May Theme!!

Leaf It To Cubs

Cub Scouts hopefully will learn about the wonders of nature's gift to us, a tree! Now would be a good time to identify poison oak, poison ivy and various trees by their shape and leaf design. Try leaf rubbing, leaf prints, making a leaf collage, preserving leaves with wax paper or making a leaf collection from fallen leaves. Make a leaf boat and race it down a stream or river. Participate in a tree planting or your local Arbor Day activities. Either adopt a tree or plant one and watch it grow. Help the child research how trees are used to help us in our daily lives. Field trips can be to a lumberyard, nature center, forest preserve or local park. Earn the Collecting belt loop and pin.

DEN 2 Activities

Here are the activities for the rest of April for Den 2.

April 15- learn a card trick. 6pm at Sarah Ball's house. Please bring a deck of cards.

April 22- Sign language. We will learn the Pledge of Allegiance in Sign. 6pm at Wendy Lewis' house.

April 29- Information, Please (Achievement 17 in book) We will be playing charades and learning how to look up information on the Internet. 6pm at Wendy Lewis' house.

DEN 1 ACTIVITIES

April 7th: 4 to 5 pm (Park in Lisa Arner's neighborhood; make an immediate left turn after entering through the gates)
April 14th: 4 to 5 pm (Murnin Elementary; bring your bike!)
April 24th: Pack Meeting
April 28th: 4 to 5 pm (Heidi Packard's home; we will be doing a trash pick up; bring a water bottle and wear sunscreen)

April Pack Meeting

Next pack meeting is tentatively scheduled for 24 April at 6 p.m. The theme of the pack meeting is "Everything is Magic!" and will include a visit by Carnac the Magnificent! The part of Ed McMahon will be played by Aaron Burks

Family idea

Since this month’s theme deals with magic, this would be a good time to teach children to understand the difference between the real world and the make-believe world they encounter every day through television, movies, video games, and other media. One of the suggested activities in the Knowing It’s Make-Believe section of the Cub Scouting's BSA Family Activity Book is to perform magic tricks with your children-and them explain how some things they see in the media are just tricks, too.