Before the meeting:

1. Prepare a space for Cub Scouts and Adult Partners to sit in a circle with about a foot between each player.
2. Prepare the balls of yarn.
3. Prepare a name tag for Cub Scouts and Adult Partners with just their first name, make sure to find out what name people prefer to go by. For example, Joshua or Josh / Elizabeth or Liz.
4. Review the game below.

During the meeting:

1. Have everyone sit on the floor in a circle in an open space.
2. The den leader takes the ball of blue yarn and says, “My name is (den leader’s name) and I am adding (one of the players) to our web” and then gently throws the ball of yarn to that person. That person then catches it and holds on to a piece of the yarn and remains holding onto it for the rest of the activity. This is where the name tags come into play so people can read the name of the person.  The only rule is that the yarn must be tossed to someone new each time, and no one should get the yarn more than once, so everyone is added to the web.
3. The den leader then takes the ball of yellow yarn and says, “When I get home from school or work I like to….(the den leader then says what they like to do) and then tosses the ball to someone else who states “When I get home from school/work I like to……” this is repeated until each player is given a chance to share. As before players continue to hold on to a piece of the blue yarn and now a piece of the yellow yarn before they toss the yarn to someone else.
4. The den leader then takes the ball of orange yarn and says, “My favorite food is…” and repeats the same as the blue and yellow yarn.
5. At the end when everyone has shared the den leader says “Look how beautiful our web is. Although we are going to pick up the yarn I hope you remember that each of us is connected in some way.  One way that we are all connected is that we have chosen to be Cub Scouts and to always Do Our Best and to live by the Scout Oath and Scout Law.”