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Forgot to add that we had a knight's obstacle challenge course set up also. Had to ride stick horse, lance thru moving hoop. Big ball (cannon ball) thrown at "castle walls" to knock em down. I don't know where they got it, but they had to use their swords to slay a big inflatable dragon. They had a blast with it.

We had a Knight theme for our Day Camps last year in the area. Here's some ideas of stuff that our kiddos made Sword - grab some PVC and Pool Noodles, the noodles slip on the pvc easy enough. Put a joint at the end for a handle Shield - our guys had already cut and put handles on, but they were made out of the lite wood house siding. They had 4 cardboard templates and we just spray thems on the wood. The kids could then color or decorate em however Helmet - Big KFC bucket painted white (or whatever you'd want) Cut a hole for the eyes and let em decorate all the want Tunic - Pillow cas

If your school has a morning meeting, take a box or 2 of donuts with your contact info and some Scout info on them. See if you can talk to the teachers/principal and let them know what you are all about. Everyone loves donuts and might give you the time of day if you give them some sugary goodness. Ask if you can put up a display at lunch time in the cafeteria area. If they'll let you, set up a table with a display of pics taken at different outdoor events that show the fun stuff your troop does. Maybe see if your council office has some freebies to leave on the table like pens/pencil

You could also look into doing a Cubmobile race. Even though we had some epic crashes the boys had a great time. Just make sure you have some helmets for them.

To add onto the Star Wars type theme...you can always look up the local 501st, Rebel Legion and Mandalorian Mercs. They are Star Wars costumers that do charity events. One space daycamp we did our director got some pvc pipe, t fittings, and the pool noodles and made lightsabers out of em.

Try this website for the tracking sheets

Our number were fairly close to last year for most of the kids. Mine almost doubled what he did last year. Overall our Cubs sold about $200 short of what we did last year. SM said he couldn't get most of his boys to go out and sell. He had a couple that really stepped up tho. Mine sold more as a Bear (he went and got all the sales, I didn't do it for him) than most of the Scout boys this year.

Big question for me though...How is this different then putting pictures of them in the newspaper or a paper that has an online copy for the world to see. Where do we draw the line?

I could use some advice. I have a parent who took almost all our pictures at our Cubmobile race today. I asked her if she could upload them to our Pack's Facebook. She asked me if we needed to do a media (or like a modeling) release for the kids. We have NEVER had to do this in the past and I don't know if anyone else has had to deal with this issue. She also said that her kid doesn't want his picture on FB. I have no problem with not putting a picture of him online but I don't think its fair to tell other parents they can't put a picture of their kid online just because hers is in t

I thought they had to earn the loop before being able to be awarded the pin. Thought I read that somewhere but I can't remember for sure.

Last year we had 4 Tigers sign up, this year 8. We lost a Wolf and 2 Bears that we had last year. My overall numbers are down because I'm really low on Webelos this year since we had boys bridge over.

Many people have different reasons and some are just going to be because they don't like someone or something they did, its just going to happen. You might be able to get some to return an e-mail if they are interested or not. Some may even tell you why they quit. Just make it an invitation to try out Scouting again. Invite them for like a welcome back to the program and try to introduce the leaders to them especially if they are new. Make it a fun day if you can with games for the kids. A slide show with what you did in the past year may be a little bit better to show the kids and parents why

Many people have different reasons and some are just going to be because they don't like someone or something they did, its just going to happen. You might be able to get some to return an e-mail if they are interested or not. Some may even tell you why they quit. Just make it an invitation to try out Scouting again. Invite them for like a welcome back to the program and try to introduce the leaders to them especially if they are new. Make it a fun day if you can with games for the kids. A slide show with what you did in the past year may be a little bit better to show the kids and paren

If you like em so much I still have 30 CASES left

I live in a smaller area and thankfully our local school lets us use a bus for our Cub Scout trip every year. We have to provide a licensed driver (thankfully my dad is a teacher AND a bus driver for the school) and pay for fuel.