lapbooks with your cub scouts, pre-cut all the pieces. I have had them cut their own pieces out and assemble the book, which works, but they complained more and some times we had to finish our books the following week.. So if you cut them all out beforehand, there will be less complaining and you will be more likely to finish the book in one den meeting.

I found clip art for the front of our folder on line . The reduce, recycle, reuse wheel I found from HERE. I think if I do this again I shrink it down just a bit. 

*Note: Depending on how your folder is folded you may have to rearrange the items on the front to make them fit. 

I made the label and know, commit, practice labels. 

I found the idea for the no dumping accordion book HERE and then made my own. the maze was also found on the same site, HERE is the link. I took it and re-sized it using Photoshop.

I found the chart for how land air and water get dirty and ways to save energy in this pack from HERE and used it for my boys, but I have since made my own using the same idea.

I made the what is recycling book and the achievement labels.

 On the right flap I did this list so they can discuss and write what things they can recycle.

We had the boys make these one week and we discussed several things and the following week we went on a field trip to the Transjordan Land Fill HERE is a link to the information on the tour. We had the boys bring their folders and fill in anything that didn't get filled in the week before.

Water Jug Neckerchief Slide

If you know little man you know that he LOVES neckerchief slides. He has this goal of wearing a new neckerchief slide every week to Cub Scouts.

Here is a quick one you can make using things you most likely have around the house.

Isn't this the cutest neckerchief slide? Little man is so excited to wear this one to scouts. It is pretty easy to make too.

Here is what you will need to make one:

• 4 milk caps.It doesn't matter what color they are as long as two of them are the same color
• Plastic bodndoggle lace to match your same color milk caps
• Duct tape or electrical tape to match you milk caps
• small pony bead.
• Glue gun ( I am showing how to make it with out a glue gun so the cubs can make them, but you will need it for the bead and pvc pipe ring). 
• clear packing tape
• pvc pipe ring

Tape two milk caps together using small pieces of tape

 Next place the two matching colored milk caps on either side of the two you just taped together and lay on a long piece of tape as seen above.

Place a piece of plastic lace on the duct tape under your milk caps.

 Start rolling your milk caps along the tape, taping them altogether. As you can tell, I forgot to add my string and had to go back and undo my tape.

Continue taping until you reach the opposite side of your plastic lace. When you get to this point add your lace and tape in place.

 Finish off your tape. Now cut your plastic lace off if you have excess.

 After cutting off excess lace.

Now glue your bead on using a hot glue gun. Make a label for your cute new jug and use clear packing tape to tape it on. Place a pvc pipe ring on the back and you are ready to wear your new slide.