Joey Scout Sleep Over

Date:	Leaders:
Theme: Circus Fun	Buddy Badge

 

Saturday

Time	Activity Description	Leader	Equipment Required:
4.00	Coming in Activity: Name tags Joey scout Clowns		Name tags large sheets of paper, paints, marker pens, scissors, scraps of fabric, coloured paper etc
4.30	Opening Parade Housekeeping/safety		Flags
4.35	Game: three legged races	Parent/joey	Scarves
4.45	Game: Chair soccer		chairs, soccer ball
5.00	Game: Fruit Salad – circus style		Chairs
5.10	Rotations: Tight rope Build it up knock it down Wet balls at clown Hoops- throw things in to hoop Hit the target (straw rockets)	One leader needed for each activity.	Split into groups and rotate around each of the five activities. See below for explanations.
5.45	Games: Juggling Joeys		Rice balloon balls
5.50	Craft – Weaving		paper plates, coloured wool
6.15	Dinner Preparation and Story Time		Adults prepare dinner while Joeys are read a story
6.30	Dinner		Grace!
7.00	Game: Spotlight at the Circus		Torch
7.15	Movie		DVD
9.00	Set up beds, clean teeth, lights out.

Name tags– each Joey and parent needs a name tag badge

JOEY SCOUT CLOWNS

Equipment: large sheets of butchers paper, paints, marker pens, scissors, scraps of fabric, coloured paper etc. for decorating the clown.

Lay the butchers paper on the ground and lay Joey on it, have parent trace your body outline onto the paper with a marker pen, cut around the outline. Draw clown facial features onto the cut out, you can stick a red pom-pom on for a clown nose. Stick pieces of brightly coloured fabric onto the body for clothing or paint the clothing using bright colours. Once satisfied with your clown tape them to the walls in your hall for a stunning display.

OPENING PARADE

Explain exits, safety procedures, timetable for the weekend, toilets etc.

THREE LEGGED RACE

Joey teams up with their parent and has a three legged race – outside if weather permits- use scarves to tie legs together.

CHAIR SOCCER

East Ryde will teach Boronia how to play if you don’t already know!

CIRCUS FRUIT SALAD

Play as fruit salad - Tight rope walker, Juggler, Lion tamer, BIG TOP (everyone changes).

ROTATIONS

·         Tight rope – Walk the ‘tight rope’ without falling. This is a plank of wood set up between two crates. Set it up outside on the grass for safety. Points for not falling off.

·         Build it up knock it down- set up a pile of boxes as a pyramid and have the joeys knock it down with a bean bags. Points for knocking it down in one go and knocking the boxes down from a distance.

·         Throw wet cotton balls at clown- outline of a clown is drawn on paper (or the wall) and Joeys throw wet cotton wool balls at the clown. Points are scored for getting it on the nose or the buttons.

·         Hoops- throw beanbags in to hoop – points for accuracy

·         Hit the target (straw rockets) - use straw rockets and hit the targets points for hitting the centre.

Tally up the collective points of the WHOLE mob. 1000 points and we get dessert tonight!

JUGGLING JOEY'S

Equipment: hacky sack balloon juggling balls (made in advance – we found it tricky for joeys to do with balloons!)

Joeys in pairs with one hacky sack for each Joey Scout, simultaneously throw their bean bag for partner to catch. Try sitting, standing, walking etc while throwing to each other.  Try juggling!

CRAFT PAPER PLATE WEAVING

Using a paper plate and seven different coloured pieces of wool the Joeys learn to weave. This weaving is similar to French Knitting.

STORY TIME

Joeys help tell the story – based on Wacky Web Tales.

SPOTLIGHT AT THE CIRCUS

Darken the room and the Joeys dance around and then freeze when the music stops and the “security guard” is checking on all the circus animals/ characters with his torch.

 

Sunday

Time	Activity description	Leader	Equipment Required:
6.30	Quiet time- weaving or practise juggling!
7.00	Pack up beds Breakfast preparation
7.30	Breakfast		Grace!
8.00	Scouts Own
8.20	Craft – Clown feet and clown bows		Cardboard, crepe paper , shoelaces
8.40	Popcorn Relay		cups and popcorn
8.50	Preparation for Bush walk- numbering off and safety talk
9.00	Bush walk		See wet weather alternative
10.00	Morning tea on return from walk
10.15	Circus Charades		circus characters on cards
10.30	Stilt Walking		Tin cans and string
10.45	Clown toss		Sponges wooden clown
11.00	Closing Parade		Flags

 

 

CRAFT

Make cardboard clown feet with laces to practice tying laces, and crepe paper bows and dress as clowns for a group photo.

POPCORN RELAY

Cups with rubber bands are attached to feet and filled popcorn. Joeys and parents must walk to the end of the hall without spilling the popcorn.

 

BUSHWALK

Joeys are led on a bushwalk in the Field of Mars whilst some parents remain behind to clean the hall.

WET WEATHER ALTERNATIVE:
Games:

·         Pictionary

·         Kim’s game

·         Clown cookies (milk arrowroots, icing, and lollies)

·         Balloon relays (balloon between legs, keep the balloon in the air)

·         Re-run anything they really enjoyed!

 

CIRCUS CHARADES

Parents act out the circus characters for the children to guess.

 

STILT WALKING

Using tin cans and string Joeys walk as if on stilts across the hall. Can be done as a relay.

 

CLOWN TOSS

Throw wet sponges at the volunteer clowns!

 

Joey prayer:

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