Aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Halloween arrived early at the Cubs on Thursday 25th October as 29 ghosts, ghouls, werewolves and other horrific creatures arrived for a halloween party!

With various degrees of gruesomeness the cubs were replaced with their halloween alter egos for the duration of the evening. They expected to be entertained - and seeing as the cub leaders and their two scout helpers were terrified of them! - the games commenced.

First up was the 'hanging donut' game... where the creatures had to have their hands/paws behind their backs and to try and grab a donut with their fang-laden mouths! Many were successful - some were scary in doing so!

Next up was the traditional 'apple bobbing' (no, I dont know what is so scary about 'bobbing for apples' either!). Countless apples were tortured to within an inch of their skins by these creatures and their teeth, tongues and saliva(!) - none survived! The plastic bag resembled an apple graveyard of mutilated fruit!

After the refreshment of juice and cake (no blood or human flesh was available) the final game of the evening was underway - 'Mummification!'. Each monster was wrapped in toilet roll to resemble a mummy (the Egyptian creature - not the parent!). Quite a few were very good and could have easily passed as an official Mummy. And then it was time to discard the mummy rolls... all over the floor!! And despite the leaders wanting some of these particular mummys to keep the toilet roll wrapped around their mouths - everybody was returned to normal and began the clean up.

Thankfully by now it was time for these horror shows to return to their crypts/coffins/lagoons. All that was left was for the leaders to finish tidying up and to go home to bed to suffer nightmares!! 

Phil
Assistant Cub Leader

www.224manchesterscouts.co.uk

Who needs a hospital!!

Last Thursday (18 October) saw the cubs honing their first aid skills!

Helped by two parents - Jill and Michelle - the cubs were taught the basics of first aid including the recovery position and what to do in the event of an accident. And then... they were let loose on each other!!!

 

Cubs were performing the recovery position in one corner of the room, and bandaging going on in another corner. At the other end of the room there worksheets on hazards around the house. All the cubs seemed to get the hang of the first aid quite quickly and thankfully there were enough bodies to be manhandled and bandaged so that the Cub leaders didn't need to be!

 

The evening seemed to be a success and the cubs are well on their way to yet another badge! 

Phil
Assistant Cub Leader

www.224manchesterscouts.co.uk