Ingredients:
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Various fruits in season – berries, grapes, sliced bananas, kiwi fruit chunks, pineapple chunks, melon chunks
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Cheese cut into chunks or cut into small shapes with canapé cutters – jack cheese, cheddar, swiss cheese, or this a great way to introduce kids to some different cheeses
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Yogurt – strawberry, vanilla, or any choice that would fit with fruits and cheese
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Wooden skewers
Directions:
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Prepare fruit ahead of time so it is in small pieces ready for the skewer – (for light fruits such as pears or banana, prevent discoloring by slicing into Fruit Fresh or pineapple juice)
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Cut cheese into slices or chunks
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Put ingredients into individual bowls or containers – Let each boy make his own choice of cheese and fruit for the skewers.
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Have yogurt in bowls to use as a dip.
Make Johnny Appleseed Smiles for a snack. -
Make a large apple wedge, then cut a smaller wedge out from the middle of the peel-side (see photo). Take slivered almonds and push them into the apple so they look like teeth and the peel looks like lips.
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Take two apple wedges -smear them with peanut butter – add mini marshmallows for teeth. Food.com adds a dried apricot for a tongue.
Curiosity, Intrigue, and Magical Mysteries  -
Learn a magic trick. Practice your magic trick so you can perform it in front of an audience.
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Create an invitation to a magic show.
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With your den or with your family, put on a magic show for an audience.
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Create a secret code.
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With the other Scouts in your den or with your family, crack a code that you did not create.
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Spell your name using sign language, and spell your name in Braille.
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With the help of your adult partner, conduct a science demonstration that shows how magic works.
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Share what you learned from your science demonstration.
Workbook for use with these requirements: PDF Format DOCX Format
https://cubscouts.org/library/curiosity-intrigue-and-magical-mysteries/ Rationale for Adventure
This adventure helps Tigers explore how things work. Tigers and their adult partners will learn about cracking codes and solving mysteries, as well as discover how science helps us solve problems and understand why things work in certain ways.
Takeaways for Cub Scouts -
Cooperating with others
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Completing simple tasks
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Practicing listening
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Practicing communicating
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Practicing teamwork in games
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A Scout is helpful, friendly. [Tiger Character Compass]
ADVENTURE Requirements (Tiger Handbook, page 108) -
Learn a magic trick. Practice your magic trick so you can perform it in front of an audience.
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Create an invitation to a magic show.
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With your den or with your family, put on a magic show for an audience.
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Create a secret code.
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With the other Scouts in your den or with your family, crack a code that you did not create.
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Spell your name using sign language, and spell your name in Braille.
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With the help of your adult partner, conduct a science demonstration that shows how magic works.
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Share what you learned from your science demonstration.
Meeting 3 will be a magic show for Tigers to perform the tricks they have learned and practiced during this adventure. Tigers will prepare invitations during Meeting 1, so the details of the magic show should be in place by that time (date, time, location, etc.). During Meeting 2, find out the number of attendees expected, as well as any audience members’ special needs, in order to plan for seating and refreshments. The magic show may take place in the home of a den member (with additional siblings and family members for an audience), at your regular meeting place, or with any audience that would enjoy viewing a Cub Scout magic show.
https://cubscouts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Curiosity-Intrigue-MagicalMysteries.pdf
Find a workbook here:
https://meritbadge.org/wiki/images/0/05/Magic.pdf
Spy Games for Kids – How to Break a Secret Code http://funadventureforboys.com/2012/10/24/spy-games-for-kids-how-to-break-a-secret-code/
Code Maker & Breaker
http://www.crayola.com/crafts/code-maker--breaker-craft/
Kids explore alphabet letters, words, and metric measurements with colorful Code Makers and Breakers. Your whole family can create coded messages to decipher.
To make the code maker use Crayola® Scissors to cut a rectangle about 7 cm (3 inches) by 19 cm (7 1/2 inches) from recycled cereal box cardboard.
Fold the rectangle in half so the long ends meet. Snip into the fold at 3 cm (1 inch) from each end. Unfold. Cut into each snip to make a 4 cm (1 1/2 inches) opening centered and running parallel to each short end.
To make the code breaker, cut a 23 cm (9 inches) by 4 cm (1 1/2 inches) piece of construction paper to fit in the code maker's slots. Trim the sides of the code breaker so it will glide easily when you put it into the code maker.
Use Crayola Fine Line Markers to mark 1 cm (1/2 inch) spaces to the right and left of the code maker. Write A through M to the left and N through Z to the right in the spaces.
Write the code letters on the code breaker strip so they line up with your code maker alphabet. You can make several codes by sliding the code breaker up so each letter is aligned with a different letter. Write the top two letters that disappear in the new spaces at the bottom. Mark lines on the construction paper strip at the top to show how to line up the letters for the particular message you are sending, then be sure to tell the message's recipient at which line to arrange the code breaker.
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