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Tigers Play Cornhole

Tiger – 1st Grade

Team Tiger

Citizenship

Required

Requirement 1

Tigers Play Cornhole

Tiger – 1st Grade

Team Tiger

Citizenship

Required

Requirement 1

Tigers Play Cornhole

Snapshot of Activity

Play a game of cornhole.

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Supply List

Check with adult partners in the den to see if someone already owns cornhole boards that can be used by the den. This activity includes instructions on how to make a set of cornhole boards. Once built, the cornhole boards can be used for years to come by other dens and the pack. It’s a great game to have available at pack meetings or campouts.

Cornhole boards – one set for every four members of the den, including adult partners
If building cornhole boards:

- 4 48-inch 2x4s
- 4 21-inch 2x4s
- 2 24×48-inch sheets of ½-inch plywood
- 4 11 ½-inch 2x4s
- Deck screws
- Carriage bolts, washers, and wing nuts
- 120-grit sandpaper
- Water-based polyurethane
- Tape Measure
- Table saw
- Scribe tool
- Power drill
- 6-inch hole saw (bit)
- Jigsaw
- Clamps
- Paintbrush
- Paint roller
- Foam brushes

Cornhole beanbags – a set of four (different colors) for every four members of the den, including adult partners

Directions

Before the meeting:

Visit the American Cornhole Association website and become familiar with the rules of cornhole.
Keep the rules simple and adjust the distance of the cornhole boards to bring them closer so Cub Scouts can compete.
Contact the families in the den to identify a parent or adult partner that has cornhole boards that can be used for the meeting or someone who is willing to build cornhole boards.
Gather cornhole boards or build them, see additional resources for instructions on how to build cornhole boards.
Set up a cornhole course for every four people in the den, including adult partners in an area that is free of hazards.

During the meeting:

Gather Cub Scouts and adult partners and divide them into groups of four, keeping adult partners together with their Cub Scouts. If necessary, you can have a group of two to create even teams. Cornhole is played with either two players or teams of two vs. another team of two.
Ask Cub Scouts why following rules in a game is important. Ask Cub Scouts which points of the Scout Law they should follow when they are playing a game and why.
Review the rules to cornhole and how to score.
Cornhole is played with two teams, each consisting of one player (singles) or two players (doubles).
Players throw their bags, in an underhand motion from next to each side of the board.
Players alternate turns to throw their cornhole bags toward the opposite board.
After each team has thrown four bags, players take the score and resume throwing to the opposite board.
The team who scored points in the previous round goes first in the next round. If it was tied, the team who went first in the last round gets to go first again.
The objective is to be the first team to score 21 points.
A cornhole bag that goes through the hole is worth 3 points.
A cornhole bag that lands on the board and stays there is worth 1 point.
A cornhole bag that lands on the ground or bounces onto the board is worth 0 points.
Have Cub Scouts and adult partners play at least one round of cornhole together.