GATHERING ACTIVITIES

Note on Word Searches, Word Games, Mazes and such – In order to make these items fit in the two column format of Baloo’s Bugle they are shrunk to a width of about 3 inches.  Your Cubs probably need bigger pictures.  You can get these by copying and pasting the picture from the Word version or clipping the picture in the Adobe (.pdf) version and then enlarging to page width.  CD

Bug Match
York Adams Council

• Have someone cut out a bunch of different insect pictures and mount them on paper to hang around the Pack Meeting room.  (Make sure you know the names of the different bugs.) 
• Label the pictures with letters or numbers. 
• Hand out sheets of paper with the names of the different bugs listed in a mixed up order. 
• Ask people to match the pictures with the names. 
• After the opening ceremony, read off the answers and ask everyone how they did. 
• Give an appropriate cheer/applause to the one(s) who got the most matches.

Funny Words
My Aunt Betty in Florida

Figure Out What These Words Have In Common......

Banana                             Dresser

Grammar                           Potato

Revive                             Uneven

Assess

Are You Peeking Or Have You Already Given Up?

Give It Another Try....

The answer is at the end of this issue of Baloo’s Bugle

Creep Crawly Word Search
Three Rivers Council

Find the Sting
Heart of America Council

• A sting that cures fatigue –                          resting.
• A sting that cures hunger –                         feasting.
• A sting that tidies you room –                    dusting.
• A sting that makes you laugh –                    jesting.
• A sting that cooks your meat –                   roasting.
• A sting that browns your bread –                toasting.
• A sting that bragging people indulge in –     boasting
• A sting that spoils your tools –                    rusting.
• A sting that makes you read a book to the end –
                                                           interesting.
• A sting that tries your knowledge –               testing.
• A sting that we observe during lent –            fasting,
• A sting that cooks are always doing –            tasting.

This could, also, make a great AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION if the Cubmaster reads out the questions at the pack meeting show and asks the audience for answers.  CD

Insect Word Search
Baloo’s Archives

• Praying Mantis
• Field Cricket
• Click Beetle
• Grasshopper
• Caterpillar
• Tarantula
• Meal Worm

Food

• feed soft-bodied insects and water. in small pieces
• feed oatmeal or bran meal with small pieces of potato or apple.
• bits of bread soaked in water, lettuce, or peanut butter.
• feed types of leaves from the location you found him.
• grass sod and water
• eats flies or small insects, raw meat
• eats most all insects and needs water.

Answers: 1. f, 2. c, 3.a, 4. e, 5. d, 6. g, 7. b

Buggy Crossword
Heart of America Council