Tiger Floats and Boats Adventure: Cub Scout Helps and Ideas

Floats and Boats is one of the Tiger elective adventures. For this adventure, Tiger Cubs and their adult partners learn about boats, swimming, and water safety.

Printable helps for requirements:

Printable requirements for Tiger Elective Adventure: Floats and Boats

Printable checkoff sheet for Tiger Elective Adventure: Floats and Boats

Printable note sheet for Tiger Elective Adventure: Floats and Boats

Have fun on the water with these related ideas and achievements:

Water Rescue Methods

Water rescue methods are methods used to rescue someone who is in trouble in the water. You will see these methods throughout the BSA programs from Cub Scouts to Scouts BSA to Venturing.

Tiger Cub Scout Helps and Documents

Tiger is the Cub Scout program for boys and girls in 1st grade.

Safe Swim Defense

Safe Swim Defense provides the steps which a BSA unit must take to safely participate in an activity which involves swimming.

SCOUT Water Safety Chant

The new Cub Scout program introduces the SCOUT water safety chant. This helps younger Scouts learn the rules for safe aquatics activities.

Shipwrecked Games, Resources, and Crafts

Looking for games or resources related to pirates, desert islands, or sea ships? Check out this Shipwrecked theme page for ideas. Many of these would work well with my Ocean theme or my Under the Sea theme for Cub Scouts.

Sharks and Minnows

Here is a game to go with an aquatic theme. It can be used at your pack pool party or at a meeting focused on swimming skills.

Safety Afloat

Before embarking on a boating activity with your scouts, make sure everyone is aware of the Safety Afloat guidelines.