Building My Home with Toys

Before the meeting: 

1. Ask Cub Scouts to bring photos of their home to the next den meeting. This can be a physical photo or on a phone or pad. 

During the meeting: 

1. Explain to the Cub Scouts that they will be using building toys to create a model of their own homes. 
2. Have Cub Scouts look at the photos of their homes or think about their home and talk briefly about the different parts of their houses they’d like to include in their models. 
3. Cub Scouts can sketch their model on a piece of paper to plan it out if needed. 
4. Distribute the building toys.  
5. Encourage the Cub Scouts to start building by selecting blocks and pieces that resemble the different parts of their homes. For example, rectangular pieces for walls, flat pieces for roofs, and smaller pieces for details like windows and doors. 
6. Cub Scouts can begin by building the main structure of their homes. For example, if Cub Scouts live in a two-story house, they can start by creating the lower floor before adding the upper floor. 
7. Remind the Cub Scouts to be creative and use their imagination to adapt the building toys to match the unique features of their homes. 
8. Once the basic structure is in place, the Cub Scouts can start adding details like windows, doors, chimneys, and any other distinctive features of their homes. 

Tip: Requirements 3, 4, and 5 can be done at the same meeting. The models built for requirements 3 and 4 will be used for requirement 5.