Tiger Elective Adventure: Floats and Boats

1. Identify five different types of boats.
2. Build a boat from recycled materials, and float it on the water.
3. With your den, say the SCOUT water safety chant.
4. Play the buddy game with your den.
5. Show that you can put on and fasten a life jacket the correct way.
6. Show how to safely help someone who needs assistance in the water, without having to enter the water yourself.
7. Show how to enter the water safely, blow your breath out under the water, and do a prone glide.

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Tiger Elective Adventure: Family Stories

1. Discuss with your adult partner and/or family where your family originated. Discuss their history, traditions, and culture—your family heritage. Share a story or bring something to share with your den about yourself and your family.
2. Make a family crest.
3. Visit your public library to find out information about your heritage.
4. Interview one of your grandparents or another family elder, and share with your den what you found.
5. Make a family tree.
6. Share with your den how you got your name.
7. Share with your den your favorite snack or dessert that reflects your cultural heritage.
8. Learn where your family came from, and locate it on a map. Share this information with your den. With the help of your adult partner, locate and write to a pen pal from that location. 

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Tiger Elective Adventure: Earning Your Stripes

1. Bring in and share with your den five items that are the color orange.
2. Demonstrate loyalty over the next week at school or in your community. Share at your next den meeting how you were loyal to others.
3. With your adult partner, decide on one new task you can do to help your family, and do it.
4. Talk with your den and adult partner about polite language. Include a discussion about the use of “please,” “thank you,” “you’re welcome,” “excuse me,” “yes, sir,” “no, ma’am,” and last names. Learn how to shake hands properly and introduce yourself.
5. Play a game with your den. Then discuss how your den played politely.
6. With your adult partner and den, work on a service project for your pack’s meeting place or chartered organization.

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Tiger Elective Adventure: Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries

1. Learn a magic trick. Practice your magic trick so you can perform it in front of an audience.
2. Create an invitation to a magic show.
3. With your den or with your family, put on a magic show for an audience.
4. Create a secret code.
5. With the other Scouts in your den or with your family, crack a code that you did not create.
6. Spell your name using sign language, and spell your name in Braille.
7. With the help of your adult partner, conduct a science demonstration that shows how magic works.
8. Share what you learned from your science demonstration.

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Pink Jellybean

Get your spooky voice on for this one! Keep the boys in suspense until the end.  Don't worry, some of them will look at you as if your off your rocker at the end of the story.

At the end of a long, dark road is a long, dark path. 
At the end of the long, dark path is a lone, dark house. 
And the lone, dark house has a single, dark door. 
Behind the single, dark door is a long, dark hall.
At the end of the long, dark hall are some tall, dark stairs. 
At the top of the tall, dark stairs is a long dark balcony. 
At the end of the long, dark balcony is a big dark room. 
In the big, dark room is a big, dark closet. 
In the big, dark closet is a big, dark door. 
Behind the big, dark door are some steep, dark stairs. 
At the top of the steep, dark stairs is a dark, dusty attic.
In the dark, dusty attic is a big, dark chest. 
In the big, dark chest is a small, dark box.
And in the small, dark box is a pink jellybean...!

Tiger Adventure - Tigers In The Wild

1.    With your adult partner, name and collect the Cub scout Six Essentials you need for a hike. Tell your den leader what you would need to add to your list if it rains.

2.    Go for a short hike with your den or family, and carry your own gear Show you know how to get ready for this hike.

3.    Do the following:

      a. Listen while your leader reads the Outdoor Code. Talk about how you can be clean in your outdoor manners.

      b. Listen while your leader reads the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids. Discuss why you should "Trash Your Trash."

      c. Apply the Outdoor code and Leave No Trace Principles for Kids on your Tiger den and pack outings. After one outing, share what you did to demonstrate the principles you discussed.

4.    While on the hike, find three different kinds of plants, animals, or signs that animals have been on the trail. List what you saw in your Tiger handbook.

5.    Participate in an outdoor pack meeting or pack campout campfire. Sing a song and act out a skit with your Tiger den as part of the program.

6.    Find two different trees and two different types of plants that grow in your area. Write their names in your Tiger handbook.

7.    Visit a nearby nature center, zoo, or another outside place with your family or den. Learn more about two animals, and write down two interesting things about them in your Tiger handbook.

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Tiger Adventure - Tiger Bites

1. Identify three good food choices and three foods that would not be good choices.
2. Show that you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of each.
3. With your adult partner, pick a job to help your family at mealtime. Do it every day for one week.
4. Show you can keep yourself and your personal area clean.
5. Talk with your adult partner about what foods you can eat with your fingers. Practice your manners when eating them.
6. With your adult partner, plan and make a good snack choice or other nutritious food to share with your den.

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