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Opening Ceremony
Pipe-In (Musical Entrance)

Play recorded bagpipe music as Cubs enter.
Give each Cub a tartan ribbon to tie on wrist or neckerchief.

Flag Break.

Explain that Burns Night celebrates Scotland’s national poet.


Mini Story: Who Was Robert Burns? (5 minutes)

Lived on a farm.
Wrote over 550 poems and songs.
His most famous song is Auld Lang Syne.
Loved nature, mice, haggis, and telling stories!


Activity Stations (20–25 minutes)

Rotate in groups

1 Make your own Tartan Shield
2 Learn Scottish Words and Phrases
3 Build a Marshmallow Stone Circle (like Stonehenge)


Highland Games (25–30 minutes)

Caber Toss
Shot Put
Tug o’ War
Haggis Relay

Award points per team — call teams Clans.

Team names: Clan Thistle, Clan Unicorn (Scotland’s animal), Clan Loch Ness Monster.


Food (15 minutes)
Snack — shortbread biscuits.
Cook and eat haggis, and neaps (turnips/swede) and tatties (potatoes).


Song Time (5 minutes)

Teach chorus of Auld Lang Syne (just the first verse + chorus).

Resources

Tartan shield - Paper plates, pens, straight-line rulers.
Stone circle - Cocktail sticks, marshmallows.

Caber Tossing - Pool noodles tossed for distance.
Shit out - Small beanbags.
Rug 'o War - Rope.
Haggis Relay - Sponge wrapped in foil carried on a spoon.

Instructions

Scottish Words to Include:
Wee = small
Bairn = child
Blether = chat
Nae bother! = no problem

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