Catching up

I finally had a moment to just catch up. Below are a few posts of things that I have been working on. Happy reading.

Cub Scouts - Pockets

For Cub Scouts this month, they have an odd theme ----"pockets". I know, weird huh. I guess the point of it is that you can tell a lot about a person by what they have in their pockets. Today at den mtg, I had the boys empty out their pockets, and low and behold, they had all kinds of things. It was cute, because it really did describe them. So, I tried to be creative and gear their achievements that they have to accomplish around the theme of "pockets".
One of the achievements they had to work on was "participating in a flag ceremony". So I made a "flag ceremony pocket-guide book" that the boys could use whenever they have to participate in a flag ceremony.
I found the ceremony guidelines online with diagrams even.

Then I put it all together with those rings.

I had the boys practice a few times using the guide, and they all seemed to get a kick out it. So, if you're in Cub Scouts, this was a successful idea you could use.

FHE Lesson - Consequences

We've been on a roll lately with quality FHE's. This past Monday, Randy gave the lesson. I find that the simple lessons are the best. Randy felt it was important to teach the kids that with every decision and action we make, there are GOOD as well as BAD consequences that can follow. After discussing this, to get his point further across, Randy showed us this video clip from Seasame Street. I thought it was great, and the kids got a kick out of seeing some vintage video. The understood the lesson, so hopefully, more thought will go into some of the decisions our children make.




The last part of our FHE is usually an activity. That night, Leigh had us play "Telephone". We had a lot of laughs starting messages and ending up with totally randoms words. Kara was refreshments. We've been trying to save money, so we were creative and used what we had --- HOT CHOCOLATE. Randy helped Kara get the cups of cocoa ready and instead of whip cream, the put a little scoop of ice-cream with a dash of cinnamon. It was great!!

In case any of you were wondering, what does this have to do with me and my creativity. Nothing. My husband and daughters were the creative master-minds behind this successful FHE, that I just had to share.