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Bear – 3rd Grade
Roaring Laughter
Elective
Requirement 3

Charade Champions

Bear – 3rd Grade
Roaring Laughter
Elective
Requirement 3

Charade Champions

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts play a game of charades.

Indoor
4
2
1
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  • How to Play Charades found in Additional Resources
  • At least 4 Cub Scouts
  • Timer

Before the meeting:

  1. Familiarize yourself with the game of charades by reading the document “How to Play Charades” in Additional Resources.
  2. Set up meeting space with room for Cub Scouts to play charades.

During the meeting:

  1. Explain to Cub Scouts that charades is a game in which a person describes a person, place, or thing without talking
  2. Divide Cub Scouts into two teams.
  3. Select a word from the following list or create your own. Whisper the word to one of a Cub Scout on one of the teams.
    • Rocket ship
    • Baby
    • Flashlight
    • Hat
    • Toothbrush
    • Hammer
    • Phone
    • Spin
    • Hike
    • Boot
  4. Set a timer for 2 minutes.
  5. To their own team, Cub Scout acts out the word using hand signals and body motions but no spoken words. Cub Scout has 2 minutes to do this.
  6. When the timer dings, their time is up. If their team guesses correctly, they get a point.
  7. Repeat with team 2.
  8. Players from each team take turns pantomiming for their teammates. If the team guesses the word or phrase, the player or team gets a point. Play until each player has a turn to pantomime or set a time limit for the game.
  9. Keep track of the points earned by each player or team. The one with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Additional Resources

How to Play Charades

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.