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Wolf – 2nd Grade
Council Fire
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 3

Building My Home with Toys

Wolf – 2nd Grade
Council Fire
Citizenship
Required
Requirement 3

Building My Home with Toys

Snapshot of Activity

Use Lego®, Lincoln Logs®, and Tinker Toys® or other building toys to build a model of your home. 

Indoor
3
5
2
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  • Assorted building toys such as Lego®, Lincoln Logs®, or Tinker Toys® 
  • Photos of the Cub Scouts’ homes for reference 
  • Paper and pencils for planning 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Ask Cub Scouts to bring photos of their home to the next den meeting. This can be a physical photo or on a phone or pad. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Explain to the Cub Scouts that they will be using building toys to create a model of their own homes. 
  2. Have Cub Scouts look at the photos of their homes or think about their home and talk briefly about the different parts of their houses they’d like to include in their models. 
  3. Cub Scouts can sketch their model on a piece of paper to plan it out if needed. 
  4. Distribute the building toys.  
  5. Encourage the Cub Scouts to start building by selecting blocks and pieces that resemble the different parts of their homes. For example, rectangular pieces for walls, flat pieces for roofs, and smaller pieces for details like windows and doors. 
  6. Cub Scouts can begin by building the main structure of their homes. For example, if Cub Scouts live in a two-story house, they can start by creating the lower floor before adding the upper floor. 
  7. Remind the Cub Scouts to be creative and use their imagination to adapt the building toys to match the unique features of their homes. 
  8. Once the basic structure is in place, the Cub Scouts can start adding details like windows, doors, chimneys, and any other distinctive features of their homes. 

Tip: Requirements 3, 4, and 5 can be done at the same meeting. The models built for requirements 3 and 4 will be used for requirement 5. 

Bray Barnes

Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies

Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments

David Alexander

Managing Member Calje

David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.

Glenn Adams

President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.

Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.