Scouting, Volume 76, Number 3, May-June 1988 Page: 32
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SHOWMAN
curtain
IMPROVISED STAGE EQUIPMENT. If
you have no curtain, set up a folding
screen on one side and use signs to
announce "curtain," names of acts,
etc. For footlights, string Christmas
tree lights in front of disposable alu-
minum plates.
Cut from
construction
paper.
Rubber band
FINGER PUPPET. A good introduction
to puppetry because it's easy to make.
Cut from construction paper or other
heavy stock and paint. Attach to
fingers with rubber band. Fingers
form legs.
IDEAS FOR DEN ACTS. Most Webelos
Scouts choose to do the music require-
ments for the Showman badge, espe-
cially if they are learning to play an
instrument and read music. So the easi-
est act to prepare for the pack meeting
probably will be a music act or a simple
skit which may or may not involve music.
Here are possibilities:
• Two or three instrumentalists playing
a couple of simple tunes.
• '' Barbershop quartet'' singing a Scout-
ing song.
• Comedy skit in which a bugler
butchers "Reveille" and a group of out-
raged, sleepy campers gangs up on him.
A second bugler then plays "Taps" over
his body while the campers look on
mournfully.
• Skits and stunts—Your den chief will
know several funny stunts performed at
Boy Scout campfire programs. Ask him
to teach one to the Webelos Scouts or
refer to the chapter on skits and costumes
in the Cub Scout Leader How-To Book.
If a couple of Webelos Scouts are work-
ing on the puppetry requirements, have
them prepare a puppet show. For direc-
tions for various types of puppets and
stages, see the Webelos Scout Book,
Webelos Den Activities, and Cub Scout
Leader How-To Book.
TRAVELER
ROAD MAP RACE. You will need a road
map for each player. (Maps do not have to
be identical and may not even show the
same state or region.)
Prepare for the game by writing on a
slip of paper the names of two cities or
towns on each map. Cities should
roughly be the same distance apart for
each map.
Give each player his map and the
folded slip of paper with the names of
two cities. On signal, all players unfold
their slips, find their cities on the map,
and find out the distances between them
by the shortest route. They may do this by
using a mileage chart, if there is one, or
by adding up the mileage notations along
the route.
Winner is the player who first deter-
mines his distance. (Allow a 10-mile
error for mistakes in addition.)
TRAVELER'S KITS. One of the optional
Traveler requirements asks the boy to
check the first aid kit in the family car.
For boys whose families don't carry a kit
in their car, suggest that the boy assemble
one. Here is a recommended list of sup-
plies, which can be carried in a small
metal or wood box:
• Roll of two-inch sterile gauze bandage
• One-inch adhesive gauze strips
• One triangle bandage
• Sunburn ointment
• Insect repellent
• Baking soda for insect bites
• Soap for cuts, poison ivy
• Tweezers for thorns, splinters
• Small scissors
• Aspirin
Another useful item for travelers is
what some Scoutmasters call a "possible
kit," because it's possible the items
might be handy away from home.
A "possible kit" for Webelos Scouts
might include everything from a baseball
glove to a copy of Boys' Life. But to keep it
to reasonable size, the following items
are suggested:
• Needle and thread
• Paper wash-up tissues
• Plastic bag for litter
• Note pad and pencil or crayon
• Fishing line with bobber, sinker, and
hook wound on wood block
• Rubber ball
MAP SYMBOL RELAY. After the boys
have learned how to read a road map,
divide the den into two teams for a map
symbol relay. You will need a supply of 3
x 5 cards. On separate cards, draw
enlarged road map symbols taken from a
standard road map. On smaller cards,
write the proper meanings.
The teams race separately. Jumble all
symbol cards and their meanings in a
pile some distance from the first team.
On signal, the first player runs to the pile
and matches any symbol card with the
proper meaning card. He then runs back
and touches off the next player, who
repeats the action. Continue until all
symbol cards and meanings are
matched.
Map Symbol Relay Cards
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Write proper labels on
Smaller cards.
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