Sorry for the delayed response. Just got finished with a week of Cub Scout Day Camp. Thanks all for all your great feedback.
I should have provided some additional background:
I was committee chair last year and attended all the Roundtables. I didn't recall any great pack meeting activities. They were really not geared to a pack of my size. They were more for a short den meeting game.
I looked through a couple of the scouting.org plans, but in my opinion, the pack activities were on the slow side. I will look through the rest of them though to see if I can find something that suits me.
We have a tradition where each den is assigned a month to "host" the pack meeting. They do opening/closing flags, scout law/oath, be in charge of the gathering activity, and do one skit/song.
We do awards for major achievements, raffles, and adult recognition.
My goal was to get ideas for the 20-30 min pack activity.
blw2, I love your quick rain gutter regata. We've never done even the full version of it, and if we can do that in a pack meeting, that'd be great. And I can't agree more about your points about involving the scouts. In my opinion, speakers can come occasionally - if they come for each one, it feels like a school assembly. And the balloon pop was my #2 item in my original post...great to know that it's a good one.
SSScout, I love your idea too with parents and the scout law. Prob won't be the 20-30 min pack activity. But something to increase the interest of learning the law.
meyerc13, Thanks for the tip about BALOO'S BUGLE. I'll check the issues out.
