Boy Scout Game/Craft Help!

[Girls Scout Leader]

We, as the Boy Scout Troop's committee, plan a party for the boys jsut before Thanksgiving. This is one activity that that the boys do not have to plan, set up, clean up, nothing. WE do it for THEM.

Last year a big hit was a kit we put together for them. Each kit held rubber bands, a mouse trap, a paint stir stick, etc, and 5 jelly beans. They had to build a jelly bean laucher. We made enough kits so the boys paired off, or threes, and used imagination and ingenuity. Huge huge hit.

We have thought of the egg drop kind of thing. Has this been done to death? We are working with 6th through 12th graders, not little boys.

Anyone have any other ideas or thoughts?

 

[PoohnPglet]

Sounds like you did this on a small scale last year, but our boys love to build catapults. Helps with lashings and knots and they all love the idea of launching things huge distances. (we used snowballs last time)

 

[AboutTheMouse]

We built marshmallow launchers. Basically, it is several cut pieces of small pvc pipe and elbows / T connections. It launches the mini marshmallows. We then had a huge marshmallow fight in the gym.

Lots of fun! The mess wasn't too, bad either as the marshmallows were still whole unless they got stepped on!

I have the specs if you need them - just PM me.

 

[Geoff_M]

While it doesn't envolve launching objects, here's another good activity. Give each team a bundle of dried spaghetti and a bag of large marshmallows. The object is to build the tallest free-standing tower using only these two materials.

 

[Girls Scout Leader]

Oh, that was a good idea!

I have seen the marshmallow launchers at craft fairs this past summer. That's good, too!!