Rockets From Recyclables

Gather recyclable items such as wrapping paper tubes, foil pans, aluminum foil, empty pop cans, rubber bands, paperclips, clean tin cans of any size, boxes of any size, etc. You can have the Cubs work individually or in groups to create their own version of space vehicle, real or imagined. Be sure to supply them with tape, scissors, paper and markers as well.

Have two balls of different colors for "spacecraft". The boys form a circle and are numbered 1,2,1,2, etc. around the circle. The two spacecraft start from opposite sides of the circle - one held by the Ones and one held by the Twos. At "blast off" the space craft orbit around the circle, ones to ones and twos to twos. The object is for one spacecraft to overtake and pass the other.