Den Pizzazz POW WOW 2011

If 3 boys are standing, talking, they are talking about doing something. If 3 boys are walking they are on their way to do something. If they are running, they have just done something.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing, that’s why we recommend it daily.-Zig Ziglar

Helpful hints for a successful den meeting:

Have a routine, ie: gathering and doodles, welcome, roll call, motto and promise, den yell, activity, games, homework assignment and closing. DO, HOME ASSIGNMENT, VERIFY
Make it fun
Overplan!! Do not give idle time and always have a plan B
Get all the boys involved.

Den yells and cheers

promotes den unity and enthusiam, lets boys get out some steam
Make the yell rythmic and simple, and make the last word something they can shout.
High school and college cheers can be easily adapted
Have the boys help, it will give them a sense of pride
Give a cheer for any occasion: welcoming a new cub, someones completes their den doodle, boys that accomplished their home assignments….

Den Skits

Should be kept short (5 min tops) and involve every boy
Use short lines that don’t need to be memorized
Use simple props and costumes (boys can make these)
Encourage their imagination
Teaches the boys to speak loudly and clearly and gives them a chance for dramatic expression

Den Songs

Have fun and the scouts will too
Don’t worry about singing in perfect pitch, the boys don’t care
Remember, louder is better
Scouts can make their own instruments, and make sure every song has parts for the boys to sing
Help the den write their own song, remember they are young boys it will probably be gross
Good Cub Scout songs make no sense!

Useful Websites: (link to baloos bugle)

Cheers, yells, skits and songs

Were Den 4. We couldn’t be prouder, if you cant hear us, well yell a little louder. (start quiet, repeat 2xs getting louder each time and end with if you cant hear us then get your hearing checked.

North South East West Den __ is the best

Den __ is our pack pride, were the best there is alive! Heck, were so good, and were so great, were the best in all the state

Were Den __ mighty Den __ everywhere we go, people want to know, who we are, so we tell them (repeat)

Cheers:

The Ten clap XXX XXX XXX X. yea

Bullfigher: OLE

Cowboy: YEE HAW

Oreo: lick one hand, lick the other and stick (one clap)

Food: rub tummy and say YUM YUM

Deep sea diver: hold hand over head, puff out cheeks and say Blub, Blub, Blub

Watermelon: eat watermelon and spit out seeds

Misquito: rapidly slap arms, shoulders, neck legs…

Personal one: stomp feet 3Xs and shout person’s name

Six shooter: poke finger in air & say “bang bang” blow on finger and put back in holster

Skits

The Lost Quarter

Number of Participants: 5 or more

Props: Flashlight

Scene: One person acts as a lamp post, shining a flashlight on the ground.

Another (He's # 1). Is groping around in the pool of light.

A third person enters, sees # 1, and asks: "What are you looking for?"

# 1: "A quarter that I lost".
He joins # 1, and helps him search. A fourth and fifth enter and repeat the above scene.

Finally one of them asks # 1: "Where did you loose the quarter?”

# 1: (Pointing away) "Over there:

Boy: "Then why are you looking here?"

# 1: "Because the light is better over here!”

EMERGENCY BROADCAST

Line up at least 6 scouts in front of pack meeting or camp fire. Leader stands behind boys and says the following: BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! this a test , this is only a test , this a test of the emergency broadcast system , if this had been a actual emergency this is what really would have happened.

THE BOYS GO OFF IN EVERY DIRECTION SCREAMING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are fire engines Red?

Need 7 scouts and a picture of a fire engine

Cub 1: Why are fire engines red? Well roses are red too

Cub 2: And two and two are four. Four and eight are 12

Cub 3: There are 12 inches in a ruler, Queen Mary was a ruler

Cub 4: Queen Mary was also a ship, Ships sail on the sea

Cub 5:Fish swim in the sea, fish have fins

Cub 6:the Finns fought the Russians, the Russians are red

Cub 7: Fire engines are always rushin, and that’s why fire engines are red.

Songs:

Little Black things (Tune: oh my darling clementine)

Little Black Things

Crawling up and down my arm

If I wait till they have babies

I can start a Black Thing farm

Havent had a bath

In over two years

And I never wash my clothes Now Ive got these little black things

Where they came from heaven knows

Once a cute girl

Tried to kiss me

But she screamed and gave a yell

And she ran ‘fore I could ask her was it the black things or the SMELL?

Repeat chorus (verse one)

Tom the toad (sung to oh chirstmas tree)

Oh, Tom the toad, Oh Tom the toad
Why are you lying in the road
Oh, Tom the toad, Oh Tom the toad
Why are you lying in the road
Didn't you see that light turn red?
Now there are tracks across your head.
Oh, Tom the toad, Oh Tom the toad
Why are you lying in the road?
Oh, Fred the fish, oh Fred the fish
Why are you lying on the dish?
Oh, Fred the fish, oh Fred the fish
Why are you lying on the dish?
You did not see the hook ahead
And now your head is stuffed with bread
Oh, Fred the fish, oh Fred the fish
Why are you lying on the dish?

Games

WHALE AHOY

One boy is the whale and the rest are rocks (they can’t move). The whale runs around the “rocks” while the “rocks” (cub scouts) try and harpoon the whale with a wad of paper- they will work together by tossing the wad from rock to rock to harpoon him. Once the whale has been hit then another boy takes the whales place.

MAGIC TELEGRAM

On a piece of paper write down ten letters from top to bottom (could be a word or just random letters), then let the boys make a note by using each letter. First one done is the winner.

CHAIN WORD

While passing the stick around the circle or table, say a word then the next boy says a word that is associated with the word and so on

Ie: mouse/trap/door/knob/knee /high/school…..

Mystery Box

Place and item in a box and let one boy see it. Have him describe the item without actually saying what it is. Have the other boys guess what it is.

SCAVENGER HUNT

Give the boys a list and paper bag and have them hunt for as many things as they can and that will fit in the paper bag. When finished, have them glue some of the objects on to the bag to make puppets for the den yell or cheer.

CRAFTS

Marble maze: using old shirt boxes have the boys make a maze using long strips of cardboard (cereal or cracker boxes work great). They can bend them, cut them, and hot glue them. When finished tilt the box back and forth to get the marble from one end to the other.

CRAYON MELTING

Have the boys find a rock and heat it in the oven. Using old crayons, color on the rock. Colors will melt with each other creating amazing designs. Be careful that they don’t touch the rock. Hint: put rock on paper plate to catch the run off and make it easy to carry home

COLLAGE SCRAPBOOK COVER

Let the boys find fun pictures from magazines that describe themselves. Have them make a collage on a piece of paper. Use this as the cover of their den scrapbook

JUST FOR FUN

Antacid rockets: This will be the boys favorite!! Get 35mm film cannisters from any camera shop or photo developing place, a box of antacid pills, and a bucket of water. Place a tablet in the cannister add water, put the lid on an set it upside down on the side walk and watch the boys reaction when it “takes off” Let them experiment to see which ones go higher, more or less water or more tablets!