Friday, August 20, 2010

A day in the life of ... KING TUT - 20th August 2010

... and who shall wear the crown of King Tut?

Tut was only 9 years old when he became Pharaoh .... isn't that just grand..

How would you all like to be Pharaohs?
Steam Release Game:
Pieces of paper with pictures are scattered around - only 1 having King Tut on it. Whoever find this piece of paper will be the Pharaoh for the day!

our very regal King Tut!

Tut was only 18 when he died and they did not have a lot of time to bury him...
but first they needed to embalm him.
Team Game: Making a mummy of me!
Divided into a number of teams - we had 3.
On 'go' each team is given a roll of toilet paper and they must wrap their 'body'.









Good job!
In 1922 a man by the name of Robert Carter found Tut's sarcoughygus and all the wonderful treasures it held.... there was of course a curse on anyone opening Tut's grave!


Instruction today for the Caracals was First Aid.

This is a handy little First Aid book with lovely pictures that the cubs can colour in.

Cheetahs learning with Baloo.



Leopards with Rikki outside


... and the Lions with Raksha making Christmas crackers....

The Egyptian people believed in the afterlife - thinking that life continued in the land of the Two Fields. They belived that each mummy had to be identified with a name.
HANDCRAFT: Making a Cartouche
The Eqygtian alphbet is written up for the cubs to see. Each cub is given an outline and they must write their own name.





Let us see if we can find all that buried treasure - there were gold rings, bracelets, watches, goblets and all sorts of wonderful and weird items.

and on the way you will see some of the stone that surrounded King Tut's grave...... real marble.

Different stones from different rocks.


Treasure can't be far off now..

Remember to follow that trail ..

Start here and go 5 paces west.
TREASURE HUNT
We encouraged the younger cubs to follow the trail whilst the older ones followed on behind.
Remember where the sun sets and then take 10 paces west.

Can u see anything?
... a treasure chest ....

yes, that is true - there was gold to be found!

Our next treasure was the investiture of a new chum.

Welcome to our pack - may your time with us be memorable.

New Red Six member.
Till next Time
Keep Cubbing
Akela Joy
(Just a reminder next week's meeting is a joint meeting with the Troop - start at 17h30 to 19h30)

Friday, August 13, 2010

Day in the life of HARRY POTTER - 13th August

Our bunch of magicians got together today to find out what spell they could cast on Akela!

but first we had some serious business to attend to - with the investiture of 2 new chums.


Welcome!


Hope you have an enjoyable time with 9th Benoni.

All magicians need a wand and just like Harry Potter, these beautiful wands found their owners!
Once each cub had their own wand, they had to close their eyes and believe!
"Swirling stars and bling light
Empower my wand with all your might"
The Sorting Hat decided which house each cub would go into...



Once "sorted" each group had some magical brain teasers to sort out.


Cubs then sat in a circle and the game was "Hoo's Hedwig". 1 cub is sent outside and blindfolded. Each cub is given an animal to imitate and only 1 is the owl who will hoot. The cub comes back inside and is led around the circle - with the cubs making their animal noise. When and if they hear the owl hoot, they must point to Hedwig...


It was then on to the Marauders map of Magic where cubs had to run around and collect clues to make up a sentence and find the treasure.




All clues have been found ....
what can it read?
"Go to Platform 13"


and at the end of the meeting we invested another chum.
Welcome - we know you will have a great time with us.



Till next Time
Keep Cubbing
Akela Joy

Monday, August 09, 2010

A day in the life of a PIRATE - 6th August

Ahoy there, all ye pirates let's see what we can find on this island!
Cubs arrived dress up as pirates. As this was a 'special programme' no Grand Howl was held but rather a walkabout to see who was the best dressed!
First Prize went to the young pirate on the left.
The young caracals learnt about "Kim's Story" and how to disguise oneself.

I have lost my way - do you know where we are?
STEAM RELEASE GAME: NSEW

The young pirate on the right won the prize for the best acting!

"Shiver me timbers"

"Let's set up camp here - whose got the flag?... What? you forgot it on the ship ... never mind let's quickly whip up another one!

Cubs in Sixes painting their own pirate flag




"Tell it to the parrot - we need to get moving - remember what we are here to do"

Each Six was handed some clues and they needed to go from place to place to find a word.

Once they have picked up all their clues, they have to work out what the sentence read and where the treasure was hidden!

.... and guess where it was hidden ..... under Rikki's shoe!
"It's time to make our way back to the ship - wow just look at that water swirl"
GAME: Rough Seas
Two cubs on wobbly boards with "swords" and they must know each other off.
Till next Time
Keep Cubbing
Akela Joy