MOTHERS
DAY
OPENING
CEREMONY
GAME
– MUMMY
(A different sort of mummy)
Egyptian
mummies – Divide the Beavers into teams at one end of the hall. Choose one
beaver from each team to be the ‘mummy’, and stand them at the far end of
the hall. Provide each team with a couple of toilet rolls. The beavers take it
in turns to run up and wrap their mummy in paper, keeping clear of the nose and
eyes. At the end of a given time (five minutes or so), the Leaders decide which
mummy looks the best. Clearing away can also be made into a game – the Beaver
Scout with the most rubbish wins.
Equipment
- Pot
Pourrie, lace curtain net by the metre or old lace curtain nets from a charity
shop, coloured net, thin paper curling ribbon, card, 9 inch dinner plate.
Marker. Small flowers.
Lay
out curtain lace use the dinner plate as a template, mark around the outside of
the plate. Cut out 1 circle per Beaver Scout.
Do
the same with the coloured netting. Cut out 2 per Beaver Scout.
Cut
out 1 cardboard circle per Beaver Scout (the size of the top of an eggcup.
Cut
to length 1 white and one same colour as netting the curling ribbon. Enough to
tie around the favour and tie in a bow. Curl the two ends by running across
scissors.
Each
Beaver Scout lays 1 circle of netting, 1 circle of lace curtain, 1 circle of
netting on top of each other. Place the cardboard circle in the middle of the 3
layers.
Fill
with a small amount of pot pourrie.
Gather
up in the hand and tie the ribbon just about the pot pourrie.
Place
a small flower in the middle.
Beavers
can make a small label to fasten on.
GAME
– CLOTHES PEG ON A LINE
(jobs mums do)
Equipment
– One clothes peg per beaver, a clothes line, two chairs and 1 sock per BS
Divide
beavers into four teams. Tie a clothesline across two chairs approximately 2 ft
high by 12 ft wide. Place enough pegs and socks in front of each team, one for
each BS. A beaver from each team
runs up to the line kneels down and picks up a sock and fixes with the peg to
the line as quickly as possible. When BS has done then he/she runs back to the
team and the next BS has a turn, when all the pegs/socks are on the line the
team sit down.
Sit
the BS’s in a circle and name of in turn the underlined words of the story as
they hear their name called the run around the outside of the circle and back to
their place, when ‘whole beaver family is mentioned they all stand up and run
around the circle.
One
day Mummy Beaver was going
shopping to buy some apples for Bobby and
Ben Beaver. When she reached
the end of the road she met Grandpa
Beaver who had been to the post office to buy some stamps so that Grandma
Beaver could post a birthday card to Daddy
Beaver.
After
Mummy Beaver and Grandpa
Beaver had finished chatting they went on their way, Grandpa
Beaver walked home to take the stamps to Grandma Beaver for Daddy
Beavers card and Mummy Beaver
continued walking to the shops for some apples for Bobby and Ben
Beaver.
At
the shops there were some lovely juicy red apples which were just the sort that Bobby
and Ben Beaver loved. So she bought them two each. She also
bought some crisp green pears for Grandma
Beaver, some big juicy oranges for Grandpa
Beaver and some bananas for Daddy
Beaver.
She
walked very quickly home with the apples for Bobby
and Ben Beaver, the
pears for Grandma Beaver, the
oranges for Grandpa Beaver and
the lovely yellow bananas for Daddy
Beaver. As she walked she thought to herself ‘what a lovely tea I can
make for everyone’. But when she got home she found that the whole
Beaver family had made tea for her.
Bertie
knew that this day was special.
It
was special for mums everywhere.
It
was a day for giving them presents.
For
showing them how much you care.
So
what could he buy for his mother?
To
go with the card that he had?
He’d
buy her some perfume and flowers,
Or
a pencil and a fancy notepad.
Young
Bertie decided on flowers,
He
thought mum would like them a lot.
But
first he must count up his money,
And
see just how much he had got.
Off
to the florist when Bertie
He
hoped one pound twenty would do.
He
was sure of a big bunch of flowers,
With
tulips and daffodils too.
Up
to the counter went Bertie,
And
picked up the courage to say,
‘Could
I please buy a big bunch of flowers’
For
my mum on her special day’.
The
lady she counted his money.
‘There
isn’t enough here’ she said.
‘To
buy mum a big bunch of flowers,
But
I’ve something you might like instead.’
She
turned and went into the back room,
A
minute was all that it took.
In
her hand she carried one red rose.
All
Bertie could do was just look.
Was
this all he got for his money?
Was
this all his money could buy?
Just
one single rose on a long stem?
All
Bertie could do was just sigh.
Young
Bertie said he would take it.
But
he didn’t know what mum would say,
When
all that she got was one red rose,
As
a present on this special day.
While
Bertie was writing his message,
He
remembered what mum always taught,
It
wasn’t the size of the present,
It
was always the size of the thought.
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