Dovetailing Cub Scouts with the Faith In God Program

Discovering how the Faith in God Program dovetails with the Cub Scout Program will help Cub Scout Leaders lead their boys in accomplishing many goals in both programs with one activity, as well as lift their spiritual sights.

For wonderful training on how to do this, click on this link http://www.lds.org/pa/primary/0,18556,,00.html

Nursery ~ Look What I Did Today !

A fun way to help keep track of the pictures and projects that your little ones create in nursery is to make a place to display them.

All you need is a poster board and some clothespins.

Glue the clothespins along the bottom edge of the poster

and voila you have an easy place to clip the youngsters stuff until

their parents come to pick them up!

You can decorate the upper part of the poster board with pictures, or their hand prints,  or anything fun you can think of. 

Fun ideas for Activity Days or Cub Scouts

I found these ideas in the Family Fun magazine for this month. You can look at them on FamilyFun.com.

A Plantable Greeting Card

For each card, you will need:
1 ½ cups of 1-inch scraps made from newspaper, construction paper, or used printer paper
Large bowl of warm water
Masking tape
6x10 inch piece of window screen
Blender
9x13 inch baking pan
Packet of wildflower seeds
Bath towels
Markers 1. Place the scraps in the bowl of warm water and soak overnight
2. Fold strips of tape over the edges of the screen to make it easier to handle.
3. Place the soaked paper into the blender, then fill the blender halfway with fresh water. Blend until the mixture looks like a thick, creamy soup.
4. Add water to the baking pan until it’s a quarter full, then pour in the blended pulp. Add the packet of wild flower seeds and mix well with your hands.
5. Slip the screen into the pan so that it slides beneath the pulp and seeds. Lift it gently, catching the pulp mixture in an even layer on top and allowing the water to drain off.
6. Lay the screen on a bath towel, moving it to a dry area when the fabric below is saturated. Let the paper dry for at least 24 hours.
7. When the paper has dried completely, gently remove it from the screen. Draw on the paper a message or pictures with the markers.

Hula Hoop Game

 
Have the girls or boys stand in a circle. Slip a hula hoop onto one child’s arm and then have them all join hands. Now the kids have to find a way to move the hula hoop all the way around the circle without letting go of each other’s hands. This will be fun to watch the kids climb through the hula hoop and maneuver it to the next person without letting go of their hands.
 

Pass the Mirror

The last idea emphasizes individual worth with the activity day girls.  The girls sit in a circle and pass around a small hand held mirror. Each person takes a turn saying one nice thing about herself on the outside (“I have pretty eyes”) and one nice thing about herself on the inside (“I am a good friend”).   

Olympic Fun

Tying current events into Primary activities serves a dual purpose: It brings fresh excitement to Primary AND it attaches gospel references to events, items and experiences children can recall as they see them or experience them again.

For example, Primary leaders can tie the excitement of the Winter Olympics to learning more about our Heavenly Father using the little Olympian pictured here.

The Singing Skier

The skier at left can be duplicated, then the two figures can represent two teams of children singing their way up the mountain, or answering questions to ascend the mountain, or racing to find scriptures up the mountain. Let the Spirit and your imagination guide you!

The skiers can be moved up the mountain with string, elastic, or something tacky like tape.

Atop the mountain, a scripture teaches something the Lord has said about mountain tops.

Scripture Skaters:

Draw a skating rink with lanes for racing. Find an Olympic skating figure and have children advance along the track by finding scriptures that talk about the month's theme or by telling a portion of a message you want them to grasp.

The options are endless! Seeking the Spirit's guidance through prayer will help you create ways to bring the gospel to life for the children in your care.