Once Upon a Time ~ Great Salt Lake Council - Cub Scout Monthly Themes - PowWow Books - Pack Meeting Plans - Magic - Halloween - Puppets

Once Upon a Time was the official Cub Scout theme in October 2002.  The following information is from the 2002 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
To open additional information for this theme, CLICK HERE

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

• Leader Hints
• Tiger Den Leader Hints
• Den Leader Hints
• Blue & Gold Ideas
• Menu
• Robin Hood Ravioli
• Paul Bunyon Pretzels
• Seven Dwarf Seven-Layer Bean Dip
• Hansel and Gretel gingerbread
• Activities
• Fairy Tale Skits
• Finish the story
• Tongue Twisters, tall takes and Mother Goose Rhymes Contests
• Read-a-thon
• Guest Speakers
• Librarians
• Storybook character
• Literature Teacher or Expert
• Gathering & Pre-Openers
• Story Heroes Identification
• Storybook Stations
• Dragon Tales Word Search
• Opening & Closing Flag Ceremonies
• Magic - Flag Ceremony
• Magic Candle Trick
• Give Him a Day - Closing Ceremony
• Cubmaster Minute
• Advancement Ceremonies
• Mickey, The Mixed-Up Cub Scout
• Games
• Tail Grab
• Ghost in the Graveyard
• The Witch Ain't Out Tonight
• Skits & Story Telling
• Sir Lancelot's Mission
• Whispering
• Theme Crafts
• Armor
• Finger Puppet Fairy Tales
• Holiday and Seasonal Crafts
• Trick and Treat Ghost
• Flying Bat
• Sweet Spider
• Songs
• Do You Know
• Cheers & Sparklers
• Jousting Cheer
• Dinosaur Cheer
• Knight Cheer
• Viking Cheer
• Terex Cheer
• Wiggle your Thummy Cheer
• Witch Cheer
• Dracula Cheer
• Run-Ons
• Lawyer and Client
• Knock Knock - Dewayne
• Cubs in the Kitchen
• Peanut Butter and Jack-O-Lantern sandwich
• Worms on a Bun
• Zebra Parfaits
• Theme Midway
• Dragon Tales Word Search
• Recognition Ideas
• Paul Bunyan Award
• Tall Tales
• Shrek
• Mickey Mouse
• Cartoon Characters
• Urban Legends
• Gravity Hill
• Superman
• Giant Award
• Tremors Award - Giant Worms
• Giant Ax
• Star Wars
• Snow White
• Robin Hood
• Snoopy Award
• Blue Ox Award
• Casey Jones Railroad
• AWARDING—Cut off bottom of real pumpkin, put the awards in it, and sit it on the award table. When giving the awards make a big deal of finding a Pumpkin and wanting to make a Jack-o-lantern out of it. Cut off top and discover the awards in it. [The audience can’ t tell that the bottom has been cut off]. 
• Family Award
• Knowing It's Make Believe
• Theme Resources
• Extra Resources from Additional PDF

To see more Theme Ideas, and other PowWow books go to this page CLICK HERE

INTERESTING THOUGHTS
"GOD IS A LITTLE LIKE:"
God is a little like General Electric—He lights your path
God is a little like Bayer Aspirin—He works wonders
God is a little like Hallmark Cards—He cares enough to send the very best
God is a little like Tide—He gets the stains out others leave behind
God is a little like Sears—He has everything
God is a little like Alka Seltzer—Oh, what a relief He is! God is a little like Copper Top Batteries—Nothing can out last Him.
God is a little like Scotch Tape—You can’t see Him, but you know He’s there. 

THE WAY TO SPELL POTATO -
JOKE NO WONDER THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS SO HARD
If GH stands for P as in Hiccough
If OUGH stands for O as in Dough
If PHTH stands for T as in Phthisis
If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbor
If TTE stands for T as in Gazette
If EAU stands for O as in Plateau
The correct way to spell POTATO should be:
GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU 

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

To see more Theme Ideas, and other PowWow books go to this page CLICK HERE

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.

• To open this PDF file, CLICK HERE

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

To see more Theme Ideas, and other PowWow books go to this page CLICK HERE

The Ugly Pumpkin Skit - A great Cub Scout skit for Halloween

THE UGLY PUMPKIN SKIT
All the boys are sitting around with their arms wrapped around their knees (acting like a PUMPKIN) In front of a sign that says "PUMPKIN PATCH" 
Pumpkin 1: Man I HATE Halloween!
Pumpkin 2: Ya, me too. 
Pumpkin 3: Why - what's the matter with halloween? 
Pumpkin 4: You guys break the news to the new guy.... 
Pumpkin 5: First, they cut off your vine! (PUMPKIN 2 looks worried) 
Pumpkin 6: ya, then they cut your head open! (PUMPKIN 2 GRABS HIS HEAD) 
Pumpkin 7: and pull out your guts! (PUMPKIN 2 GRABS HIS TUMMY) 
Pumpkin 8: then they cut you up with a saw! 
Pumpkin 9: or a knife! 
Pumpkin 10: or a drill! 
Pumpkin 11: THEN they put a candle in you to light you up! 
Pumpkin 12: and leave you on the porch to rot for months!! 
Pumpkin 3 (looking scared to death): NO WAY! How do we get out of it? 
Pumpkin 4: QUIET EVERYONE - I know a way - just be as UGLY as possible, then they won't pick you! 
ALL Pumpkins: OK - ya, let's do that! (Two people enter the stage) 
The pumpkins all say: shhhhh - here come some people everyone - BE UGLY! (The two people walk around the pumpkin patch shopping for a pumpkin) 
Shopper 1: man, all of these pumpkins are TOO ugly for halloween! 
Shopper 2: Ya, These pumpkins are REALLY ugly! 
Shopper 1: Even too ugly for a jack-o-lantern! 
Shopper 2: Ya, let's go look somewhere else! (all the pumpkins are giving each other the thumbs up and a WHEW!) 
Then Shopper 1 turns around and says: WAIT! They will be perfect for PUMPKIN PIE! 
All the pumpkins scream in pain! NOOOOOOOOOOO!


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Halloween Pumpkin neckerchief slide idea

For the Halloween season, I decided to make up some Pumpkin Neckerchief Slides.  I hope you enjoy them. To make them:

•  Print this PDF out on card stock, and cut out the different pumpkin parts.  Trace the different parts on the appropriate color of fun foam.
• Cut out the foam pieces
• Glue them together with a glue gun making sure the pen marks are on the back.
• Attach a back to the neckerchief slide.  I like to use 1/2" PVC pipe cut into small strips.

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