Your Third Cub Scout Meeting

1. Ask the Cubmaster or Pack Awards chairperson to provide you with an 'immediate recognition' kit.
2. Wolf dens - Bring pine cones, paper plates, butter knives, peanut butter, birdseed, ribbon or yarn, and scissors for the Bird Feeder activity.
3. Bear dens - Bring printed copies of the skit to practice. Bring a leathercraft project such as a key fob or book marker (purchased at local crafts store). Verify that the Pack's leatherworking tools are available at Sunrise. Consider printing the Leatherworking information on this CD.

As Scouts arrive, pair them up and let them play Rocks, Paper, Scissors.

Here's how to play Rocks, Paper, Scissors: Both players put one hand behind their back and select a Rock (fist), Paper (a flat hand), or Scissors (a V-sign). One of them says "Rocks, Paper, Scissors, shoot". On "shoot", both players bring their hand to the front to show the object that they selected. If both players selected the same object the round is a tie and neither receives a point. Otherwise one object will 'overpower' the other and the winner gets a point:

1. Rock smashes Scissors
2. Scissors cut Paper
3. Paper covers Rock

Have the denner select an opening ceremony. He should determine how the boys stand (e.g., straight line, side to side, in a circle, etc) and who will present the colors. He can determine whether the den says the Pledge of Allegiance, the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, or some other appropriate opening.

By now, you may have Scouts who have completed a portion of the requirements needed to earn their rank, but not all of the requirements. BSA has found that immediate recognition for their efforts provides encouragement and helps the scouts keep a postive attitude towards the Scouting program. Ask you Cubmaster to provide you with an immediate recognition kit and from now on at each meeting you should try to present each Scout with immediate recognition of work that they've done since your last meeting.

Other business items that you should cover at this meeting:

• Wolf Dens - Conservation

  Discuss what conservation is and why it is important. Solicit input from the den regarding an outdoor field trip that your den will go on in the near future. (Suggestions include a talking-tree forest, trail hike, nature reserve, zoo, etc).

• Bear Dens - Practice Skit

  Practice the skit that you'll present at an upcoming Pack meeting.

• Wolf Dens - Make Bird Feeders (See Wolf Electiuve 13)

  What You Need

  • Pine cones
  • Paper plates
  • Butter knifes
  • Creamy peanut butter
  • Birdseed
  • Ribbon or yarn
  • Scissors

  How To Make It

  1. Cut a long length of yarn or ribbon to hang the bird feeder.
  2. Tie the ribbon in a knot around the pine cone near the top (about 3 sections down).
  3. Tie a knot in the end of the ribbon.
  4. Use the knife to get a large clump of peanut butter on the paper plate.
  5. Use the knife to spread peanut butter inside the pine cone and around the edges.
  6. Sprinkle the birdseed over the pine cone.
  7. Roll the pine cone in the birdseed that is on the plate.
  8. Hang the bird feeder on the tree.
  9. Enjoy watching the birds eat their treat!

• Bear Dens - Leathercraft Project

  Visit your local Scout Shop, Michael's, or A.C Moore crafts store and select a simple leathercraft project such as a bookmark or keychain fob. (Simple projects like these can often be purchased at very low prices, e.g., 3 for $5. Your Pack may make money available for den projects or allow you to spend the dues money that you collect for projects like this.)

  Have the scouts decorate the leathercraft project by dampening the leather and stamping designs. For more information on leatherworking, see I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Leatherworking on this CD.

Review the correct way to salute using two fingers, as shown in the Bobcat section of the Cub Scout handbooks. Then invite everyone to stand as the Den Leader leads this closing:

Den Leader: "The U.S. flag has undergone many changes since the first official flag of 1777. On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress passed the first Flag Act, which said that the flag would be made up of thirteen alternating red and white stripes and thirteen white stars on a blue field. Stars have been added to the flag as new states join the union. Currently, the flag contains 50 stars.

Ever wonder why the flag is red, white, and blue? While the flag's colors did not have a specific meaning at the time, the colors were significant for the Great Seal of 1782.

• White: Signifies purity and innocence
• Red: Signifies valor and bravery
• Blue: Signifies Vigilance, perseverance, and justice

Why stars and stripes? Stars are considered a symbol of the heavens and the divine goal to which man aspires; the stripe is symbolic of the rays of light emanating from the sun.

If everyone would now join me in a salute to show respect for the symbol of our great nation:

Scout Salute!

(pause about 3 seconds)

Two!

(drop the salute)

1. Clean up your meeting place thoroughly
2. Discuss how the meeting went with your Tiger Cub and with some of the other members of the den. Adjust future meeting plans as appropriate.
3. Request a Tour Permit for any Go See It activity that you'll do in a upcoming weeks.
4. If any of your scouts have completed awards or advancement report it to the Cubmaster or Pack Advancement chairperson.
5. Review plans for your next meeting.
6. Thank your co-leaders and den chief (if you have one).