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Guess the Cub Scout Six Essential

Lion – Kindergarten
Mountain Lion
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 1
Guess the Cub Scout Six Essential
Lion – Kindergarten
Mountain Lion
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 1
Guess the Cub Scout Six Essential

Snapshot of Activity

Play a game of charades to identify the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 

Indoor
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4
2
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  • Cub Scouts need to bring their Lion handbook, page 9 
  • Crayons, enough to share 
  • Cub Scout Six Essentials (recommend using small youth-sized items)
    • Filled water bottle 
    • Whistle 
    • Flashlight 
    • Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses 
    • Trail mix 
    • Small first aid kit 
  • 3” x 5” index cards – 12 cards 
  • Black magic marker 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Watch the four-minute video on the Cub Scout Six Essentials.  
  2. Take notes on the Cub Scout Six Essentials so you can explain the items to the den. 
  3. Gather Cub Scout Six essentials and four other items. 
  4. Using the 3” x 5” cards write one of the Cub Scout Six Essentials on each card creating two sets of cards with the Cub Scout Six Essentials.  These will be used to play charades.  
  5. Become familiar with how to play charades.  
  6. Prepare a place for Cub Scouts and adult partners to complete the activity on page 9 of the Lion handbook. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and share with them that whenever we go outside there are six items we always want to have with us, these are called the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 
  2. Explain each item of the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 
  3. Have adult partners work with their Cub Scouts to complete the activity on page 9 of the Lion handbook. 
  4. Divide the den into two teams keeping Cub Scouts and their adult partner together. 
  5. Review how to play charades. 
  6. Keep the rules simple.   
  7. The first team picks someone to go first.  That person picks a card from the cards and looks at what is on it without showing it to anyone.  They then do their best to act out what is on the card.  Their team then tries to guess what it is in 2 minutes.  If they guess correcting in time they get a point.  If they don’t guess correctly in 2 minutes the other team goes. 
  8. The team with the most points after going through the deck of cards wins. 

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Indoor
2
4
3

Play Kim’s Game to help Cub Scouts learn about the Cub Scout Six Essentials. 

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