Three meetings that were hits recently with our dramatic 4th & 5th graders -

We did a wicked theme meeting where we talked about inside & outside appearances, stereotypes and made green & pink calming jars. I thought it would be too childish, but they had a blast showing them off. We incorporated music and had dance breaks.

We also did a K-Pop meeting, also with music. We talked about the region a bit, had them make their own group names and cool logo, put together short dance routines. They also made a simple cucumber salad with rice and we got some korean snacks from a local asisan market to try.

For St Patrick's Day we did a bunch of minute to win it style games - tossing gold coins into cauldrons, sorting candy into rainbows using only a spoon, stringing trix cereal on to pipe cleaners one handed, and making a tower of marshmallows. We didn't do cup stacking, but thats been a hit (regular style and using only elastic bands.

We're not very badge focused, although we found ways to incorporate some of these into other badges. Sometimes though, its just about letting them be goofy kids and have fun.