Submitted by Blackpool District after their Launch day

Halloween

28th October

Time

Activity

Zone

Method

Instructions

5 min

Coming in Game:

Antenna Hats

Learning about yourself

 

Follow themes

Florescent band, 2 antennas, on the ends skulls, witches, frogs whatever halloween things they want.

 

5 min

Opening ceremony

Exploring the world around us

Follow themes

Opening ceremony, news and notices

 

5 mins

Chat

Exploring the world around us

Follow themes

Chat

Chat about Halloween

10 mins

Game:

Spooky relay

 

Learning about yourself

Play games

 

Have ready 4 x A4 pictures of a witch or suitable Halloween pictures. Each A4 is cut into 6 pieces.

4 teams in relay style line up at one end of the hall with the pictures face down at the other end of the hall.

Each beaver in turn runs to the picture takes 1 piece and runs to the back of their team. Until all beavers have run.

First team to makeup the picture in the correct order wins.

 

20 mins

Craft:

 

 

Discovering Creativity + practical skills

Make things

Explore their world

Follow themes

There are many Halloween crafts around so the choice is yours. You could make masks, skeletons, pumpkins, bats, frogs  and so on.

 

5 mins

Game:

Trick or treat

 

 

Learning about yourself

Play Games

Box 1 one piece of paper for each beaver, half say "trick" half say "Treat"

Box 2 one piece of paper for each beaver, either giving a forfeit or a simple general knowledge question.

Beavers sit in a circle, one by one they come up and take a slip from box 1. if they get a treat slip they are given a simple treat immediately. If they pick a trick slip they must take a slip from box 2. They then either fulfil their forfeit or answer their question before they get their treat.

 

10 mins

Story + Action Song

Discovering beliefs + attitudes

Act sing + make music

Each BS should have a torch

Turn out the lights and tell the beavers rhymes or a story.

Be careful not to do too spooky stories as some of the younger beavers may be scared.

 

Witches fly Skyward

Into the Blackness

Their passengers always

Cats of the darkness

Halloween is with us

Eve of all saints, and spirits are stirring.