East Ryde Joey Scout Program

 

Date:	Leader
Theme:          C is for CHRISTMAS!	Meeting Type:       Hall

 

Time	Activity Description	Equipment Required:
	Coming in activity	Sheets and textas….
6.00	Opening parade	Flags
6.05	Snowball race	Beanies, scarves, spoon, snowball
6.10	Santa seat scramble	chairs
6.15	Gift wrap	Boxes, paper and tape
6.20	Craft: penguin or ornament	Stuff and glue!
6.30	Candy cane hockey	Table, candy cane, Freds
6.35	Dashing sleighs	Card, string, cups of water
6.40	Pass the parcel	Two parcels
6.45	Frosty the snowman	Snowman outline, cotton wool balls
6.50	Story, skit, songs practise	Action story
7.00	Closing parade	Flags
spare	Christmas card puzzle	Christmas card puzzles

 

 

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HELPERS:
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Bless all joeys everywhere,

Help them remember their promise to share.

Guide them all safely home today

And watch over them while they work and play.

 

Amen

 

Games/Craft Information:

 

Snowball Race:

Simple relay 2 teams, put on beany, scarf and carry spoon and snowball down the hall and back for the next person.

 

Santa Seat Scramble:

One chair per joey – 1.  Give everyone a name, Rudolf, Santa or Snowman.  Person in the middle with no chair calls a name, they must all get up and change chairs, the caller can now nab a chair and a new caller is made!

 

Gift Wrap:

Another relay, first Joey runs up and wraps a box (neatly!) runs back next person goes.  Prize may not be for the fastest team but the neatest!!

 

CRAFT: make up the kits

 

Candy cane hockey:

Two tables, 4-5 joeys per team each with a candy cane hockey stick and a Fred.  Must try and score goals.

 

Dashing Sleighs:

Each joey has a bit of card on a string.  Place a cup of water on the card and the joeys must pull the card ‘sleigh’ across the hall without spilling the cup of water.

 

Pass the parcel: 

Two/three wrapped parcels and a story.  Joeys must pass the parcel left and right with the story.  Inside parcel is enough candy canes for each Joey….

 

Frosty the Snowman:

Outline of a snowman (full size) pinned on the wall.  Joeys must throw wet cotton wool balls at him to score points.

 

Practise action story to do at the Christmas Party, practise skit? Songs?

 

Action story if time.

 

 

Pass the Parcel Story

 

It was Christmas Eve and Mrs Right was busy preparing goodies in the kitchen. The Christmas tarts were almost ready to come out of the oven. Gingerbread men needed the right frosting and the turkey was left to pick up.

 

A few gifts were left to wrap. But there wasn't much left to be done. She nodded her head as she ticked off everything left to do before Christmas Day. After all, she wanted to get everything just right for this special day!

 

Little Peter Right climbed onto a chair and gazed at the gingerbread men spread out before him. Would Mum notice if one was missing? What about just a right arm or a left leg? No, she would see what was left and know he'd been nibbling. It wouldn't be right, he thought with a sigh. Especially not on Christmas Eve with Santa coming tonight! Only a few hoursleft!

 

Mrs Right poured milk onto Danny's cereal and placed the bowl to theleft of his orange juice. "Eat your breakfast," she told him, then go right upstairs and get dressed. We'll go shopping with my list of errands that are still left to do.

 

Soon they drove out of the driveway and headed right toward the shopping centre. Mrs. Right hoped there would be some of those delicious oranges left and Mr. Right had said last night that the new flavour of eggnog was just right so she hoped there was some of that left too.

 

Meanwhile, Mr. Right left the butcher's shop with their Christmas turkey and headed left down North Avenue. He had one more present to pick up that he'd left until today he didn’t want Mrs Right to find it. He was very excited that Christmas was finally almost here! He turned right and pulled into the car park there was a space over on the left.

 

Mrs. Right and Danny Right arrived home and walked into the kitchen. There sat Mr. Right and their daughter Sarah Right, each eating a gingerbread man. All that was left of Sarah's was one arm and she popped that into her mouth.

 

We're finally ready for Christmas, Mrs. Right exclaimed. Nothingleft to do except wish you all a Very Merry Christmas!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Christmas Story Game

Equipment: Nil

To Play: Joey Scouts form a circle.

Leaders start with one person to be the Christmas Fairy Leader

Then count off around the circle tapping each person and naming them as below.

1. Bells

2. Christmas Trees

3. Presents

4. Lights

5. Santa

 

Actions for the story

Bells – Step forward and call out Ding Dong, swaying from side to side as they call.

Christmas Tree – Step forward call out “rattle, rattle” as they place their arms outstretched and shake their bodies.

Presents – Step forward call out “surprise” and fling their arms upwards.

Lights - Step forward arms up, fingers blinking and call out “blink, blink”

Sants – Step forward arms rubbing tummy and call out “Ho, Ho, Ho”

Christmas Fairy – Up on their toes, arms ballerina style above their head, and turn around, call “twinkle, twinkle”.

 

The Story

Last week I went to the shopping centre with my mother to help buy some Christmas decorations. We really needed a new Christmas tree. I asked my mother if we could get new Lights at the same time.

We walked into David Jones it was wonderful. The whole shop was decorated, there were huge Bells hanging from the ceiling. They had Christmas Trees everywhere. There were hundreds of Lights around the shop. In the centre of the store was Santa, he was surrounded by Presents. It all looked so special!

 

I asked my mother if I could sit on Santa’s knee. I wanted to tell him what Presents I would like for Christmas. While I was talking to Santa I noticed the Bells hanging from the ceiling were playing music when the Lights blinked.

Santa told me that he would be happy to bring me a special present. He knew I had been good all year. He said he would leave it under the Christmas tree for me.

Mum and I went to the decorations area. I walked up and down the aisles looking at all the Bells, Lights, and Christmas trees. They even had special paper for wrapping the Presents.

Finally we purchased a huge Christmas tree. The little Lights we picked out, had Santa’s that hung from pretty Bells, in between the Lights. These would look great on the new Christmas tree.

 

It was all so exciting, but there was one still one thing missing. I searched where they had the Lights, Christmas Trees and Bells but I could not find what I was looking for! I had even searched the area where they were wrapping Presents.

 

Then finally, up in the corner a glittery gown caught my eye. It was just what I was looking for; the one thing that would set off our new Christmas tree and the Lights with the little Santa’s with the Bells; it was boxed like a present.

 

“It was the most beautiful Christmas Fairy I had ever seen”!

 

The End