Scouting, Volume 58, Number 1, January-February 1970 Page: C57

                                
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FRONT
BACK
CRAFTSMAN
ACTIVITY BADGE
FIRST WEEK
SECOND WEEK
THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
BEFORE THE
MEETING
STARTS
Supplies: large block of
wood with nails started
in it, Cub Scout
Songbook, balloons,
sources of craft ideas
and plans.
Supplies: Buttonholer
puzzle for each boy.
Supplies: rope for each
boy, U.S. flag, flashlight.
Supplies: Cub Scout
Songbook, plank, Games
for Cub Scouts.
GATHERING
(Keep Early
Arrivals Busy)
Have contest to see who
can drive a nail into
block with fewest
strokes.
Have boys try
Buttonholer puzzle,
Den Chief's Denbook.
Den chief can show those
who can't figure it out.
Have boys continue
work on projects.
Have boys continue
work on projects.
OPENING
(Ceremony)
Sing "Ravioli," Cub
Scout Songbook.
Give the den yell.
Form circle around den
flag, with each boy
grasping flagpole with
left hand.
Give Cub Scout sign
and repeat Cub Scout
Promise.
Brief Business Period—Roll Call, Dues, Uniform Inspection
Denner posts U.S. flag.
As roll is called, each
boy steps forward, gives
den chief the Cub Scout
salute, then salutes flag
with Boy Scout salute.
Form den in line. As
roll is called, each boy
responds with one point
of the Scout Law.
Sing "John Brown's
Baby," Cub Scout
Songbook.
ACTIVITY
BADGE
FUN
(Instruction,
Practice Games
and Contests
Related to
Webelos Skills)
Play Balloon Battle
Royal, Games for Cub
Scouts.
Let boys examine
sources, plans for craft
projects. Ask each to
choose one to start on.
Demonstrate tool use
and safety.
If time, begin work on
projects. Demonstrate
how to sharpen tools
and then have boys do it.
Play Circle the Stick,
Webelos Den Leader's
Book.
Continue work on craft
projects.
Make a Buttonholer to
take home.
Play Knot Step Contest,
Webelos Den Leader's
Book.
Continue work on
craft projects.
Play Walk the Plank,
Games for Cub Scouts.
Have each boy complete
at least one craft
project for pack meeting
display.
PREPARATION
(Making Props
and Equipment
for Pack Meeting.
Getting Set for
Future Special
Events)
Plan tool safety
demonstration for
pack meeting.
Start on a birdhouse or
box. (Bird boxes can be
built any time of the year
and put up for use.)
Complete birdhouse
as one item in first
two requirements.
Plan and prepare
exhibit of craft projects
for pack meeting. Hold
"dress rehearsal" for tool
safety demonstration.
CLOSING
(Announcements,
Ceremony)
Announcements—
Remind boys to bring
tools, materials for
projects to next meeting.
One boy reads ninth
point of Scout Law in
full, explains what
thriftiness means to a
craftsman.
Sing or hum "Taps."
Announcements—
Remind boys to bring
tools, materials to next
meeting.
Have denner read
"The American's Creed"
from Boy Scout
Handbook.
Announcements—
Remind boys to bring
tools, materials to next
meeting.
Turn out lights, shine
flashlight on U.S. flag,
and sing "America, the
Beautiful."
Announcements—
Den forms circle. Each
boy crosses arms in
front of himself and
grasps neighbors' hnnds.
Sing "Scout Vespe.
from Cub Scout
Songbook.
DEN MEETING CLEANUP UNDER SUPERVISION OF DENNER