You’ll need: Plastic lids (sour cream size), clear Elmer’s type glue and colored glass stones of any kind – and patience to wait for your creation to dry completely!
Category: Scout Meeting
Burn the House Down Dice Game
Fun, easy activity for any get-together!

4 to a table; sit across from your partner and follow these instructions:
One partner draws. One partner rolls. After you determine this, the round starts. One partner rolls the two dice. If they roll a 1, then the partner of the roller draws a house frame. Then, they roll again. If they roll a 2, they get a window. If you roll another 2, you get another window. They roll again, if they roll a 3, your house gets a door. etc… {see pic above} But, let’s say you are trying to get a 2 for a window. But, you roll a 3 and 5. Then, you pass the dice to the member rolling for the other team. They try to roll what they need for their house. If they don’t get it they pass the dice back. So the dice is constantly going back and forth between the two team members that are rolling the dice. Meanwhile, the drawer draws the items as they get it. Make sense so far? 🙂 SO if at anytime your roller rolls two 5’s. It’s “burn the house down!”. You have to cross out your house and start again! {this happened to me and my partner at the end when we were trying to get the 6 kids! ugh!} Anyways, once someone at ANY table gets the house and all 6 kids drawn, they yell “Full House!” and the round ends for EVERYONE!
Pipe Cleaner Squirrel
Soft little buddy to make you smile!

- Pipe cleaners
- Scissors or nail clipper
- White craft glue
Underwater Party Effect
Cut out shark and fish shapes from foam and tape into a dollar store blue vinyl tablecloth. Hang up on the ceiling below a light fixture so that it hangs loosely (not to touch the light). This will give an underwater feel to your space!

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Bee Hotel Project
Attract bees to your garden with this solitary bee hotel!

- Small logs or pieces of wood
- A selection of plant stems (eg bamboo and sunflower stems)
- Sandpaper
- A drill and wooden drill bits
- Dry florists’ foam (optional)
- An untreated wooden box (I used an old wine box)
- Pencils
- A rustproof bracket