Cub Scout Pack Meeting Game - Help!

Updated on November 13, 2013
J.H. asks from Westfield, NJ
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So my son's Den is hosting the upcoming Pack meeting (I think the terminology is right - his group of 3rd graders is hosting the whole school get together). It is the community service meeting so we are all packing Thanksgiving dinner food boxes for the local food bank, but we need to come up with a game that can fill about 25 minutes in 1/2 the school gym for about 35 boys ages 1st grade through 5th.

The meetings tend to descend into barely-controlled chaos. Something not too complicated (that doesn't need too much explaining) would work best.

I'm at a loss. Technically this is my husband's gig since I'm the Girl Scout troop leader for my daughter, so I haven't been to too many of the pack meetings to see what else has been done. But he is so busy with work right now I felt like I needed to pitch in and help.

Any good ideas out there that you have done that worked?

Thanks!

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So What Happened?

So we took the wimpy way out and opted to be the family that pulled together the flag ceremony vs the activity! I'll let this one fall on the den leader (who doesn't really do too much) or the family that is always the last to respond :)

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K.M.

answers from Kansas City on

Great ideas so far! One of our pack favorites was this:

Divide the groups of seven, or just into small-ish group.

Have the boys walk around in their groups (contain them to a certain area so they don't get mixed up with the other groups) for about 20 - 30 seconds and tell them to observe who is in their group. Blow a whistle and have them get down on the ground in the 'tornado drill' position and cover their eyes.

Put a blanket over one of the boys. Tell him to stay still! Have the rest of the boys stand up and try to figure out who is under the blanket.

You can make it more challenging by combining the groups into larger numbers.

It sounds simple, but it is a lot of fun and really forces the boys to pay attention to each other.

How awesome are you to help out your husband like this!! Good luck and have fun tonight!

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J.C.

answers from Anchorage on

Dodgeball, but rather then hard balls use little fluff ones made or yarn. Our school does sometimes in gym class.

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L.R.

answers from Washington DC on

I search online all the time for games for our Girl Scout troop and other kids' groups. Just do a search on terms such as "kids games large group" for a group this size. Throw the term "Boy Scouts" into it and you will get scouting web sites that have tons of games. And you can specify that they're for a large group, which is a big help (I have a small group so am always searching for games that can be played by 10 kids instead of 35 but I know there are large-group, large-space games there). Search well in advance in case you need to gather materials!

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A.P.

answers from New York on

Haven't read the other answers yet but how about Thanksgiving bingo? There are bingo card generators on the web--just type in all your words and it will create free printable bingo cards. I believe you can even do picture bingo, if you have some non-readers.

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

Human Foosball - have 3 or 4 rows of boys facing another side of 3 or 4 rows, holding long PVC pipes and basically try to play soccer while staying in their rows still holding onto the pipes, resembling a foosball table.

We have a guy who is a high ranking competitive black belt in marial arts, so he has led some sessions in a few basic non-contact moves. This is always a favorite.

Mini Olympics - some set up required. Gather outdoor games like horseshoe and darts, set up each activity in different spots. Break boys up into teams and do a round robin, having different team members do each activity for points. We always do horseshoes, darts, beanbags, marble bowling (set up glass jars like bowling pins and boys have to try and roll their marbles between jars without hitting the jars), dizzy bat relay, 3 legged race, egg and spoon race, table top pingpong/basketball/football (paper triangles flicked into finger goal posts)...basically anything small quick activity you can set up in small areas. This is a great team building activity. If you have 35 boys, then break up into teams of 5, which means you'll need at least 7 activities. Give recognition to top 3 individual scout scores, top 3 team scores, and top score for each activity.

Minute to Win It Games - this takes a bit of coordinating due to supplies but is really fun. Have each boy put his name in a hat in the beginning, and then pick 3 names for each activity. Have alot of games on hand because this can go quickly. With 35 boys you'll need at least 12 games. Look on line for ideas - there are tons.

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