Scrip-Scrapping the Night Away: February 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet

As a new Cubmaster, I got to start off with a bang - a Blue and Gold Banquet - no simple pack meeting to break me in. Nope, this was a big party. I chose to go with the Olympic theme since the winter Olympics kick off tomorrow. It was a lot of fun to put it all together and a lot of hard work (let’s be honest). I had so many people that helped me with prep, set-up, taking care of the food during it all, games and take-down. Whew - I really couldn’t have done it by myself.

Let’s take a tour of the night:

Flag Ceremony

After starting with a prayer all the boys went out into the hall to collect their international flags they made last week at den meeting. They paraded around the room, led by the full-sized American flag and followed by the Olympic Torch. (There was suppose to be olympic music playing at this point but my cell phone was too low on battery so it didn’t work - goof #1). We had the Pledge of Allegiance and the Scout Pledge. The boys’ flags were then displayed on the stage.

Dinner

My plans for dinner evolved quite often - in the end we had sloppy joes, veggies, fruit salad, chips and cupcakes. It was simple and worked great. A few cupcakes formed the Olympic rings and the others had flag picks in them. I was surprised the kids loved picking out a cupcake with a certain flag.

Decorations

I wanted it to look festive but I didn’t want to break the bank with decorations. I probably spent about $15, so I think that’s pretty good. We had cute centerpieces - tissue paper, a square box, more tissue paper, a can covered with paper and the Olympic rings filled with these fun plastic flags - not to mention the large confetti my kind sister cut out for me.

The Olympic icons were hung around the gym. These were also part of a scavenger hunt game at the beginning (free download at the end). There were a few flag banners on the walls and some colored paper garland on the stage with the flags the scouts made - that was about it.

Games

I was so excited for the fun of the night - the games. I handed that part over to my den leaders and the kids had a blast. They had a snowball fight. They threw paper balls for 5 minutes trying to get more snowballs on the other teams side of the line. Super fun!

We had Bobsledding on skateboards.

The Olympic ring toss.

And curling, where the boys were pushed and tried to land in the target.

A fun photo op was available with a torch and medal. Loved it!

Finally, when the kids had played every Olympic game they came to get their Olympic medal - chocolate coins. It turned out to be a fun night (and now I’m sitting here with my feet up!)