GATHERING ACTIVITIES
NEED TO GET THEM OUTSIDE –
GIVE THEM A TENT HAVE THEM SET IT UP
RUN THROUGH THE SPRINKLER
PLAY CROQUET, TAG, HIDE AND SEEK
MAKE KITES AND FLY THEM
Campfire Maze
Greater St. Louis Area Council
Find your way out of this campfire maze before it gets too hot!!
Camping Word Search
Baltimore Area Council
Find the CAPITALIZED words from the story in the puzzle.
It’s fun to go camping in the summertime. We Pack our CAR and drive to our favorite campsite near a LAKE. FIRST we pitch our TENT and gather WOOD. Someone must get drinking WATER in a PAIL
When our camp is ready, we go for a SWIM or launch our BOAT and try to catch some FISH for dinner. We HIKE in the woods and find a good climbing TREE.
We build a blazing CAMPFIRE and cook dinner in a POT. For dessert there are MARSH MALLOWS to roast. When the sun goes down we light our LANTERN and sit around the warm fire and SING. The MOON and STARS always seem brighter when we’re far from town.
Soon it is time for each of us to curl up in a SLEEPING BAG and let the gentle night sounds lull us to sleep.
Touch and Tell
Baltimore Area Council
Number 10 brown paper bags from one to ten. Put a familiar article in each bag (preferably an article related to campfires, nature or outdoors) and staple the bag shut. Each boy is given a pencil and paper on which he lists numbers one through ten. He tries to guess what is in each bag by feeling through the paper, and records on his paper his guess. Boy with greatest number of correct answers is winner.
Find the Words
Baltimore Area Council
The Leader gives each Cub Scout a pencil and piece of paper and asks him to write as many smaller words as he can find in the word “Camp Fire Traditions”. Score one point for each word.
Historical Objects
Baltimore Area Council
Our theme this month is “Campfire Tales and Traditions.” The twenty objects in the left column are traditionally associated with the fictional and historical figures on the right
Distribute copies to all guests and see how many persons they can identify by the following clues:
OBJECT PERSON
1. A rainbow George Washington
2. A kite Little Red Riding Hood
3. A glass slipper Noah
4. An apple Samson
5. A slingshot Ben Franklin
6. A coat of many colors William Tell
7. A wolf Cinderella
8. Long hair Joseph
9. A hatchet Zorro
10. A footprint David
11. A cloak Abe Lincoln
12. A steamboat Smokey Bear
13. A rail fence Teddy Roosevelt
14. Three ships Robin Hood
15. A plum Paul Bunyan
16. A blue ox Little Jack Horner
17. A quarterstaff Robert Fulton
18. A big stick Sir Walter Raleigh
19. A shovel Columbus
20. The letter “Z” Robinson Crusoe
Answers: 1. Noah, 2. Ben Franklin, 3. Cinderella, 4. William Tell, 5. David, 6. Joseph, 7. Little Red Riding Hood, 8. Samson, 9. George Washington, 10. Robinson Crusoe, 11. Sir Walter Raleigh, 12. Robert Fulton, 13. Abe Lincoln, 14. Columbus, 15. Little Jack Horner, 16. Paul Bunyan, 17. Robin Hood, 18. Teddy Roosevelt, 19. Smokey Bear, 20. Zorro
Campfire Word Search
An original creation by a Scouter for
San Gabriel, Verdugo Hills & Long Beach Area Councils
Find the words relating to Campfires in the Word Search. The words can be diagonal, horizontal, vertical or backward.
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