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Lion – Kindergarten
Bobcat Lion
Character & Leadership
Required
Requirement 2

Friendship Zipper Pull

Lion – Kindergarten
Bobcat Lion
Character & Leadership
Required
Requirement 2

Friendship Zipper Pull

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts will make a friendship zipper pull for another Cub Scout. 

Indoor
2
2
2
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  • Cub Scouts will need their Lion handbook, page 4 
  • 1 ¼ “ round key rings, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Key chain clips, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Paracord, any color, cut into 8” pieces, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Plastic craft beads, assorted colors 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Set up meeting space for Cub Scouts to work on craft. 
  2. Prepare paracord by cutting into 8” pieces, one for each Cub Scout. 
  3. Make your own zipper pull as an example. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and have the adult partners read the Scout Law to their Cub Scout, found on page 4 and on the back of the Lion handbook and adult partner Guide.  Have adult partners explain to their Cub Scout what each point of the Scout Law means. 
  2. When everyone is done, have adult partners work with their Cub Scouts to complete the activity on page 4 of the Lion handbook. 
  3. Share with the Cub Scouts that they are going to make a gift for another Cub Scout.  Assign each Cub Scout a buddy (if you have an odd number a buddy group of three is OK).  They are going to make a zipper pull for their buddy. 
  4. Pass out the craft supplies and demonstrate how to make a zipper pull. 
    • With adult partners helping, attach the key chain clip to the key ring. 
    • Attach the paracord to the key ring by folding the paracord in half, push the folded end of the rope partly through the key ring, take the two ends of the paracord and pull them through the folded end of the rope, going around the key ring. 
    • Attach craft beads of your choosing and tie off each of the paracord with an overhand knot. 
  5. When everyone is done have them exchange zipper pulls.  Remind Cub Scouts to say, “thank you” and “you are welcome”. 

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Bray Barnes

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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

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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

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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.