Joey Scout Program                       

Rainbow Tail Races
Object - To be the first team to attach all of the colored streamers to form the horse's rainbow tail.
Hang the streamers on a wall running distance from the children. Divide the children into two teams. Have each team form a line, one behind the other on the starting line. To start the race, the first child from each team runs with the streamer and attaches the tail to the horse's rump.(chair) The players run back, and tag the next teammate in each line who runs to the wall, gets a streamer, runs back, attaches the second streamer and so on. This continues until one team has all of their streamers in place, forming the horse's rainbow tail.

Craft Materials Needed:

* Cardboard
* Scissors
* Pencils, pens, crayons, or other drawing materials
* Paperclips

Optional supplies: Stickers, glitter, or other decorations for your horse!

Take a piece of cardboard and sketch a horse's head on it.

Make sure you leave a few inches below the horse's head, because this is where you will bend the cardboard back to make the base.

Next, bend the lower part back. You can use the edge of a table or pencil to help you make the bend straight.

Now, finish decorating your horse. You can draw the outline darker, add colors and designs, stickers, glitter, etc.!

Once you're done decorating, bend the base back and set it up. You might have to bend it a few times before it stays. Put on your paperclips, and you're done! You have made a funky-mane paper clip holder!

Trail Ride" Mad Lib Word Game

Find 9 small, paper bags. Label each bag with one of the following categories:

• Your Name
• Any Name
• A Friend's Name
• An Emotion
• A Body Part
• A Food
• A Game
• A Thing
• A Place
• An Emotion
• A Color

Place bags on a table with small pieces of paper and pencils in front of each bag. As joeys arrive, have each person write an answer for each category and place them in the bags.

Later in the meeting, have joeys take turns reading the story below, drawing an answer from the appropriate bags for each blank in the story.

Yesterday, I went riding on my favorite horse, ______ (name). (S)he's ____________ (color), and loves to eat ____________ (food). After (s)he was saddled up, we decided to hit the trail for _____________ (place). As we were going through the woods, I noticed it was beginning to get dark. I was looking up when _______________ (name) suddenly jumped over a _____________ (thing). I was so ________ (emotion) that I slid out of the saddle and hit my __________ (body part.)
Fortunately _________ ("your name" category) came along, and we decided to head back to play ___________ (game) instead.

Sugar Stack
Give each payer a pile of of sugar cubes. Set a Timer.
When you say "go" the children will race to build the tallest stack of sugar cubes in the allotted time