COMPLETE - Fall Friends Patch

Fall Friends Patch

Designed by: Paul & Tiffy

Order Info: Advantage S-0531

Associated Costs: $2 for patch, craft supplies

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Plan It

Go look at the pinecone felt squirrels at https://liagriffith.com/pinecone-felt-squirrel (be sure to look at the other pinecone animals, too).  As a group (or in a journal), discuss how squirrels spend their fall preparing for winter.

- I put together this worksheet with Tiffy's help, so I spent a lot of time looking at those critters.

- Squirrels prepare for winter by eating a lot to build up fat reserves and caching food to eat during the winter, when they will stay in their den a lot. They bury the food in shallow holes, and hope they can find it when they get hungry!


Do It


Gather materials to make a new little friend - a pinecone, scissors, felt, a penny, and hot glue. What else do you think you might want to use? Googly eyes, a marker? Cut out your felt pieces according to the pattern and glue them all together according to the instructions. Adjust the pattern to make your squirrel (or other critter) special!

- With Tiffy and Sage, we got all the materials together and designed and cut out templates for the other Scouts to use. I made a squirrel with an acorn using our patterns, and it turned out pretty well!

Share It

Show everyone your new critter. Pick an animal you like and tell us something about how that animal prepares for the coming winter during the fall. 

What are your plans this fall? Tell about the fall activities you’ve already done or plan to do. Include your Halloween and Thanksgiving activities, too!


- Coyotes are our favorite animal. In the fall, they grow a thicker coat of fur that will help them keep warm. They also eat a lot in the fall to bulk up for winter, focusing on insects and small mammals instead of berries and fruit. When it gets too cold for small prey, they'll start hunting larger prey, like deer. Fall is when younger coyotes may leave the rout (or pack) to search for a mate or territory.

- Our fall activities have also been preparing for winter, kind of. We're going to be in a production of A Christmas Carol in December, so we've been in rehearsal mode since early October. We did make it to a few Halloween parties and a haunted house, though!