More Good Stuff - Utah National Parks Council - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Ceremonies - Arrow of Light - Neckerchief Slides - Blue & Gold - Derbies

MORE GOOD STUFF is a section from the 2005-06 Utah National Parks Council PowWow book.  This is a great help, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

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Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Ceremonies
• Tips for Great Ceremonies
• Arrow of Light Ceremony
• Painted Arrow of Light Ceremony
• Outdoor Arrow of Light Ceremony
• Graduation Ceremony
• Painted Cub Scout Graduation Ceremony
• Magic Neckerchief Graduation Ceremony
• Burning Neckerchief Arrow of Light Ceremony
• Advancement Boards
• Bridges
• Arrow of Light Board
• How to make Indoor Campfires
• Neckerchief Slides
• Recycling
• Craft Recipes
• Rubbery Play Dough
• Play Dough
• Just Like Real Play Dough
• Modeling Goop
• Play Dough for Baking
• Oatmeal Dough
• Sand Dough
• Sawdust Modeling Dough
• Bread Crumb Dough
• Starch Finger Paint
• Cornstarch Finger Paint
• Flour Finger Paint
• Sidewalk Chalk
• Special Events
• Pinewood Derby
• Raingutter Regatta
• Space Derby
• Blue & Gold Banquets
• How to Plan
• Chairperson and Committees
• Physical Arrangements
• Decorations
• Invitations
• Food
• Program
• Invitations
• Dinner
• Catered
• Semi-Catered
• Potluck
• One Pot Meal
• Do It Yourself
• Cake and Ice Cream
• Program
• Gathering Period
• Opening Ceremony
• Welcome and Introductions
• Invocation
• Dinner
• Entertainment
• Recognition
• Closing
• Helpful Hints
• Themes
• Happy Birthday to Us
• Scouting through the Years
• Hawaiian Luau
• Wild West
• Cars, Trucks and Airplanes
• The Great Outdoors
• Around the World
• Our Favorite Vacations
• A Trip to the Zoo
• Families
• Rivers, Lakes, and Streams
• Star Trek or Star Wars
• Cub Scout Picnic
• Ghosts and other Scary Stuff
• Cartoons
• Around the Campfire
• Chefs are Cooking up a Good Time
• Our Home State 
• 911 - Police and Fireman
• Cubstruction
• Turn Back the Clock
• Magic
• Our Favorite Films
• Here Comes the Circus
• Under the Sea
• Sports
• Inside Out and Backwards
• Boats and Ships
• Jungle of Fun
• Recipes for Large Groups
• Sloppy Joes
• Sue's Oven BBQ Turkey Steaks
• Hawaiian Haystacks
• Chili
• Crowd Chicken Casserole
• Baked Beans
• Macaroni Salad for 100
• Blue & Gold Mints
• Food Servings for Large Groups
• Patches

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Cubs in the Future - Utah National Parks Council - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans - Genius Kits - Valentine's Day

CUBS IN THE FUTURE was the official Cub Scout theme in February 2006.  Here is a section from the 2005-06 Utah National Parks Council PowWow book.  This is a great theme, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

To open the PDF,  CLICK HERE

Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Invitations
• Websites that would be helpful for this topic
• Reasons to Celebrate this Month
• Pre-Openers
• Tossed in Space
• Do-it-Yourself UFO's - Unique Flying Objects
• Blue & Yellow
• Go Forth
• Planet Blast Off
• Flying Saucer Escape
• Space... The Final Frontier - Multiple Choice Quiz
• Opening & Closing Flag Ceremonies
• Do Your Best Opening Ceremony
• Blast Off Opening Ceremony
• Do More Closing Ceremony
• A Prayer from Space Closing Ceremony
• Advancement Ceremonies
• Flight Through Space
• Mission Control
• Cubmaster Minutes
• Each Day
• Audience Participation
• A Space Adventure
• Packman and the Cubs
• Skits
• Future Careers
• Star Gazing
• Science Class is Looking Up!
• Games
• Catch the Meteors
• Giant Galaxy
• Soaring Into Space
• Rocket Relay
• Survival
• Nosecone Races
• Songs
• Friends in Space
• Glad I am a Member of the Cub Scouts
• Life in the Future
• Cheers, Applause, and Sparklers
• Blast off Cheer
• Satellite Cheer
• Shades Cheer
• Applaud and Cheer
• Fortune Teller Cheer
• Jump Up Cheer
• Run-Ons
• How do you get a baby astronaut to sleep?
• What holds the moon up?
• Where do astronauts leave their spaceships?
• First Spaceman: I'm Hungry
• 3 little alien dudes in a green space ship
• Crafts
• Future Cubs
• Glow in the Dark Caps
• Robots
• The Black Hole
• Future Craft
• Robot Slide
• Fantasy Sculptures
• Shoot for the Stars - Blue & Gold Banquet Centerpieces
• Valentine's Day Crafts
• Tri-Bead Heart
• Valentine Candy Cone
• Key to My Heart Key Chain
• Food Fun
• Futuristic Lunch
• Out of this World Breakfast
• Giant Flying Saucer

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Cubstruction - Utah National Parks Council - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans - Pinewood Derby song & car holder - Kites

CUBSTRUCTION was the official Cub Scout theme in March 2006.  Here is a section from the 2005-06 Utah National Parks Council PowWow book.  This is a great theme, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

To open the PDF,  CLICK HERE

Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Invitations
• Websites that would be helpful for this topic
• Reasons to Celebrate this Month
• Pre-Openers
• Tool Scramble
• Clothespin Mixer
• Mopping Him Up
• Opening & Closing Flag Ceremonies
• Tools in Cub Scouting - Opening
• Shaping Tomorrow - Opening
• Helping Hands - Closing
• Advancement Ceremonies
• "The Law of the Pack" Cubstruction
• Becoming Handymen
• Cubmaster Minutes
• Pocketknife
• Accomplishments
• Audience Participation
• Billy Builder, the Genius
• Skits
• The Tools
• Measuring Problems
• Games
• Can-Do Game
• What is it?
• Wood Tag
• Tool Charades
• Hammer Throw
• Toothpick Pick-Up
• Drive a Nail Contest
• Pass It Along
• Songs
• Building a Bird House
• Working with Tools
• This Race Car - Great song for Pinewood Derby!
• Cheers, Applause, and Sparklers
• Rivets and Bolts Cheer
• Carpenter Applause
• Bob the Builder Applause
• Electric Drill Applause
• Wrecking Ball Applause
• Back Hoe Applause
• Run-Ons
• Cub Scout Enters holding a hammer on his head, and pretending to swim
• Cub Scout enters carrying a big stick, poking it around on the ground
• Cub Scout enters carrying a board
• Cub Scout enters carrying a screwdriver, acting confused
• Cub Scout enters holding a wrench to his neck
• Crafts
• Hat Rack or Slide Holder
• Pinewood Derby Holder
• Personalized Hobby Box
• 20 Kites in 20 Minutes
• Popsicle Stick Frames
• Tanagrams
• Wood Puzzles
• St. Patrick's Day Crafts
• Leprechaun Trinket Box
• Shamrock Pins
• Mini Saint Patrick's Day Hats
• Food Fun
• Cubstruction Worker's Breakfast
• Cubstruction Sandwiches
• Bricks and Mortar
• Cold-Cut Puzzlers
• Leprechaun Footprints
• St. Patty's Rainbow Ribbons
• End of the Rainbow Golden Munch Mix
• Gold Almond Punch
• Good Stuff

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Advice from Akela - Utah National Parks Council - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans

Advice from Akela was an additional section added to the  2005-06 Utah National Parks Council PowWow book.  This is a great section, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today

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Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Help! I'm a New Cub Scout Leader!
• Register
• Get Trained
• Learn the Lingo
• Uniform
• Planning
• Roundtable
• Delegate
• Den Leaders
• Tips for Den Leaders
• Achieving Advancements
• Den Chief
• Den Chief Responsibilities
• Monthly Themes
• Communicate
• Ceremonies
• Keeping Records
• Get Trained
• Elements of a Good Den meeting
• Den Discipline
• Den Code of Conduct
• Scout Bucks
• Bear Stumps
• Marble Jar
• Point System
• Cubmasters
• Attitude of a Good Cubmaster
• Pack Communication
• Elements of a Good Pack Meeting
• Pack Committee
• Organizing the Committee
• Maintaining Positive Relationships
• Monthly Meetings
• Pack Advancement
• Finances
• Adult Recognition
• Pack Planning Meeting Hints
• 100's of Ways to say Thank You
• Smarties Candies
• 100 Grand Candy Bar
• Mint Candies
• Hershey's Kisses
• Lifesavers
• nuts
• Gum
• Sucker
• Cracker Jacks
• Look Candy Bar
• Bug Hunk Candy Bar
• Whopper Candies
• Snickers Candy Bar
• Almond Joy Candy Bar or Joy Dish Soap
• and many, many, many more...
• Successful Pack Management
• Parent and Family Participation
• Do's and Don'ts of Parent Participation
• Budgets
• Preparing a Budget
• Pack Budget Worksheet
• Pack Trainer
• Chartered Organization Representative
• Charter Presentation Ceremony
• Candlelight Charter Presentation Ceremony
• Standard Charter Presentation
• Cub Scouting for the Differently Abled

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Cub Scout Ship Builders - Utah National Parks Council - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans - Genius Kits - Halloween - Raingutter Regatta Derby

Cub Scout Ship Builders was the official Cub Scout theme in October 2006.  Here is a section from the 2005-06 Utah National Parks Council PowWow book.  This is a great theme, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

To open the PDF,  CLICK HERE

Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Invitations
• Websites that would be helpful for this topic
• Reasons to Celebrate in October
• Pre-Openers
• They Built the Ship Titanic (Multiple Choice Quiz)
• Ship Builders Genius Kits
• Word Search Puzzle
• Going Fishing
• Opening & Closing Flag Ceremonies
• Ships of our Country
• Ship Builders
• Seven Seas Closing
• Seaman's Closing
• Advancement Ceremonies
• Clearing Customs Advancement
• Lighthouse Advancement
• Cubmaster Minutes
• Audience Participation
• The Wabash and Erie Canal
• Robinson Crusoe's Diary
• Skits
• Titanic
• Row Harder!
• Spelling Lesson
• Games
• Sailing the Seven Seas
• Man the Lifeboats
• Destinations
• Ships Ahoy
• Halloween Games
• Who's in the Haunted House?
• Trick or Treat
• Songs
• Cub Scout Shipbuilders
• I'm Building a Ship in Pack meeting
• Take Me Out on the Ocean
• Gloat Your Boat
• Down by the Docks
• Cheers, Applause, and Sparklers
• Salute the Captain Cheer
• Main Sail Applause
• Crows nest Cheer
• Walk the Plank Applause
• Swab the Deck Applause
• Lighthouse Applause
• Sailboat Applause
• Run-Ons
• Why do fish live in Salt Water?
• What do you call a lamb attack ship?
• What do whales eat?
• Why do seagulls fly over the sea?
• Where do boats go when they are sick?
• Where do mice put their boats?
• What do you get if you cross a parrot and a shark?
• How does the ocean say hello to the sand?
• How are your grades?
• Why is Turtle Wax so expensive?
• Crafts
• Cruise ship
• Craft Stick Fish
• Rockin' Boat
• Milk Carton Tug Boat
• Sailor
• Foam Sailboat
• Halloween Crafts & Halloween Food Fun
• Monster Jug Heads
• Bottle Pumpkins
• Super Simple Pumpkin Treats
• Bloody Bug Juice
• Sticky Spiders
• Food Fun
• Submarine Sandwiches
• Huck Finn's River Raft
• Veggie Ship
• Summer Day on the Lake
• Viking Fruit Barge
• Good Stuff
• Raingutter Regatta
• Variations
• Regatta Boat Stand

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Cub Scout Program Components ~ Great Salt Lake - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans

Cub Scout Program Components was an additional section added to the 2006-07 Great Salt Lake Utah Council PowWow book.  This is a great section, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

To open the PDF for this theme, CLICK HERE


Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Character Development
• BSA Family Programs
• Academics and Sports Program
• Cub Scout Outdoor Programs & Ideas
• Outdoor Activities for Each Season
• Hikes for Dens & Packs in the Great Salt Lake Council
• Trail Patches available in the Great Salt Lake Council
• Cub Scout Camps in the Great Salt Lake Council
• More Cub Scout Activities and Awards
• Webelos Overnighter
• Webelos - Ree
• National Summertime Pack Award
• Outdoor Activity Awrad
• Scout-O-Rama
• Leave No Trace
• Cub Scout Leave No Trace Pledge:
• Cub Scout Leave No Trace Awareness Award
• Resources for Leave No Trace
• Outdoor Adult Training
• BALOO Training
• Webelos Leader Outdoor Training
• Keeping Safe Outdoors
• Training Module for Cub Scout Outdoor Safety
• Cub Scout Outdoor Safety
• Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award

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To the Rescue & Halloween - Utah National Parks Council - Pow Wow Book 05-06 - October 2005 - Pack Meeting Helps

Utah National Parks Council put out Pow Wow books for many years.  Here is a section from one of them.  "To the Rescue" was published for the October 2005 theme.  It also has information that is fun to use for Halloween.

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Some of the sections in this PDF are:

• An invitation to give out
• Websites that would be of use
• Days in October that are "official" dates - National Nut Day, United Nations Day...
• Pre-Openers - a word search for the theme "To the Rescue", and how to rescue an ice cube.
• Opening Ceremonies - A-M-E-R-I-C-A & Cub Scout Fire Detectives
• Closing Ceremonies - H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N & SOS
• Advancement Ceremonies - Rescue Advancement & Halloween Advancement
• Audience Participation - Let's Go On A Ghost Hunt
• Skits - The Doctor is In, The Good Samaritan, & Spooks
• Games - House A Fire Relay; Rock, Paper, Scissors Tag; Detectives; & Morse Relay
• Songs - To the Rescue, 9-1-1 Help
• Sparklers - Cheers & Run-ons to go with the theme
• Crafts - Egg Carton Fire Trucks, Life Preserver Neckerchief Slides, Fire Extinguishers, Band-aid Neckerchief Slide, Film Canister First Aid Kit Neckerchief Slide, Cereal Box Gravestones, Egg Carton Spiders, Cool Whip Lid / Grocery Sack Ghost, Milk Container Pumpkins, & Pumpkin Neckerchief Slide
• Food Fun - Fire Hose, Burning Biscuits, Witches' Brew, Monster Toes, Tricky Treat, Creepy Spiders, Candy Corn Crispy Rice Treats, & Squashed Frogs

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Cub Creations ~ Great Salt Lake - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans

Cub Creations was an additional section added to the 2006-07 Great Salt Lake Utah Council PowWow book.  This is a great section, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

To open the PDF for this theme, CLICK HERE


Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Everyday Magic: Kitchen Science
• Surface Tension and Other Experiments with Liquids
• Experiments with the Senses
• Gooey Stuff and Other Chemical Reactions
• Wood Craft
• Bird Feeder
• Butterfly
• Picture Frame House
• Viking Ship
• Adjustable Book Rack
• Pioneer Hand Cart
• Mountain Cabin Bookends
• Fun With Leather
• How to Buy your Projects - Stretch your Scout Budget
• How to do basic Leather Fun Stamping
• What to Make - Cut Your own Projects
• Beads Motivate Participation & Recognize Achievement
• Plaster Neckerchief Slides
• What kind of plaster to use and where to find it
• Where to buy molds to pour the plaster into

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Baloo Skies ~ Great Salt Lake - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans

Baloo Skies was the official Cub Scout theme in March 2007.  The following information is from the 2006-07 Great Salt Lake Utah Council PowWow book.  This is a great theme, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

To open the PDF for this theme, CLICK HERE

Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• Scout Law:
• Responsibility
• BSA Family Program
• Gathering & Pre-Openers
• Maze Printable
• Opening & Closing Flag Ceremonies
• Opening Ceremony - Cub Scout Airways
• Flag Ceremony - Nature
• Closing Ceremony - The Rainbow
• Advancement Ceremonies
• Weather Balloon
• Run Ons
• Mowgli Predict Weather
• Raining Buckets
• Cow Caught in Tornado
• Difference between weather & climate
• Weatherman
• Weather
• March
• Audience Participation Story
• The Sun's Dilemma
• Cheers
• Lightening Cheer
• Tornado Cheer
• Games
• Lightening Strikes
• Hurricane Shelter
• The Big Wind Blows
• Cubs in the Kitchen
• Sunshines
• Apple Clouds
• Ice Cream Snowballs
• Theme Crafts
• Shrink Art Planes
• Crafts on a Shoestring
• Windsock Neckerchief Slide
• Den Flags & Holders
• Theme Midway - Wind Things
• Windsock
• Personal Windmill
• Pop Bottle Windmill
• Windmill for the Yard

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Leader Training & Helps ~ Great Salt Lake - Cub Scout Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans

Leader Training & Helps was an additional section added to the 2006-07 Great Salt Lake Utah Council PowWow book.  This is a great section, and many of the ideas that were used back then can still be used today.

To open the PDF for this theme, CLICK HERE


Some of the things you will find in this PDF are:

• New Leader Essentials
• Aims of the Boy Scouts of America
• Methods of Cub Scouting
• Keeping Scouting Safe
• Additional Training
• Fast Start Training
• Unit Leadership Enhancements
• Roundtable
• Outdoor Leader Skills for Webelos Leaders
• BALOO - Basic Adult Leader Outdoorrientation
• Den Chief Training
• Wood Badge 
• Youth Protection Information
• Two Deep Leadership
• No One-on-One Contact
• Respect for Privacy
• Separate Accommodations
• No Secret Organizations
• Appropriate Attire
• Constructive Discipline
• Hazing Prohibited
• Junior Leader Training and Supervision
• Youth Member Responsibilities
• The Three R's of Youth Protection 
• Tiger Cub Den Leader
• What are Tiger Cubs?
• Tiger Cubs - How Does it Work?
• What is My Role as a Tiger Cub Den Leader?
• What about the Uniform?
• What about Advancement?
• Where do I go for More Help?
• Tiger Cub Advancement Form
• Den Leader Basic Training
• The Den Leader & Assistant Den Leader
• The Den Meeting
• Plan a Good, Quality Den Meeting
• Needs of the Cub Scout - Age Boys
• Resources
• Core Values & Character Connections
• Other Trainings
• Why Records are Important
• Experience
• How to Incorporate Themes with Achievements?
• Ceremonies and Recognitions
• Neckerchief Slides - What, Why, How
• Webelos Den Leader Basic Training
• Introduction
• Leadership
• Leader Training & Helps
• The Program
• Resources
• Leader Training & Helps
• The Scouting Side
• Cubmaster Basic Training
• Why Ceremonies??
• Use Ceremonies for:
• Do's & Don't for Ceremonies
• Resources for Awards & Ceremonies
• Simple Sample Ceremony
• Keep the Outing in Scouting
• Cooking
• Apple Delight
• Banana Hot Boat
• Chili Bag
• Corn
• Dog in a Blanket
• Egg in Orange Peel
• Eggs in Paper Cub
• Eggs and Bacon in a Paper Bag
• Foil Dinners
• No Cook Fudge
• Onion Oven
• Potato 1
• Potato 2
• Stick Bread
• Effective Delegation and Organization
• Delegation Model
• Delegation Tips
• Organization
• Volunteer Roles:  Leaders, Doers, and Members
• Organizational Roles
• Hypothetical Pack Planning and Meeting
• Miscellaneous Tips
• Committee Basics & Helps
• Pack Organization Chart
• Pack Committee
• Pack Committee Chair
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Advancement Chair
• Public Relations Chair
• Outings Chair
• Membership & Re-Registration Chair
• Friends of Scouting (FOS) Chair
• Pack Trainer
• Den Leader Helps and Hints
• Hints for New Cub Scouts
• Letter
• Registration
• Achievement List
• Parent Involvement
• Optional Idea
• Planning Den Meetings
• Den meeting Helps
• Ideas for After the Meeting
• Denner Ideas
• Den Chiefs
• How Den Chiefs Can Help
• Meetings, Training and Projects
• Helpful Books to Have
• Webelos Leader Hints and Helps
• Do I have to do the pins in a certain order or at a certain time of year?
• How can I schedule to my scouts can earn all 20 pins?
• How do I find service/conservation projects?
• Do I have to do all the requirements for a pin in my den meetings?
• How can I keep track of everything my Scouts are passing off?
• Working with a Den Chief
• How does a Den Chief Serve?
• How is a Den Chief used?
• Using Den Chiefs
• Den Chief - The What and the How
• What is a Den Chief?
• How does he fit into Cub Scouting?
• Den Meetings
• Remember
• Hoe do I get a Den Chief?
• Training
• How to Best Use
• Den Meetings - Ideas to help
• Den Meeting - Ideas for help
• Praise
• Cub Scouts with Special Needs
• Lord Robert Baden Powell States:
• About Disabilities
• Cub Scouts is Easily Adaptable
• What the Den Leader Can do
• Den Meeting Ideas
• Use Encouraging Comments
• Use Non-Verbal Expressions
• Best of Blue & Gold
• Purpose of the Blue & Gold
• Planning the Blue & Gold
• Decoration Ideas
• Program Ideas
• Food Ideas
• The Arrow of Light Presentation
• Make the Webelos Scout Feel Special
• Have the Boy and His Parents Say something Good About Scouts!
• Inspire Others to Achieve Awards
• Teach the Values of the Arrow of Light
• Make the Ceremony Memorable
• What Not to Do
• How to Create a Ceremony
• Derbies
• Pinewood Derby
• History
• Purpose
• Planning
• Marble Racers Derby
• Cub-Anapolis Derby
• Description
• Car
• Race
• Other Suggestions
• Space Derby 
• Description
• Track
• Starting the Rocket
• The Rocket
• Space Derby Alternate
• Raingutter Regatta Derby
• Description
• Race Day
• Bike Rodeo Derby
• Description
• Rules
• Challenges
• Recognition and Appreciation Ideas
• Welcome New Cub Scouts
• Hurrah for our Leaders
• Leader Gifts and Appreciation
• Den Doodles

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