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GIVING GIFTS
DEN MEETINGS
Webelos activity badge—Citizen
LETTER OPENERS. For Dad. Whittle
from downed, dry branch. Sand the
blade and apply shellac or varnish.
For another letter opener, see Whit-
tling Achievement 5, Bear Cub Scout
Book.
BEFORE
THE
MEETING
STARTS
WHILE
CUB
SCOUTS
GATHER
BUSINESS
ITEMS
REVIEW THEME PAGES BEFORE PLANNING DEN MEETINGS.
FIRST WEEK SECOND WEEK THIRD WEEK
FOURTH WEEK
Den leader, den chief, and denner review plans before each meeting and check equipment needed.
Have Santa figure for I Spy
Santa (page 53, Games for
Cub Scouts); Cub Scout
Songbook; candy and string
for Get the Candy (page
CUB 1 DEC 83); craft books,
scrap materials, and tools;
Crafts for Cub Scouts.
Have U.S. flag, balloons,
and container for Filling
Santa's Pack (page 5,
Games for Cub Scouts);
scrap materials, Cub Scout
Songbook.
Have materials for Jump
Two puzzles (page 76, Den
Chief Handbook); boxes
and gift wrap for Gift-
Wrapping Relay (page CUB
1 DEC 83); scrap materials.
Den leader collects dues.
Play I Spy Santa.
Den chief officiates for
Dual Contests (page 76, Den
Leader's Book).
Have boys make Jump Two
puzzles. Suggest that they
may be gifts for young
brother, sister, or friend.
OPENING, Sing "Santa's Coming" as a
round (Cub Scout Song-
book). Dennerleads
den yell. ,
Assigned boy conducts
flag ceremony.
Sing Christmas carols or
Hanukkah songs.
Den leader checks boys' books for passed achievements and electives and
records them on Den Advancement Chart. Boys record own advancement on den doodle.
PERFORM
DEN SERVICE
PROJECT.
OR
HAVE
A GAMES DAY WITH
HOLIDAY PRESENTS,
OR
HAVE OUTDOOR
FUN DAY.
Discuss Giving Gifts theme
and tell plans for pack ac-
tivities. Discuss possible
den service projects and
choose one. For ideas see
page CUB 1 DEC 83.
Check preparations for
pack meeting and den ser-
vice project.
ACTIVITY Play Get the Candy. Show
ideas for gifts and decora-
tions. (See resources on
page CUB 3, 4 DEC 83.)
Begin work.
Divide den into two teams
and play Filling Santa's
pack or Hanukkah Peanut
Game. Continue work on '
gifts and decorations.
Play Gift-Wrapping Relay.
Continue work on gifts and
decorations. Wrap finished
gifts for presentation at
pack meeting.
CLOSING Tell boys to bring scrap ma-
terials for gifts and decora-
tions next week.
Assign boy working on
Wolf Flag Achievement 2 to
prepare and conduct open-
ing flag ceremony next
week.
Form living circle. Denner
leads Law of the Pack.
Give brief den leader's clos-
ing thought on Christmas
and Hanukkah as a time for
giving love and being
thoughtful of others. Sing
"Taps" (Cub Scout
Songbook).
Urge boys to complete gifts
and decorations before
pack meeting. Form living
circle. Denner leads Cub
Scout Promise.
AFTER
THE
MEETING
Denner supervises putting away equipment. Den leader, den chief, and
denner review the meeting and check details for next meeting.
Den leader fills out ad-
vancement report for pack
leaders' meeting.
Boys not advancing? Show
how den projects help earn
credit toward ranks.
FOR MORE PROGRAM AIDS, READ BOYS' LIFE AND ATTEND YOUR DISTRICT ROUNDTABLE.
CUB 2 DEC 83
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