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You Can’t Put It Back

Lion – Kindergarten

Pick My Path

Elective

Requirement 1

You Can’t Put It Back

Lion – Kindergarten

Pick My Path

Elective

Requirement 1

You Can’t Put It Back

Snapshot of Activity

Trying to put toothpaste back into the tube makes the connection that choices have consequences.

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Directions

Before the meeting:

Set up the meeting location so Cub Scouts and adult partners can complete the activity together.

During the meeting:

Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and share with them that being a Cub Scout means that we try to always do our best to live by the Scout Law. Explain that in this activity they are going to play with toothpaste.
Hand out the paper plates, spoons, and toothpaste to each Cub Scout.
Have Cub Scouts squeeze the toothpaste out of the tube onto the paper plate, trying to get all of it out.
Instruct the Cub Scouts to now try and put the toothpaste back in the tube using their spoon.
Share with the Cub Scouts that the tube of toothpaste is like our mouth and the toothpaste are the words that come out of our mouth. Once we say something, especially something that is hurtful, you can’t take those words back.
Make the connection that there are things that we do in our life that we cannot take back. When we are mean to other people we can’t take that back. When we lie, we can’t take that back. The things we do we can’t take back, so it is important to always think about our actions before we do them. It is also important to think about what we are going to say before we say it.