What Animal

Before the meeting:

1. Read the rules on How to Play Charades. Without speaking, act out an animal that others can guess. Whoever guesses correctly then begins his or her turn.
2. Write down separate strips of paper animals that are allowed in your community as pets and animals that are not allowed. Mix the slips of paper for each category together in a hat. Have one Cub Scout at a time choose a slip of paper from the mix. That’s what they need to act out without the use of words or sounds.

During the meeting:

1. Teach the Cub Scouts the rules and how to play the game of charades. Keep it simple and have fun. Do not over emphasize the rules for charades.
2. Have a Cub Scout select an animal from the hat and present a charades-act of that animal.
3. Cub Scouts are to guess the animal.
4. Then Cub Scouts decide if this animal is allowed in their community. Discuss why this animal may or may not be a good pet.
5. Allow the next Cub Scout to choose an animal from the hat. Continue until every Cub Scout has had a turn.