Interesting Facts About the BSA

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100 Years of Scouting

2010 marks the 100th anniversary of the official Boy Scouts of America program.

There is a special program called "A Year of Celebration" that started in Sept. and goes through Dec.2010.

For information visit the link below and then click on the link to the requirements (there are different requirements for Cubs, Boy Scouts, leaders, and alumni).

Click here: A Year of Celebration

This is not something we will be working on specifically as a den as it is entirely optional so it will be up to your son (and you) to put forth the initiative to earn the award(s).

We will fulfill some of the requirements (inadvertently) as part of our regular den meetings and I will post a list after we do activities that meet the requirements for this award so you can keep track.

Please have your son get prior permission from either Sister Brower or Sister Pollock regarding requirements that involve helping in den meeting or Pack Night.

Happy New Year!

Recyled Shrinky Dinks

We did these for Scouts a couple of weeks ago and it was really fun. I got the idea from round table.

Here's what you need:

#6 plastic (clear containers from the bakery of deli that have the number 6 recyclable symbol on the bottom) I used the lid from a packaged graham cracker crust for this one.

If you want it to be opaque (white rather than clear) you can sand the surface and then use colored pencil rather than markers.

permanent markers

hole punch (if you want to be able to hang the finished product)

300-350 degree oven (I used a toaster oven and the temp. was too variable and some got too hot and wrinkled so I would definitely recommend a full-size oven for this project.

foil lined cookie sheet.

Projects shrink to about 1/3 of the original size.

We made paint pallet neckerchief slides (using the primary and secondary colors) as December's Cub Scout theme is "Works of Art".

Make your design using permanent markers, cut out, place on foil lined cookie sheet, and place in pre heated oven for about 1 minute. Keep a close eye on it. The plastic will begin to wrinkle and should flatten back out when it is done. You can use a spatula to flatten it more if needed after removing it from the oven.

Warning: We tried stars as well and the points curled up and we couldn't fix them. "Bulky" shapes work best.