TIGER CUB ELECTIVES **reminder... you can complete ANY of the electives OVER AND OVER!** 1. How do you celebrate? Think of a time when your family celebrated something, and then tell the den about it and how it made you feel. 2. Making decorations - Make a decoration with your family or your den.  Display it or give it to someone as a gift. 3. Fun and Games - With your family, play a card game or board game or put a jigsaw puzzle together. 4. Display a picture - Make a frame for a family picture 5. Family Mobile - make a family mobile, using objects that represent your family members 6. Song Time - Along with your adult partner, teach a song to your family or to your den and sing it together. 7. Play along! - Make a musical instrument and play it with others.  The others can sing or have instruments fo their own. 8. Your Religious Leaders - Invite a religious leader or teacher from your place of worship to your home or to your den meeting. 9. A New Friend - Help a new boy or girl get to know other people. 10. Helping Hands - Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut-in person with a chore. 11. Helping the Needy - Help collect food, clothing, or toys for needy families with your den or pack. 12. A Friendly Greeting - Make at least two cards or decorations and take them to a hospital or long-term care facility. 13. Making Change - Using U.S. pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters, choose the correct coins to make the following amounts. (15 cents, 50 cents, 27 cents, 60 cents, 35 cents, 59 cents) If you were a clerk at a store a one dollar bill for the following purchases, how much change would you get back? (99 cents, 25 cents, 50 cents, 76 cents) 14. Reading Fun - Together with your adult partner, read a short story or a magazine article. 15. Our Colorful World - Mix the primary colors to make orange, green, and purple. 16. Collecting and Other Hobbies - With your den, show or tell about something you like to collect OR Tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity. 17. Make a Model - The Pinewood Derby Cars and Raingutter Regata boats DO count! 18. Sew a Button - Sew a button onto fabric. 19. Magic Fun - Learn a magic trick and show it to your family or den. 20. Get the Word Out - With your den, make up a PSA skit to tell people about Tiger Cubs 21. The Show Must Go On - Make a puppet. 22. Picnic Fun - With your family or with your den, have a picnic - outdoors or indoors. 23. What kind of Milk? - Find out what kind of milk your family drinks and why 24. Help in the Kitchen - Help the adult who is preparing a family meal to set the table and to clean up afterward. 25. Snack Time - Make a snack and share it with your family or den. 26. Phone Manners - With a toy phone, or a disconnected phone, practice making phone calls and answering the telephone. 27. Emergency! Talk with your adult partner about what to do if these things hapened. - The adult who is caring for you has beccome ill - You are alone with someone that makes yyou feel uncomfortable. 28. Smoke Detectors - With your adult partner, check the batteries in the smoke detector in your home or another building. 29. Safety in the Sun - Talk with your adult partner about when you should use sunscreen.  Find out whether you have any in your home and where it is kept.  With your adult partner, look at a container of sunscreen and find out whether it still protects you when you are wet.  Also find out how long you are protected before you have to put on more . 30. Plant a Seed - Plant a seed, pit, or greens from something you have eaten. 31. Learn about Animals - ?s to ask - How big is it? Where does it normally live? What kind of food does it eat?  How long does it usually live? What sounds does it make? Is it endangered? 32. Feed the birds - Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors. 33. Clean up Treasure Hunt - With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt 34. Conservation - With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity and do it for one week. 35. Fun Outdoors - Play a game outdoors with your family or den. 36. See a Performance - With your family or your den, go see a play or musical performance in your community. 37. Take a Bicycle Ride - Take a bicycle ride with your adult partner 38. Bicycle Repair - Visit a bicycle repair shop. 39. Go to Work - Visit the place where your adult partner or another adult works. 40. Fun in the water -  Together with your adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity in water. 41. Transportatoin - Visit a train station, bus station, airport, or boat dock. 42. Fun at the Zoo - Visit a Zoo or aquarium. 43. Pet Care - Visit a veterinarian or an animal groomer. 44. Dairy Products - Visit a dairy, a milk-processing plant, or a cheese factory. 45. Fresh Baking - Visit a bakery 46. Healthy Teeth and Gums - Visit a dentist or dental hygienist. 47. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Learn about what you can recycle in your community and how you can recycle at home.  Learn about things that need to be recycled in special ways, such as paint and batteries. 48. Go for a Ride - Take a ride on public transportation, such as a bus or train. 49. Your Government - Visit a government office such as the mayor's office, the state capitol building, or a courthouse. 50. Banking - Visit a bank.