Minion Blue & Gold

Everyone loves minions and they made the perfect theme for our Cub Scout Blue & Gold Banquet. The evening was a little rushed with a funeral luncheon right before. In fact part of our set up was actually luncheon take down. So grateful there were plenty of people to help. With that being said I didn’t have any time to go around a take pictures of everything before the party started. It is hard to be in charge and take pictures at the same time. Luckily a few other people shared their pictures with me – but I’m still wishing I had more pictures, C’est la vie!

 Our scouts helped by making minion center pieces at their den meetings. I loved how different they each were. They made the tables look fabulous.

Of course every party has it’s rules!

After dinner, awards and an Arrow of Light ceremony the kids went wild with our minion games. One of our den leaders made this amazing Ba-na-na toss game, while I got to get crafty and sewed the banana bean bags.

The kids made their own Squid Launchers also. With the force from a rubber band these little things flew about 30 feet. The project definitely need another seamstress and more helpers as the kids flocked to this table, but everything was cut and prepped beforehand. I eve sewed all the head parts – we only needed to sew a straight line across after the kids stuffed them with beans and tentacles.

We had our missing minion game. On the wall was over 50 minions with a twin but a few were missing. The kids had to figure out which 3 minions didn’t have their twin.

And lastly, Minion Bowling.  This isn’t a picture of our game, but similar.

Amy did a fabulous job with the photobooth. One again I’m lacking pictures of any of my scouts here – but what can ya do!

These things are always a lot of work but oh so fun. We had an easy dinner of lasagna, bread and salad with a smorgasbord of blue & gold desserts.

A free download of the invitation is available below.

December Pack Meeting

This pack meeting was a little more frazzled for me because I didn’t plan it until a couple days before with most of the prep the day of, but it came together and was a wonderful night of service.  After our pack meeting last month where the boys learned about veterans we decided to do service for the Fisher House in SLC. Similar to a Ronald McDonald House, the Fisher House is for the families of hospitalized veterans.  The scouts made these cute finger print Christmas cards. We also made  motivational water bottles,

Merry Kissmas goody bags,

and bags of Elf Pillows.

The highlight of the night was sewing heating pads.  The boys and all the kids loved having the opportunity to sew.  I’m so grateful for those willing to sew with these kids.

I love working with these boys and planning fun pack meetings that teach them the importance of being good scouts, good citizens and good kids. We have a great bunch of Cub Scouts.

November Pack Meeting

What an incredible Pack Meeting tonight. Our cub scouts are the best - they were so respectful and well behaved as we got to hear from 4 local veterans. It was fabulous. And a big WOW and THANKS to the SHS ROTC cadets who provided our color guard and did an awesome Cub Scout Boot Camp. It was amazing to have such a military presence with us as we learn about responsibility and service. We owe so much to those willing to sacrifice for our freedoms.

Boot Camp Calisthenics

Boot Camp Obstacle Course

They started with a ladder run, army crawled under barbwire (yarn), went across a balance beam,

and did some over unders, followed by nerf gun target shooting and a final zigzag sprint to the end.

It was a fun night.  We had every single one of our scouts there.  The boys were able to hear experiences and see memorabilia up close. A wonderful and fun night learning about our military.

Den Leader Thank You Candy Gram

We got some of our Bears together to make a giant Thank You card to a former Den Leader. The boys did a great job coming up with ways to use the different candy.

"To our EXTREME scout leader,

We had MOUNDS of fun with you even though we are GIANT NERDS. You taught us the WAY to be SMART scouts. You never SNICKERED when we were DUDS. We SKORED in getting you for a leader. We will always LOOK up to you. You are EXTRA awesome.          From your AIR HEADS."

Pinewood Derby

We just finished a fun and successful Pinewood Derby race. Being the Cubmaster I was in charge of the whole production but did it with lots of help. We had 16 boys participate, which was a perfect number.  With that many the boys didn’t have to wait too long between races.  Here’s some ideas if you get to run the show for your pack.

The Display Table

I ran a rope under the table cloth for the cars to straddle. We didn’t lose any cars to accidentally running off the table. Husbands first idea was to put a 2x4 under the cloth. That would have worked well too – but the rope fit in my bag better :) Don’t forget to put out “Do Not Touch” signs and station a leader at the table as your security officer.

We also decided to display little labels stating the scouts name and the award they earned. This way you could actually figure out the creative awards while looking at the cars.

Awards

Of course the racing isn’t all about winning, but I still think winning cars deserve some recognition – along with all the boys. So each boy received a printed certificate with a unique recognition for their car. Cars were turned in and weighed the night before giving the committee time to review each car before the races began. The extra time was nice.

Along with a certificate  – because, let’s be honest, boys want something they can eat and mom’s want something they can throw away when it’s all over – their award was a giant lollipop – Pinewood Derby Speedster 2014.

The place winners were given these awesome (simple and inexpensive) awards made by my friend. I know I’m a hater – but I really do hate trophies and ribbons. I thought these were unique and a fun way for the boys to display their achievements.

Pit Stop

When the races were finished and the awards were handed out, the kids enjoyed the Pit Stop with it’s Antifreeze, Motor Oil and Stop Light Brownies. There’s a ton of cute ideas for food for such an event but when you have 5 different treats to choose from kids take 5 desserts. This worked perfectly and we had plenty thanks to all the parents who brought them.

Photo Booth

We also set up a backdrop for pictures. I’m so glad we did this – Pinewood Derby night is full of pictures and this was better than the carpeted walls of our church.

I’m always about sharing! Why do the same work twice. If you need any of the things I printed you are free to download them here. SORRY LINKS ARE NOT WORKING.

Squeeze-it labels (6 to a page)

Awards (2 to a page)

Sucker Awards (printed as a 4x6 photo)

Photo booth Sign for 2014 and 2015

Road Signs

Pit Stop Sign

Sign in Spreadsheet