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SKITS

Recipe for a Great Cub Scout Den

Sam Houston Area Council

Setting – 3 to 10 Scouts. One Scout “reads” from a cook book; one Scout “stirs” the pot, and the other Scouts add the “ingredients.”

Props - Cover old cans or boxes or plastic containers with paper and label. Fill each can with some streamers so it looks like it’s spilling out when the Scout adds the “ingredient.”

Scene – Scouts are standing around a table with a large pot and the “ingredients” on top of the table.

Cub #1: (stands by the pot and stirs slowly as each ingredient is added)

Cub #2: (reads from the cook book) Here is a recipe for a great Cub Scout den. Hey guys, do we have everything? (He looks around as the other Cubs nod their heads.)

Cub #2: First we need three cups of enthusiasm.

Cub #3: Here it is (pours it in).

Cub #2: Next comes two cups of laughter.

Cub #4: I have that! (pours it in)

Cub #2: Two cups of courtesy are next.

Cub #5: I think this is the courtesy (pours it in).

Cub #2: Now, two cups of helpfulness.

Cub #6: I brought that (pours it in).

Cub #2: Next we need two adults to help.

Cub #7: I found two real good ones! (pours it in)

Cub #1: This is really looking good (peers inside the pot).

Cub #2: We need one cup of ability to follow instructions.

Cub #8: I brought that (pours it in).

Cub #2: Now we need one gallon of patience.

Cub #9: I had to look a long time for that, but I finally found it! (pours it in)

Cub #2: Last we need four cups of friendship.

Cub #10: I got that, and I added a little more than the recipe needed (pours it in).

Cub #2: Well that’s it. Now we need to mix it all together and store it somewhere safe so we can bring some back to every den meeting!

Making A Cub Scout

Great Salt Lake Council

Characters: Child, Two Leaders, Two Parents

Props:
You will need a large table for the child to lie on during the “operation.”
The “doctor” can carry a large cardboard knife.
Props to be “removed” are tacked to the back of the table, out of sight.
Those to be “put in” can be placed nearby. (Props are listed where used.)

Narrator: We are about to instruct you in the method of making a Cub Scout. To complete this project, you will need one small eager boy, two interested parents, one patient den leader, and one courageous Cubmaster.

(Each character enters as his name is spoken. The boy wears his uniform under a large loose-fitting shirt and climbs up on the table. Others don surgical masks. As the narrator continues, the operation proceeds, with the Cubmaster acting as doctor. The den leader and parents hand him the things to be put in and take the things removed. When the boy is hidden under a sheet, he removes his shirt.)

Narrator: Cover him with fun and good times (Hold up posters labeled “FUN” and “GOOD TIMES” and cover boy)

Narrator: We use laughing gas for anesthetic. (Use a tire pump labeled “Laughing Gas.”)

Narrator: Take out hate and put in “Love.” (Hate - lump of paper, so labeled. Love - big paper heart, labeled).

Narrator: Take out selfishness, put in cooperation. (Sign “I,” sign “WE).

Narrator: Take out idle hands, put in busy fingers. (Idle - empty rubber gloves. Busy - glove full of flour.)

Narrator: Take out laziness, put in ambition. (Laziness - rag; Ambition -blown up balloon.)

Narrator: After this pleasant operation, we have a “Cub Scout.”

(Remove the sheet. Boy, in uniform, stands up and gives the Cub Scout sign.)

Blue and Gold Spirit

Sam Houston Area Council

Setting – 7 Scouts. One (Cub #1) is dressed as Lord Baden-Powell (or a den leader, or other Scout leader). Props for the items needed as noted below.

Scene – Lord Baden-Powell stands in front and the Scouts enter one at a time as they are described.

Cub #1: I represent the spirit of Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouting. I am also the spirit of Boy Scouting, past and present. Here is our future – the Cub Scouts of America.

(Cub #2 enters in complete uniform.)

Cub #1: The two colors of the Cub Scout uniform have special meaning. Blue stands for truth and loyalty. Gold stands for good cheer and happiness.

(Cub #3 enters with Wolf book and
Kipling’s Jungle Book.)

Cub #1: Early Cub Scout ceremonies were based on Kipling’s Jungle Tales. When Cub Scouting was organized in America in 1930, Native American themes were used.

(Cub #4 enters with a craft project made from wood.)

Cub #1: Cub Scouting means fun. We have lots of fun. Most Scouts like making things – really good projects – things they can play with that usually follow a monthly theme.

(Cub #5 enters carrying a collection from nature.)

Cub #1: Cub Scouts like to go on hikes and collect things for their nature collections. They like the outdoors.

(Cub #6 enters, carrying a spatula and a bowl.)

Cub #1: Most Cub Scouts like to go on picnics. AND, it’s even more fun when they get to cook their own food.

(Cub #7 enters, carrying the American flag.)

Cub #1: Cub Scouts are proud to be Americans. They are proud of their flag. They are also very proud of their pack flag, because it reminds them they are part of 100 years of Scouting. They are part of both America and the Cub Scouts.

(Pause)

Cub #1: Yes, I represent the past and the present. These young Cub Scouts now are the men of the future. They will be the preservers of our American heritage.

Harvest Celebration

Santa Clara County Council

Boys are standing around talking. They can be attired in Colonial costumes.

1. 
   We sure had a great time at the Harvest Celebration. When my Dad said we would have a big party I didn't know it would last for 3 days.
   
2. 
   Yea! We invited 92 Indians, plus all our families. We helped our Moms cook for days. It was fun to play games, have shooting contests and relays during the celebration.
   
3. 
   I liked the food we cooked, boiled eel, lobster, roasted pigeon, stuffed cod, journey cakes, corn meal bread with nuts and succotash.
   
4. 
   The Indians brought food too, turkeys, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce. And, they brought deer meat, too.
   
5. 
   I liked the popcorn the best...I never ate popcorn before. I heard my Dad say Governor Bradford has decided to have a celebration again next year, in 1622. He wants to call it Thanksgiving Celebration!