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Tiger – 1st Grade
Good Knights
Elective
Requirement 2

Personal Little Shield

Tiger – 1st Grade
Good Knights
Elective
Requirement 2

Personal Little Shield

Snapshot of Activity

Make a personal little shield out of plywood and decorate it with paint. 

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  • 3” x  4” small wooden craft shield, enough for one for each Cub Scout 
  • Tigers will need their Tiger handbook, page 40 
  • Acrylic paint, assorted colors 
  • Paint primer 
  • Craft paint brushes, enough to share 
  • Bowls filled with water to wash paintbrushes 

Before the meeting: 

  1. Purchase wooden craft shields. 
  2. Set up the meeting space for painting and make sure to protect the workspace and floor. 
  3. Inform Cub Scouts and adult partners that they will be painting during the meeting and to bring an old t-shirt or craft apron. 
  4. Apply paint primer to all the shields on one side. 
  5. Make a shield for yourself to use as an example and identify steps that may be a challenge for Cub Scouts. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Gather the Cub Scouts and adult partners and share with them that for this activity they will design and make their own shield.   Tell them that knights in medieval times used a shield to protect themselves but they also used it to identify who they were and where they came from.  During this time most people could not read so people would use symbols instead of words.  Most shields were decorated with symbols that may show what part of the country they were from or what family they were from. 
  2. Have the Cub Scouts with their adult partners use page 40 of their Tiger handbook to come up with a design for their shield using symbols or images that they feel represent their family and where they are from.   
  3. Once everyone has completed their design, Cub Scouts work with their adult partners to paint their shield. 
  4. When everyone has made their shield have each Cub Scout describe their shield to the den. 

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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
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