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Beaver Scouts 40 Yr Booklet
Beaver Scouts 40 Yr Booklet
Beaver Scouts
1974 – 2014
Themes
a. Lord & Lady Baden-Powell: getting to know the founders of Scouting
b. Exploring 40
c. Forty Years of Beaver Scouting: what has happened in these 40 years?
d. Beaver Scouts around the World: who are they and what do they do?
Other Activities
a. a birthday party with birthday cake focussed on “Sharing, sharing, sharing”
b. a birthday campfire
c. a birthday Beaver Scouts’ Own
d. a birthday service project to help your community or the world
(Note: If the room can’t be darkened, the game can be played by having this child
point a finger at the person he or she hears approaching.)
My Animal is:
Right Hand drawing
Characters in my play:
Here are some ideas the Beaver Scouts might choose to do:
a. Use the decade information below as a guide for your Colony’s adventures. You
could do one decade a month, and explore a different part of that decade each
week. End with a 40th Birthday Bash in which the Beaver Scouts dress from
whichever decade they choose.
b. On one evening, explore the same theme through all four decades. E.g. dance
through music of the 70’s then 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s all in one evening. Then
the next week can be games night and the next week inventions night, etc.
c. Make one meeting a ’70s adventure. Invite Beaver Scouts to dress in clothes
from the ’70s, bring snacks from the ’70s, dance to ’70s music, play games
from the ’70s, etc. Beaver Scouts can search foods from each decade and pick
one from that decade to serve as a snack. Pick a cartoon from a decade and
make costumes to go with the cartoon. Then go on to ’80s another week.
d. Cartoon Adventures: Pick a cartoon from a decade and invite Beaver Scouts
to brainstorm ways to have an adventure with that cartoon theme. Examples:
’70s Flintstones – make cardboard cars that the youth have to pick up and hold
and use ‘foot power.’ Decorate one week and go through an obstacle course
or have races the next week. ’80s Inspector Gadget – incorporate a spy theme
for the night. ’90s Buzz Lightyear. Venture into space without leaving Earth—or
SpongeBob and an underwater theme night. 2000s Zhu Zhu pets can take you
on an adventure of visiting a vet or a pet care centre or Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles can lead to a martial arts theme night or a night exploring turtles.
e. Pick up a copy of “Fun at the Pond” (published by Scouts Canada). Find some
outdoor activities, games and crafts that were used in the first twelve years of
Beaver Scouts.
Yours in Scouting,
______________________
A happy Beaver Scout
Song
Campfire’s Burning (round)
Campfire’s burning, campfire’s burning.
Draw nearer, draw nearer.
In the gloaming, in the gloaming.
Come sing and be merry.
Song
Beaver Call Song
Beaver One, Beaver All,
Let’s all do the Beaver call,
(Make Beaver Teeth with your hands in front of your mouth while singing)
Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck
Beaver 2 ,Beaver 3,
Let’s all climb the Beaver tree, (Imitate climbing a tree while singing)
Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck
Song
Boom Chicka Boom
I said a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]
I said a-boom-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]
I said a-boom-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-rock-a-chick-a-boom! [Group echoes.]
Uh-huh! [Group echoes.]
On Yeah! [Group echoes.]
This time! [Group echoes.]
We sing! [Group echoes.]
HIGHER!
Each time a youth leader adds a different variation such as: (LOWER, WHISPER,
LOUDER, ROBOT GROOVY, VAMPIRE, etc).
Skit
Elevator Riders
The elevator operator moves the stick and opens the elevator door while shouting,
“First floor...Lobby.”
One or two campers enter the elevator, and the operator moves the stick to close
the door. As the elevator moves from floor to floor, the passengers bounce up and
down while repeating the phrase “Come on, Ten.” The elevator stops the elevator
and opens the door while shouting “Second floor...sporting goods.” One or two
more campers enter. After the door closes, all passengers bounce up and down,
repeating the phrase “Come on, Ten.” This continues for each floor, and each the
time the passengers become more frantic and more agitated while repeating “Come
on, Ten.” By the time the elevator reaches the tenth floor, the car full of passengers
should be almost out of control shouting “Come on, Ten!” The operator opens the
door, and shouts “Tenth Floor...Restrooms.” All the passengers scream with relief
and run out of the elevators and off stage.
BUT WAIT! There are lots of other fun celebration foods. Here are some
alternatives to the standard ‘birthday celebration cake.’ Get the Beaver Scouts to
brainstorm more:
Take big slices of watermelon and stack them up on their sides to make a ‘cake.’
Adorn it with all kinds of fresh fruit to “decorate” the cake.
Make Rice Krispie squares and arrange in the shape of the number 40. Add candles
and sing ‘Happy Birthday.”
Check out the watermelon beaver at www.canadianliving.com/watermelon carv-
ing.com. The Beaver Scouts can make 40th birthday flags for him to hold.
Make ‘Jelly Boats’ with 40th birthday sails (you can find the recipe on the internet),
or use slices of oranges to make the sailboats.
Make a watermelon & fruit birthday celebration snack. You can add “40 Years of
Beaver Scouts” or “Happy 40 Years,” or carve 40 into the watermelon rind.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 Cups flour (all-purpose or gluten-free flour; one to one substitute)
3 Tbsp. cocoa (unsweetened)
1 Cup sugar (white sugar or granulated pure cane sugar)
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
5 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 Cup water
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix first 5 dry ingredients in a greased 8” square baking pan or a bowl. Make
three depressions in dry ingredients: two small, one larger. Pour vinegar in one
depression, vanilla in another, and the vegetable oil in third (larger) depression.
Pour water over all. Mix well until smooth.
Bake on middle rack of oven for 35 minutes. Check with toothpick to make sure
it comes out clean. Cool. Top with your favourite frosting. Enjoy!
Note: You can double this recipe—just use a 9x13 baking pan. Oven cooking times
may vary; be sure to check your cake to make sure you do not over-bake.
FROSTING RECIPES:
For a great “One Minute Chocolate Frosting” (which can also be dairy-free), see
www.theyummylife.com.
For another dairy free frosting recipe, go to www.ohsheglows.com.