Pass the Bead Activity

small bead or marble
at least 8 scouts

Group stands in a circle facing inward, shoulder to shoulder.
One person is "IT" in the center.
Each scout in the circle holds their left hand out, palm up.
They hold their right hand out palm down, making a fist.

The chant of "To your Left; To your Right" is started as each scout moves their right hand onto their own left hand, then onto their neighbor's to their right left hand.

"IT" closes his eyes and a bead is given to someone in the circle. That scout picks it up with their right hand and deposits it into their neighbor to the right's left hand. The bead moves along from hand to hand with the beat of the chant.

"IT" opens their eyes and tries to detect who has the bead. If IT points to the correct person, they switch places. If IT is incorrect 3 times, IT switches with whoever does have the bead at that point.

You can keep score, but it's a fun activity to just pass some time waiting.