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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Footsteps
Family & Reverence
Required
Requirement 1

Sun Catcher

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Footsteps
Family & Reverence
Required
Requirement 1

Sun Catcher

Snapshot of Activity

Make a sun catcher of a holiday symbol that can be hung in your home. 

Indoor
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  • Black paper 
  • Colored tissue paper, cut to torn into small pieces or strips 
  • Clear contact paper 
  • Scissors 
  • Ribbon/string 
  • Silhouette of a holiday symbol 

Before the Meeting: 

  1. Have Cub Scouts find a simple silhouette of a holiday symbol and bring it to the meeting. 

During the Meeting:  

  1. Have Cub Scouts trace their holiday symbol onto black paper. 
  2. About 1” in from the first line, Cub Scouts should draw a second silhouette of their symbol. 
  3. Cut out both silhouettes to create a black border of their symbol. 
  4. Leaders cut a piece of contact paper a little bit bigger than the Cub Scout’s symbol border and carefully peel away the protective layer, to reveal the sticky side of the contact paper. 
  5. Cub Scouts place the black symbol border onto the sticky side of the contact paper. Note Cub Scouts get one chance to do this, otherwise they would have to start over. 
  6. Once Cub Scouts are happy with their border, they can start placing tissue paper pieces in whatever color pattern they desire onto the sticky part inside their black border. 
  7. After all the sticky has been covered, Cub Scouts can cut away the left-over contact paper from the outside of the symbol.  
  8. The symbol can be hung up on a window using tape or adding a piece of string at the top. 

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
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

David Alexander

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

President, CEO & Managing Director
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.