Ballymoney Scout Group

Recently Beavers made bird feeders with lard, seeds, cheese, apples, oats and dried bugs. They used cookie cutters to make shapes and strings were added for hanging. Our walk to place them in the local park had to be postponed due to storm Chandra. Instead they completed the Builder activity badge with a lodge challenge. They had to try to complete 10 builds with their lodge mates, with a lodge point awarded for each successful build. Then this week we wrapped up warm and got out to place the bird feeders around the Riverside Park. Back to the hall for some hot chocolate with mini marshmallows to warm up.

Beavers returned this week after an extended break due to the icy weather last week. They completed the Experiment badge with the following experiments. Balloon pufferfish, needle compasses, candle/glass/water experiment and dancing tissue paper people.

Beavers were very busy this December. They made festive night lights, went a walk around town to see Xmas lights, made sequin baubles, Oreo reindeer lollies and decorated gingerbread snowmen. The final meeting before the holidays was a pyjama party, snuggled up in blankets for a short movie, then a couple of party games and food. Enjoy the break everyone, see you all next year 🎄🎅

So far this month Beavers attended the Remembrance Day parade, completed stage one of the air activities badge, practiced putting up and packing away tents and made armpit fudge!
Of course we had games too such as north south east west and fruit salad.

This week Beavers learned about bonfire night which is celebrated in England tomorrow. They watched a short video explaining what bonfire night is about, made bonfire and firework pictures, tried lighting fires with cotton wool and flint&steel, then made s’mores at Chris’s bonfire.

This month Beavers were working towards their Sports badge. They had taster sessions of table tennis, basketball skills, football skills with Lee and outdoor darts/axe throwing with Katie and Luke.

This week we had a Halloween themed meeting making paper plate spiders, monster face biscuits and dancing to Halloween tunes. Off next week for Halloween break

Last week Beavers were gathering seeds, leaves and berries around the trim trail. After identifying these with our young leaders they made forest faces in the dark using clay and the resources they gathered.

This week it was all about nocturnal animals. They made wooden owl puppets and learned facts about 5 nocturnal animals and completed a quiz about them.

Finally we invited parents in to see their young people make their Beaver scout promise! Once everyone made their promise, our older Beavers assisted by placing neckers on their lodge mates. Well done everyone!

Beavers last meeting of the year was a party night. They were playing games made by our fabulous Phoenix ENSU, using the bouldering wall, dancing to music and playing twister. Lots of sweet treats and ice pops to cool down.

At the end of the meeting a further 5 Beavers were awarded their top award, the Chief Scout Bronze. Lots of other badges and goodie bags given out too. Well done everyone 👏🏻

Good luck to the 9 Beavers continuing their adventures in Cubs next year!! We’ll miss you all. Hope everyone enjoys the Summer break and we’ll look forward to welcoming our returning Beavers in September.