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130 Den Meeting Activity Suggestions

1. Have mock den meeting for parents.
2. Have indoor track meet (feather toss, straw throw, balloon heave, etc.).
3. Visit a newspaper office.
4. Visit a factory.
5. Visit the zoo.
6. Play kickball game, using a ball of rags.
7. Visit a farm or ranch.
8. Have a den bowling tournament.
9. Go ice skating or roller skating.
10. Parents take boys to sporting event.
11. Parent with interesting occupation tells boys about it.
12. Parent with a special hobby tells boys about it.
13. Have backyard breakfast cookout.
14. Work on achievement everyone needs.
15. Treasure hunt
16. Marble shooting contest
17. Scavenger hunt for Cub Scout objects
18. Bike inspection
19. Pet show (Each Cub brings and tells about his pet.)
20. Boys bring their collections (coins, stamps, etc.) and tell about them.
21. Game making day
22. Use pinewood derby cars; roll on pavement to stop in marked areas for points.
23. Meet with another den.
24. Star high school or college athlete tells about his sport.
25. Go fishing in pond at park for prizes.
26. Visit a historical spot.
27. Conduct tour of state park.
28. Local geography day: Use maps and go to principle civic buildings.
29. Venturer tells about Philmont.
30. Scout tells about Jamboree.
31. Visit weather station.
32. Telephone day: Boys stay home and call each other with relay messages on a pre-arranged plan.
33. Phone system cancels regular meeting and calls special "surprise" one.
34. Practice physical fitness games.
35. Sack lunch picnic
36. Trip to a museum
37. Friend with unusual educational experience tells about it.
38. Visit fire station.
39. Visit police station or crime laboratory.
40. Science teacher presents a project.
41. Night meeting to study the stars
42. Dinosaur day: Each boy brings his models.
43. Model day: Each boy brings his models.
44. Visit hobby store. On return, list all hobbies boys can think of.
45. Visit telephone company.
46. Den uniform inspection
47. Design new closing ceremonies.
48. Visit an airport.
49. Session on basic first-aid
50. Bird watching contest
51. Visit library: Librarian tells what is provided besides books. Each boy gets a card and takes out a book.
52. Boys mix, bake and eat cupcakes.
53. Science day with microscope (look at hair, water, etc.)
54. Magic day: Each boy does his favorite trick.
55. Bait-casting practice
56. Contest judging weight, sizes of objects, heights, etc.
57. Campfire: Roast marshmallows
58. Play charades.
59. Parent and son swim party
60. Without a watch, each boy tries to walk around the block in an exact number of minutes.
61. Photographic hobbyist takes pictures of each boy who then sees them developed.
62. Make puppets for a show.
63. Make sailboat to race on a pond.
64. Go rock collecting.
65. Go fossil hunting.
66. Make Mother's Day gifts.
67. Joke telling (den winner picked by vote)
68. Liar's contest (den winner picked by vote)
69. Ping-pong contest (basketball shooting, miniature golf, baseball throw, etc.)
70. Build tin can bird houses.
71. Hat making contest (supply paper, string and paste)
72. Airplane sailing contest
73. Practice Cub Scout songs.
74. Make collage of old Christmas cards.
75. Build den equipment box.
76. Build den window display.
77. Jump the rope contest.
78. Catch butterflies.
79. Visit lapidary shop.
80. Coin collector shows coins.
81. Learn a Cub Scout sport.
82. Scrambled word game
83. Indian masks using paper bags
84. Make clay models. Paint and fire them.
85. Plastic models to work on only at den meeting
86. Baseball game with another den
87. Handicraft beads, belts, paints, etc.
88. Start crystal growing hobby
89. Service project for church or school
90. Make den scrapbook of photos and souvenirs.
91. Plant vegetable garden.
92. Cub Scouts plan next month's activities.
93. Cub Scouts plan next month's activities.
94. In Boy Scout Week or Fall Roundup, boys in den do program in their room at school to tell and show what Cub Scouting is.
95. Make neckerchief slides and slide holders.
96. Make Halloween costumes.
97. Build a paper-mache town, fort or Indian camp.
98. Lifeguard or Boy Scout talks and demonstrates about water safety.
99. Tour two blocks and look for hazards to a boy's safety.
100.Develop brand new den skit.
101.Cubmaster speaks to den about how it can operate to best advantage and most fun for all.
102.Make a den doodle.
103.Have a backyard race with discarded automobile tires.
104. Make a den jalopy.
105.Have an obstacle race.
106.Set up and run a nature trail, using a few elementary trail signs.
107.Set up a nature trail. Give each two boys a map. Boys bring back objects hidden on trail.
108.Have practice runs with Pinewood derby cars.
109.Leaders set up a Pinewood derby workshop.
110.Have a glide flying contest.
111.Take a train ride.
112.Visit session of city council.
113.Make puppets, puppet theater from boxes, write and put on play.
114.Plant a tree.
115.Raise the flag at the beginning of school.
116.Woods hike for leaf collecting.
117.Make jelly. Store away for future den meetings.
118.Collect paper, glass, cans for recycling.
119.Visit a re-cycling center.
120.Have a song fest with each boy leading a song.
121.Build den stools.
122.Adopt an alley and keep the litter picked up.
123.Visit a bakery.
124.Visit a printing shop.
125.Play miniature golf.
126.Take a mystery trip.
127.Make games for shut-ins.
128.Collect books for schools or hospitals.
129.Have a bug hunt.
130.Have a den swap day.
 
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