DLTK’s Crafts for Kids website has instructions on doing this paper bag bald eagle craft which would probably be a fun project for your Tigers or Wolfs. The site has a template for the project.
Theme: Take Flight
DLTK Paper Bag Bald Eagle
January 26, 2010 6:04 pm
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Tree Identification Skills
April 24, 2009 5:03 am
Today is Arbor Day. A good way for Cub Scouters to celebrate these important natural resources is by visiting the online Tree Identification Guide at the Arbor Day Foundation website.
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Forester Resources
August 21, 2008 5:26 am
As with all the Webelos activity badges, the best resources for Forester are the Webelos Handbook and the Webelos Leader Guide.
Here are some other Forester resources that may be helpful:
Meritbadge.org Forester Worksheet (pdf)
Buckeye Forester Packet (pdf)
Hendra’s Forester Packet [via MacScouter and Scoutingthenet.com] (pdf)
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Naturalist Resources
August 12, 2008 5:21 am
As with all the Webelos activity badges, the best resources for Naturalist are the Webelos Handbook and the Webelos Leader Guide.
Here are some other Naturalist resources that may be helpful:
Meritbadge.org Naturalist Worksheet (pdf)
Buckeye Naturalist Packet (pdf)
Hendra’s Naturalist Packet [via MacScouter] (pdf)
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Monthly Weekend Outing
June 19, 2008 5:40 am
Since January of this year, our pack has made a point of having either a campout or Saturday hike every month. So far it has worked out great for us. The boys and families are very excited about it, and they are getting a lot of experience with trails and being in nature.
It has been a lot of fun for us, and it has helped with recruiting and retention.
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eNature.org Fish Guide
May 23, 2008 5:53 am
The website enature.org has a fish identification guide which looks pretty useful. To identify a particular kind of freshwater fish, you first choose one of the listed categories (e.g., “Trouts and Salmons”), and then you look at the photos and descriptions of the various fish of that type.
Theme: H2Ohhh!
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FWS Children and Nature Page
April 28, 2008 8:57 am
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a page at its website devoted to helping children and families get more acquainted with nature. It discusses many of the benefits for kids and their families of spending more time in the outdoors. It has a number of suggested natural settings one can visit such as a national wildlife refuge.
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Earth Day – April 22
April 21, 2008 9:52 am
April 22 is Earth Day. Earth Day is a great time to do conservation service projects and to show kids the importance of being good stewards of our planet.
My pack will be doing a neighborhood litter clean up this week.
If your pack has conservation activities planned for this week, you may want to use this Earth Day patch to reward participation. They are $.99 each from BSA National. Link
Did you know the federal government has an Earth Day website? Earthday.gov is a “cooperative effort across the entire U.S. government” which brings together a variety of ecology information resources. Link
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Leaf It to Cubs DMIAB Photo
April 9, 2008 6:32 am
The photo for the May 2008 Den Meeting in a Box from BSA National is now available (above).
Theme: “Leaf It to Cubs“
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April 2008 Cubcast (May “Leaf It to Cubs” Info)
April 5, 2008 5:49 am
The April 2008 Cubcast from BSA National is now available. It has ideas for den meetings and more utilizing the May “Leaf It to Cubs” theme as well as some information about youth protection.
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May 2008 (Leaf It to Cubs) Program Helps Download
April 3, 2008 5:19 am
The May 2008 (Leaf It to Cubs) Program Helps pages from BSA National are now available (free) for download.
Program Helps is a great resource for crafts, games, activities and more for Pack meetings and Tiger, Wolf, and Bear den meetings.
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