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Bear – 3rd Grade
Marble Madness
Elective
Requirement 1

Make a Marble Bag

Bear – 3rd Grade
Marble Madness
Elective
Requirement 1

Make a Marble Bag

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Create a personal drawstring bag to hold your marbles. 

Indoor
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  • For each Cub Scout: 
    • Piece of fabric about 5 inches by 9 inches 
    • Needle and thread  
    • Safety pin  
    • Shoestring or piece of cord about 3 feet long  
    • Scissors 
  • Marbles 

Optional supplies to decorate bag: 

  • Beads, press on stickers or patches, felt/fabric markers, etc. 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Collect supplies. 
  2. Make a marble bag to use as an example. 
  3. Ask that parents and legal guardians be available to assist as needed. 
  4. Organize supplies into a set for each Cub Scout. 
  5. Set up meeting space with room for Cub Scouts to work on their marble bag. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Tell Cub Scouts that they will be making a marble bag to hold their marbles using the supplies on the table. 
  2. Have Cub Scouts fold the long ends of the cloth over about 1 inch and make a crease. Sew along the cut edges of the fabric to form two pockets. 
  3. Fold the fabric in half so the printed side is on the inside. Sew along both edges — but not over the pockets you formed in the previous step. 
  4. Attach the safety pin to one end of the shoestring or cord. Put the safety pin at the end of one of the pockets and push it through to the other end. 
  5. Next, put the pin in the closest end of the other pocket, and push it through to the other end. Remove the safety pin and tie the ends of the shoestring or cord in an overhand knot. 
  6. Turn the bag right side out. Fill  the bag with marbles. To close it, scrunch the fabric at the top together and tie another overhand knot where the shoestring or cord comes out. 
  7. Decorate if desired. 
  8. Put marbles into the bag.

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Bear – 3rd Grade

No Sew Marble Bag

Indoor
2
3
2

Make a personal drawstring bag to hold your marbles without sewing. 

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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.