Cub Scouts
Cub Scouts of all ages can participate in lots of fun activities! Instructors have planned fun and exciting sessions for Cub Scouts. There are both local and national sessions that will bring fun to your Scout and family.
There are also self-guided hikes. There is a great big world in the smallest of places and there is adventure everywhere, even your own home, backyard or neighborhood! These activities will help you explore the world around you. Grab a pencil and notebook and join these self-guided hikes! All of these should be done with a parent or guardian going with the child for safety. If done outside of your home or backyard, practice social distancing.
Share your pictures of the fun and what you find on your hikes on the Virtual ScoutFest 2020 Facebook Event Page and your pages. Use the hashtags #Scoutingathome and #VSF2020
SCHEDULE
PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD
9:00 – 9:45AM
Normally you’re told not to play with your food. Here’s your chance to bend that rule. Join our playful foodie for some fun and exciting ways that food can be made into crafts!
Items needed:
Download your list HERE
ALPHABET HIKE
9:00 – 9:45 AM
Take an Alphabet Hike and try to find objects for each letter of the alphabet (for instance, A might be apple, B might be bus, etc.). The hike can be outdoors in your backyard, neighborhood or in your house.
CUB SCOUT JEOPARDY
10:00 – 10:45AM
Our local gameshow host is ready to run Cub Scout Trivia live! Think you know your stuff? Team up with your parent or guardian and take a shot at trivia. Who knows what the questions might be?
Items Needed:
Download the Kahott! app for your smartphone or tablet and click the JOIN NOW button on another device. If possible, you will want to see the question on one and the answer on the other.
MUSIC MANIA!
10:00 – 10:45AM
Hangout with our favorite elementary music teacher and see what she has planned for you since we haven’t had music class since mid-March. It’s going to rock!
PICTURE HIKE
10:00 – 10:45 AM
Use a smartphone and put together some pictures on your hike. Hike around your backyard or neighborhood and take pictures of cool things you see like and animal track, a squirrel, buds on a tree branch, etc.
CUB SCOUT YOGA
11:00 – 11:45 AM
Get ready for the day with our Cub Scout Yoga Instructor. She will guide you with stretches, calming methods and Cub Scout fun! Remember, a Scout keeps themselves physically strong.
Items needed:
1. Large open space
2. Comfy clothes
MEET THE PHILMONT BURROS
11:00 – 11:30 AM
If you love animals, this is for you! If you have heard stories about the Philmont burros and wondered what the buzz is all about, this is for you. If you want to see the scenic mountains of Philmont, don’t miss this session.
IT’S 1860. WHAT’S FOR LUNCH?
11:00 – 11:45 AM
Scouts have the 10 essentials. Soldiers had the 6 essentials during the war between the states. Natalie Sweet, the program coordinator of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, will show you what they were and what they ate for lunch.
Items needed:
Download your list HERE.
DETECTIVE HIKE
11:00 – 11:45 AM
Grab a pencil and notebook, brush up on your sleuthing skills and take a hike around your neighborhood to look for evidence that humans were around on your hike. Bonus skill: wear protective gloves and pick up trash around your neighborhood, humans can be forgetful sometimes and a Scout is Clean.
BOYS’ LIFE COMEDY CLUB
2:00 – 2:45 PM
Come join Pedro’s club – that’s right the Fastest Alfalfa-Milkshake Drinking Mailbuurro in the West (probably the only one). Join the Boys’ Life staff to give your best delivery of jokes from Boys’ Life Think & Grin section. They will also show you how to make a duck-tape wallet and an animation flip book.
Items needed:
Download your list HERE
EGG DROP
2:00 – 2:45 PM
Eggs can be fragile but with the right protection they can survive a drop from high places. Our “Eggcellent” instructor will help you get your egg ready for impact and won’t “crack” under the pressure.
Items Needed:
1. 1 egg per participant
2. Cushioning supplies (cardboard, bubble wrap, fabric, etc.)
3. A tall drop-off point. If using a ladder your adult must do the drop.
LISTENING HIKE
2:00 – 2:45 PM
People have two ears and one mouth so that they can listen twice as much as they talk. Sometimes listening to your surroundings tell a great story. Take a hike around your backyard or neighborhood and listen to the sounds. Write down what you hear.
FUN ACTIVITIES WITH THE NATIONAL CUB SCOUT DIRECTOR
3:00 – 3:45 PM
You may have seen him on Boy’s Life 30 Day Challenge videos. He likes to play with marbles, paper airplanes, puzzles and so much more. Hang out with Anthony Berger, the National Cub Scout Director, for several fun activities.
LEARN TO YO-YO WITH THE BEST
3:00 – 3:45 PM
Experts from Duncan will show you how to string a yo-yo, how to tie the right kind of slip knot, and how to throw a yo-yo. They will also give you some recommendations for yo-yo and teach you a few tricks.
COLOR IN NATURE HIKE
3:00 – 3:45 PM
Take a hike in your backyard or neighborhood and find items that are the following colors: red, brown, orange, black, green, blue, yellow and purple. Write them down or take pictures of them on a smartphone.
COOKING WITH KIDS
4:00 – 4:45 PM
Who likes food? We do! Learn to cook with your Cub or with your parents from the best! Join OliBea owner and chef Jeffrey DeAlejandro and his Cub Scout son, along with other members of the family, for a cooking class to remember.
FOLLOW THE LEADER HIKE
4:00 – 4:45 PM
With your family, take turns leading your hike. To make it interesting the people following the leader should do exactly what the leader does and how the leader walks. If the leader skips, the people following them should skip too! Take pictures or a short video.
REGISTRATION
Register so we can share updates with you and keep a count of who is enjoying this awesome event. It is free with an optional package that includes the official Virtual ScoutFest 2020 patch.
For questions email Jennifer.Williams@scouting.org