A campout is a little different from a regular meeting. You will have some extended time to work on activities and it's also important to give the kids time to free play. This is specifically a plan for a campout early in the scouting year that revolves around building six identity and covering some first star skills.
Friday Night
Families & scouts arrive and set up tents, everyone on their own for dinner
If Timberwolves are camping separately from their families, identify a space for Timberville
Encourage scouts to get their campsites set up before dashing off to play with their friends
Saturday
Flag & Morning Announcements - generally the Timberwolves are the ones who act as the color guard for the flag ceremony. If you have all brand new Timberwolves, make sure to go over the flag ceremony with them prior to raising the flag.
Go over general schedule
Review camp safety
Breakfast
Cooking breakfast for the group is a great Timberwolf activity. They are old enough to scramble eggs, cook sausages, cut fruit, etc.
Group Stretch or Game
Morning Activity Time
Talk about the flag
Review the flag ceremony and have the kids practice folding the flag
Discuss the National Anthem
Have the kids divide into sixes and decide on colors
Have the kids make patrol flags for their six - felt is great for this!
Lunch
Afternoon Activity Time
Introduce the idea of lairs. Have the kids identify areas to serve as lairs and mark them with the flags they made in the morning.
Do another activity that ties into pack identity. This could be making wolf masks, working together with their six to accomplish a task, going on a hike, or anything else that gives them an opportunity to bond.
Free Time
Free play time is important for the kids. This is a great opportunity for the kids to continue to build that pack identity. It is also an opportunity to review investiture requirements with kids who may have missed the first meeting.
Another suggestion is to remind the kids that the campfire will be this evening and they can spend some time putting together a skit. If you have a scout MCing the campfire, they can ask people to sign up during this period.
Flag and Evening Announcements
If you have more than one six, have the sixes take turns raising and lowering the flag.
This is a good opportunity to get everyone together after free time and remind everyone what is happening for dinner prep and campfire.
Dinner
Campfire
Night Hike
Sunday
Flag and Morning Announcements
Breakfast & Lunch Prep
On Sunday, we send people home with sack lunches so we prepare the lunch stuff at the same time as breakfast, then have everyone make their lunches right after they eat. That way we only have to clean up once and parents can pack up the kitchen during activity time.
Morning Activity Time
Generally this is a shorter block of time so that people have a chance to pack up their stuff. You can use it to review the weekend's activities or wrap up something from the day before.
Make sure to leave time for the Timberwolves to clean up any activities from the weekend.
Flag and Final Announcements
Families Pack Up
Group Sweep of Camp & Clean Up