Before the meeting: 

1. ​​​Roll the paper to make a funnel.  
2. Insert the small end of the funnel into the balloon.  
3. Pour a couple of tablespoons of paper confetti into the balloon.  
4. Blow up the balloon to its full size and tie it. Safety: Pinch the balloon when you stop blowing so you don’t get any confetti in your mouth and tie off the balloon 
5. Place the blanket with the bull’s eye on the ground. 

During the meeting: 

1. Ask an adult or den chief to place the balloon in the center ring of the bull’s eye.  
2. Gather Cub Scouts and tell them that this demonstration shows how far a germ can spread from our mouths when we are sick. 
3. The air in the balloon is like the air in our lungs and the confetti in the balloon is like our saliva or spit.  When we sneeze a lot of air in our lungs push out a lot of spit and sometimes mucus that can get others sick.  
4. Ask Cub Scouts to guess how far they think the “sneeze” will spread the “germs.” Have the other members of the den move several feet away from the balloon.  
5. On the count of three, Cub Scouts yell, “ACHOO!” while an adult pops the balloon.