Summary

We completed the showman activity pin during 5 days of day camp.  Below is the information for day 4, where they did paper bag puppets.

Webelos doing a paper bag puppet song

Webelos doing a song with paper bag puppets

Supplies

• Paper lunch bags
• Markers

Requirements covered and activities for each requirement

Showman 11. Tell what folk music is.  Hum, sing, or play a folk tune on a musical instrument. Showman 9. Sing one song indoors and one song outdoors, either alone or with a group.  Tell what you need to do differently when singing outdoors.

• Sing 2 songs from the songbook (at last one folk song)
• Sing one at the pool house (indoors) as entrance into pool.

Showman 6. Make a set of four paper bag puppets for a singing group.  With the help of three other den members, sing a song with the puppets as the performers.

• Break into the same groups
• Each group: pick a song out of the songbook, make paper bag puppets,  and perform it using the puppets (and the songbook if necessary)

Showman 16. Give a monologue (a talk) on a patriotic, humorous, or holiday subject, or another subject of your choice

• Have a storytelling session. Have each boy come prepared to tell the best true-life story he knows about something that happened to himself or a friend or family member. This is an opportunity to emphasize the importance of good listening and the value of sharing ideas. (from boyscouttrail.com)
  

Analysis (Start/Stop/Continue)

• The boys are really getting into the songs by now
• They continue to love making the puppets
• Start: Gently suggest they pick songs we haven’t tried from the songbook
• Stop: Aside from the heat, several groups sang the same song (cute ones, but still repeats) so I’d try to ensure each group had a different song, if possible.
• Continue: I would do this session again as it is, with the start suggestion added. It went really well.