Christmas Party

The evening kicked off with some crab football

We the moved on to the cracker eating competition.



The slow but delicate approach.

The "I don't like crackers, but I'll try".

The shove it all in and hope method.

The winner!!

Then some more normal fool

And finally the jelly eating compertition.

Sorry, the no hands allowed jelly eating compertition.

King of the crackers, but a bit wobberly with jelly.

There is a Scout under there, honest.

If my mouth isn't big enough, I'll use my nose instead.

Look, I've finished.

Nooooooooo, not more!

Oh yes, a lot more!!!

But with 3 bowls, a worthy winner.

We've had enough now.

The jelly inspector.

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First Scout to tell us what this means wins a prize!!

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Climbing Wall

We had an evening at the Twin Peaks Climbing Wall at Star City, Birmingham. It was an excellent evening.

Some were like rats up a drain pipe while others were.... not.

At the end of the evening two more Scouts were invested into the 1st Meriden Scout Troop while clinging on to the wall one handed.



Although it was a bit too much for one of them!



And here are loads of photos of the rest of us.

Remembrance Sunday

Remembrance Sunday, 1st Meriden on parade.

Campfire Night

On Friday 9th November Meriden Scouts invited the Beavers and Cubs to a campfire night with games, singing, hot dogs, a few skits and lots more singing. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves with reports a few of the songs were heard in the school playground the next week.

There was apple bobbing, sweets in flour and doughnuts on strings. A few people got a bit messy, but I'm not sure how.

Lighting the fire.

Much singing, with actions to help keep warm.

The scary tiger skit.

And at the end of the evening some new Scouts were invested.  Welcome to 1st Meriden Scouts!

Promise, Law and our Code of Conduct

A central part of being a Scout is making the Scout Promise and keeping the Scout Law.

In addition Meriden Scouts have also created our own Code of Conduct with each item suggested by the Scouts themselves. We will be getting all the Scouts to sign up to this

1st Meriden Scout Troop Code of Conduct: 

1. We will wear our uniform to Scouts and look smart 
2. We will respect other Scouts and Scout Leaders. 
3. We will always listen to the leaders when they are talking. 
4. We will work together and encourage team work. 
5. We will be friendly to each other. 
6. We will do our best. 
7. We will be good winners and losers. 
8. We will treat each other as we would expect to be treated. 
9. We will not mess about or fight. 
10. We will not back chat. 
11. We will not swear. 
12. We will not to bring mobiles or gaming devises to scout lead activities 
13. We will have fun.

Paracord - Get knotted

Last night was Turks Head Woggles and a square knot keyring. Both made using paracord.

Good effort. Everyone went home with a keyring and most, with various amounts of assistance, managed the woggle. The leaders also managed to go home with various burns from singeing the ends of the cord. We really need to get better at that! Maybe next time we will let the Scouts do it themselves. :-)

For those who might want to have another go these are links to a couple of web pages that explain, although the use of Google will find hundreds of different knots and projects that you can make with paracord. If you don't want to buy paracord then, clearly, any cord or rope would do the job.

Click here for the Turks Head Woggle

Click here for the keyring