Arrow of Light Celebration Tips

Last night was our Arrow of Light Ceremony.  It was filled with many special memories, laughter and tears.  We are so proud of our boys!

1.  Arrows:  We ordered the arrows online and I highly recommend it!  The moms got together one night and we put them together.  It was a fun night talking about our boys and planning the ceremony.  We watched the instructional video provided and were done, no problems.  I know other dens have their boys put them together.  Super easy.   https://www.awardarrowkits.com

Arrown of Light

2.  Photo Cubes:. Each boy had to sand and paint a 3"x 3" wooded cube blue and yellow at a den meeting.  I then printed out 5 photos of each boy and Mod Podged them on each face of the cube. The bottom was an image of the Cub Scout ranks I found online. The boys presented them to their parents during the ceremony.

Memory Cube

3.  Cake Pops and Rice Krispies:  Our amazing moms volunteered to make the desserts and they were perfect - simple and delicious.  No need for plates and forks...just some napkins.

Blue and Gold Cake Pops

4.  Photo Slide Show:  We made a photo slide show of the boys and their cub scout journey to show during the ceremony.  It was a special tribute to our boys!

CONGRATULATIONS Den 5 boys from Pack 774!

Arrow of Light

My duties do not end with being a mom and teacher, but also a den leader to my Arrow of Light boys.  It has been so fun to watch these boys grow together over the past few years! It is hard to believe this will be their last year as a cub scout.  

Healthy Arrow of Light

This was their "healthy" treat for our end-of-year pool party.  An edible arrow of light!  ;)

Tiger Cub

Not even sure where to begin, but this year I began my journey as Tiger Cub Leader!  It has been a lot of fun and we have a great group of boys.  Luckily, they put up with my activities as we made our way through the handbook!

We started off the year with a relay race with the parents to learn the Cub Scout Promise.  The boys had to run, grab a strip, and glue it on the correct spot.  The parents were there to help glue and read, if necessary.  After each strip, they had to run back and grab another one until complete.  The boys had fun and it was a great way to get some energy out!

Here are some of the highlights:
We did a nature walk and collected leaves for leaf rubbing, played pass the balloon with their elbows, collected food for a food drive, went to a car museum, bank, bakery, police station, movie theatre, spent the night at the Academy of Science in San Francisco, and went camping.  We took and developed photos along the way for the boys to put together a scrapbook of their Tiger Cub Year.

Tiger Cub Masks

Holiday Card Delivery

Popsicle Stick Frames

And my personal favorite...

the shrinky dink neckerchief for the Pine Wood Derby.  I traced the image using a Sharpie, the boys colored with colored pencil.  We placed them in a toaster oven for a few minutes during the meeting.  The boys were amazed to see them shrink.  I hot glued them onto small pieces of PVC pipe.  They were the perfect touch to their exciting Pine Wood Derby.

Before placed in toaster oven

Check out the neckerchief

We will finish the year with a scavenger hunt at the park.