Before the meeting: 

1. Ask Cub Scouts to bring photos of community buildings to the next den meeting or have some available to use. Community buildings include grocery stores, police and fire stations, schools, and places of worship. 

During the meeting: 

1. Explain to Cub Scouts that they’ll make a model of buildings in their community using toys or cardboard.  
2. Instruct Cub Scouts to look at the photos of local buildings or think about them and talk about the parts of the building they want in their model. 
3. Ask Cub Scouts to draw a simple plan on paper to show how their model will look. 
4. Using the same materials and instructions from requirement 3, build a model of a building of a community building. 
5. If using a shoebox: 
   • Have Cub Scouts take off the lid and use the box as the base. 
   • Instruct Cub Scouts to cut cardboard pieces for walls, roof, and other parts if using cardboard sheets. 
   • Have Cub Scouts attach walls to the base with glue to create the shape of their home. 
   • Ask Cub Scouts to cut out doors, windows, and any special parts of the building from cardboard. 
6. If using toys: 
   • Encourage 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. 
   • 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. 
   • Remind Cub Scouts to be creative and use their imagination to adapt the building toys to match the unique features of their homes. 
   • Once the basic structure is in place, 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. 

Tip: Ask each Cub Scout to build a different community building.