Title: Overview: Links to badges: Links to a festival/notable date: Programme zones covered: Equipment/resource needed: Indoor campfire This is one for when you would like to prepare your Cubs for an outdoor experience, but the weather is not cooperating. It is ideal for a Winter night when you can plunge the Scout Hall into total darkness Outdoor, & Promise Challenges Outdoor & Adventure / Beliefs & Attitudes Glow in the dark wrist bands (optional). Torch, red tissue paper Programme detail Introduction and opening ceremony (5 minutes) After the Grand Howl explain that we will be holding a campfire. Indoors. After the boos, tell them that means cooking and food. But they need to sing for their supper. Active game (15 minutes)sixer Hunt Equipment Glow in the dark wrist bands. Can be bought 20 for a 1 in most Pound type shops You don t need the wristbands, but it lets the other Cubs see the Sixercoming.Put a wrist band on each Sixer. Instruct children to stay on all fours (minimizes injuries!).sixers have to catch another Cub, and work out who it is. Switch off lights for one minute. Switch on and see who they have caught.. Feedback!
Campfire Place a torch under some red tissue paper. Get Cubs to form a circle round it. Switch off lights (15 minutes) Words cannot be taken back once they are out there. Equipment: Tube of toothpaste Plate (for the mess) With all the Cubs sitting, ask someone to volunteer to do an experiment with you. Bring them to the front and ask them to squeeze some toothpaste onto some paper. Then when they have done so, ask them to put the toothpaste back into the tube. The youth will quickly discover that it is an impossible feat! Explain to them that you used the toothpaste to demonstrate what hurtful words are like. Once you have squeezed out hurtful words at someone there is nothing you can do to take them back in much like the toothpaste. Stress to them that the words are out there you can t take them back. Therefore, if you think you will want to take them back don t squeeze them out in the first place! Setting Respect Goals Have a discussion with your youth about what they think respect means. Help them to define respect. Then distribute a paper with the following sentences on it and ask them to fill in the blanks. Setting your respect goals: I will respect myself by: I will respect other Cubs/Scouts by: I will respect my leaders by: I will respect my pack/troop by: After they have filled out their goals, ask each youth to talk about one of their goals and why they chose it as being important to themselves. Game (10 minutes)bash the haggis Equipment Rolled up newspaper Leader walks around campfire circle. Cubs have eyes closed. Leader places rolled up paper in hands of one Cub and keeps walking. Cub statts hitting child to his/her left. That child must run round the curcle until he/she gets back to his/her place pursued by the child with the newspaper. Play until bored.
Marshmallows Equipment: Small pan Chocolate Marshmallows Skewers Tealightfoodwarmer Using a tealightfoodwarmer, melt chocolate in a pan by the fire. Cubs dip marshmallows on sticks into it. Songs Traditional Scout songs. See songbook Close (5 minutes) Notices for next week Grand Howl Remember to send your feedback by clicking here!
Camp fire's burning Camp fire's Burning Camp fire's burning, Draw nearer, Draw nearer, In the glowing, In the glowing, Come sing and be merry, Come sing and be merry. SPLIT INTO 3 GROUPS AND REPEAT The Balerno song (substitute the name of your own town/group) Everywhere we go People often ask us Who we are And where do we come from And we tell them We re from Balerno Mighty MightyBalerno And if they can t hear us We sing a little louder Repeat x3 HE MUST BE DEAF echoed
An Austrian Went Yodeling Once, an Austrian went a yodeling on a mountain high Ooooooooohhhhhh, O-dele-cuckoo O-dele-cuckoo O-dele-cuckoo coooooo Once and Austrian went a yodelling on a mountain so high When along came an avalanche interrupting his cry Ooooooooohhhhhh (with clapping on the thighs), O-dele-cuckoo Rumble rumble (sound of avalanche O-dele-cuckoo Rumble rumble O-dele-cuckoo Rumble rumble coooooo Once an Austrian went yodeling on a mountain high When along came a grizzly bear interrupting his cry Ooooooooohhhhhh, O-dele-cuckoo GRRRRR(sound of grizzly bear) rumble rumble O-dele-cuckoo Rumble rumble GRRRRRRRR rumble rumble O-dele-cuckoo Rumble rumble GRRRRRRR rumble rumble coooooo (3) St. Bernard dog (drink anyone) (4) Pretty Maid (kiss-kiss or puckering sounds) (5) Footballer (Referee) Start each round with a new person/thing interrupting his cry but accumulate the sounds together through out the song. The song also has hand motions which are a little hard to explain.
He Jumped Without A Parachute He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand feet He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand feet He jumped without a parachute from twenty thousand feet Chorus Glory glory what a heck of a way to die Glory glory what a heck of a way to die Glory glory what a heck of a way to die They scraped him off the tarmac like a blob of strawberry jam (3x) Chorus They put him in a matchbox and then sent him home to mum (3x) Chorus She put him on the mantle piece for everyone to see (3x) Chorus She put him on the table when the vicar came to tea (3x) Chorus The Vicar spread him on some toast and said what lovely jam (3x) Chorus
Wild Rover I've been a wild rover for many's a year, And I've spent all me money on whisky and beer, But now I'm returning with gold in great store, And I never will play the wild rover no more. (Chorus) And it's no nay never. No nay never no more, Will I play the wild rover, no never no more. I went into an alehouse I used to frequent, And I told the landlady me money was spent, I asked her for credit and she answered me nay, Such a custom as yours I can get any day. (Chorus) I brought up from my pockets 10 sovereigns bright, And the landlady s eyes opened wide with delight She said 'I have got whisky and beers of the best', ANd the words that I told you were only in jest. (Chorus) I'll go home to my parents confess what I've done, And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son, And when they forgive me as oft times before Then I never will play the wild rover no more. (Chorus)
Oh You'll never get to heaven Oh You'll never get to heaven (echo) In a bottle of gin (echo) Cause the lord don't let (echo) No spirits in (echo) (repeat without echos) Oh yer never get to heavan in a bottle of gin because the Lord wont let no spirts in, I ain'tgonna grieve, my lord no more I ain'tgonna grieve my lord, I ain'tgonna grieve my lord, I ain'tgonna grieve, my lord no more. (Other Verses) In a jumbo jet, cause the lord ain't built no run ways yet In a Playtex bra, cause Playtex bra won't stretch that far In a baked bin tin, cause a baked bin tin's got bake beans in In a biscuit tin, cause the lord don't let no crummy ones in In Arkala s car, cause Arkala s car won't get that far On a Boy Scouts knee, cause a Boy Scout's knee's too knobbly In a limousine, cause the lord ain't got no gasoline In a rocking chair, cause the lord don't want no rockers there In a girl guides arms, cause the lord don't want no feminine charms
Father Abraham Father Abraham had seven sons, And seven sons had Father Abraham And they never laughed, And they never cried, All they did was go like this (To the left, to the right, to the left and the right, nod your head, sit down ) Bingo Was His Name-o There was a dog in my back yard and Bingo was his name-o B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o. Sing song through six times, the first time just spelling out the name BINGO; second time, clap the B and spell out the last four letters; third time, clap the B and the I and spell out the last three letters; etc., until all five letters are clapped out. Alice the Camel Alice the camel has 5 humps, Alice the camel has 5 humps Alice the camel has 5 humps, so go, Alice, GO!! 1, 2, 3, 4,. [Continue with 4,3,2,1. humps, until... ] Alice the camel has no humps, Alice the camel has no humps Alice the camel has no humps, cause Alice is a HORSE!!
Ging Gang Goo Ging gang gooligooligooliwatcha, ging gang goo, ging gang goo. [Repeat.] Heyla, heylasheyla, heylasheylaheyla ho. [Repeat.] Shaliwalli, shaliwalli, shaliwalli, shaliwalli, Oompha, Oompah... Sing as a round, with one group continuing with the Oompah and another singing the song again from the beginning; then switch. ON TOP OF SPAGHETTI On top of spaghetti all covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, when somebody sneezed. It rolled off the table and onto the floor. And then my poor meatball rolled out of the door. It rolled in the garden, and under a bush. And now my poor meatball is nothing but mush. A mush that was tasty as tasty could be, And early next summer it grew into a tree. So, if you eat spaghetti all covered with cheese, Hold on to your meatball, and don t ever sneeze.
Boom Chicka Boom I says a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.] I says a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.] I says a-boom-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.] Uh-huh! [Group echoes.] Oh Yeah! [Group echoes.] This time! [Group echoes.] We sing! [Group echoes.] HIGHER! Each time a leader adds a different variation such as: LOWER,WHISPER, LOUDER, TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, SEXY, GROOVY (COOL). She ll Be Coming Round the Mountain She ll be coming round the mountain when she comes. (Toot Toot!) She ll be coming round the mountain when she comes. (Toot Toot!) She ll be coming round the mountain, She ll be coming round the mountain, She ll be coming round the mountain when she comes. (Toot Toot!) 2. She ll be driving six white horses when she comes. (Whoa back!) 3. Oh, we ll all go out to meet her when she comes. (Hi babe!) 4. Oh, we ll kill the old red rooster when she comes. (hack hack!) 5. Oh, we ll all have chicken and dumplings when she comes. (Yum Yum!) 6. She ll have to sleep with Granny when she comes. (Snore Snore!) 7. Tell me do you know what coming round the mountain? (spoken at the end:) Then why are we singing this stupid song?
Singing in the Rain We re singing in the rain, just singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling, we re happy again. Thumbs out! [Group echoes.] Coo-coocha, Coo-coocha, coo-coo-coocha [Group echoes.] Add each of the following, in turn: Elbows in Knees bent Knees together Toes together Buns back Tongue out