2006 Skits, Props and Costumes

As presented at the Denver Area Council's 2006 PowWow. A short list of selected web sites and books to help with your next production. All links were live and working as of 27-October-2006.
Break a leg! –

Troy Bettinger,
Den Leader, Pack 216

TOP WEB RESOURCES FOR SKITS Baloo's Bugle (#1 Recommended Site!) http://www.usscouts.org/usscouts/bbugle.asp The MacScouter's Big Book of Skits http://www.macscouter.com/Skits/BBSkits.pdf [Adobe PDF] http://www.macscouter.com/Skits/BBSkits.doc [MS-Word] http://www.macscouter.com/Skits/BBSkits.html [html format] http://www.macscouter.com/Skits/index.html [Other skits] The Big FAQ File of over 100 campfire skits and cheers http://www.faqs.org/faqs/scouting/skits-yells-campfires/section-19.html 100 Skits Suitable for Scouts of All Ages http://www.tac-bsa.org/100_skits.pdf Cub Scout SKITS for you and me (An Anthology of Pow Wow Skits) http://clipart.usscouts.org/ScoutDoc/CubSkits/skitbook.doc http://www.tac-bsa.org/more_skits.pdf Ye Olde Catalogue of Boy Scout Skits http://www.burtleburtle.net/bob/scout/ Scout Skits from Scoutorama.com http://www.scoutorama.com/skit/ Skits from Boy Scout Trail: http://www.boyscouttrail.com/skits.asp Insane Scouter’s Skit List: http://insanescouter.com/t276/files/skits2.html Insane Scouts Campfire Stunt List: [word doc] http://insanescouter.com/t276/files/CampfireStunt.doc Cub Scout SKITS from the United Kingdom: http://www.scoutingresources.org.uk/stunts_powwow.html Try this string with GOOGLE.COM (“cub scout” OR “cub scouts”) +skits Note: Make sure that the OR is in capital letters		SUGGESTED SKIT BOOKS BSA Cub Scout Leader How-To Book is built to help the cub scout pack and den leaders running programs that kids enjoy. A section of 15 pages is dedicated to skits, yells and applauses. ISBN 0-8395-3831-6. Creative Campfires is another fine publication. Half of the book contains songs, and the rest is crammed with skits, stories, yells and tips to set up an entertaining campfire. (Sorry - no ISBN, but it can be ordered worldwide from the BSA Supply Division - Fax +1-704-588-5822). Campfire Stories....Things That go Bump in the Night by William Forgey, M.D. contains 21 campfire stories, with large typeface summary of each. Also includes the author's suggestions for how to be successful at telling campfire stories.ISBN 0-934802-23-8 published by ICS Books. Approximate price: $10.00 The Skit Book: 101 Skits from Kids by Margaret MacDonald, Marie-Louise Scull (Illustrator) A collection of skits written by young people with instructions for performance. The skits are arranged under such categories as “Cumulative Actions,” “Silly Singers,” “Skits With Trick Endings,” “Skits From Jokes,” “Musical Ensembles,” and others. ISBN: 0-208-02283-X, Published by Linnet Books (May, 1990) OUT OF PRINT – get at library The American Boy's Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard, An 1890 manual of pasttimes which includes instructions for making kites, fishing poles, a blow gun, boats, and theatrical costumes, and for raising dogs, stuffing animals, stocking an aquarium, and camping. ISBN: 1-58667-065-4 Publisher: The Derrydale Press; New Ed edition (June 1, 2001) $9.56
General Scouting Info B-P, Skits, and the Mafeking Cadets: http://www.scouting.org.za/seeds/mafeking.html
Specific Skit Themes American Indian Themed Skits - the "Birch Bark Plays" at The Inquiry Net: http://inquiry.net/outdoor/native/bbr_plays/index.htm "The Legger Snake and the Googly Frog" was written for boys that age and it is based on an Indian story. This material is from Ernest Seton's The Birch Bark Roll of the Woodcraft League of America which was the first Native American influence on the BSA. It appears here in its entirety. The book was the inspiration of many of the elements of Baden-Powell's program as well, such as Merit Badges, and the very first Scout Games.

Copyright (c) 2006 - Troy C. Bettinger		Last Update 30 October 2006