Webelos My Family Adventure

Adventure Type: Webelos Required Adventure
Number of Requirements: 4
Typical Time to Complete: 1–2 weeks
Typical Number of Meetings: 1–2
Parent Involvement: High, discussion and activities done with parent or guardian
Preparation Needed: Low to moderate, depends on chosen activities
Activity Level: Low to moderate
Indoor or Outdoor: Mostly indoor, some outdoor options
Special Requirements: Family discussions, learning about another faith, act of kindness
Supplies Snapshot: Craft supplies, paper, markers, simple food ingredients, basic household items

The My Family adventure is part of the Webelos program. It helps Scouts learn about their family’s faith traditions and values. They begin to understand how faith is part of everyday life.

In this adventure, Scouts talk with their families about holidays, beliefs, and customs. They also make something that represents their family’s traditions. This helps them feel more connected to their family and their faith.

Scouts also practice kindness and learn what it means to be reverent. They discover how to respect their own beliefs and the beliefs of others. This helps them grow into thoughtful and respectful individuals.

My Family Adventure Requirements

This Adventure may be earned by completing the requirements below OR by completing a Religious Emblem of the Cub Scouts family’s choosing.

1. With your parent or legal guardian, talk about your family’s faith traditions.   Identify three holidays or celebrations that are part of your family’s faith traditions. Make a craft, work of art, or a food item that is part of your family’s faith traditions.
2. Carry out an act of kindness.
3. With your parent or legal guardian identify a religion or faith that is different from your own.  Identify two things that it has in common with your family’s beliefs. 
4. Discuss with our parent or legal guardian what it means to be reverent.  Tell how you practice being reverent in your daily life.

Printable requirements for the Webelos My Family Adventure

Check off sheet to keep track of your den's progress on the Webelos My Family Adventure

Webelos Adventures Check Off Sheet

Webelos My Family Den Meeting Plan

This Webelos den meeting helps Scouts learn about their family’s faith traditions while exploring different beliefs. They will create a faith traditions collage, make kindness cards, and compare different religions using a simple chart. Through these activities, they will see how people from different backgrounds share similar values. They will also discuss what it means to be reverent and how to show respect for others’ beliefs.

The meeting includes hands-on activities and a shared snack, making learning fun and engaging. Scouts will leave with a better understanding of kindness, reverence, and respect. This meeting helps build character while bringing families and Scouts together.

Get the free Webelos My Family den meeting plan here.

Requirement 1: Our Faith Traditions

With your parent or legal guardian, talk about your family’s faith traditions.   Identify three holidays or celebrations that are part of your family’s faith traditions. Make a craft, work of art, or a food item that is part of your family’s faith traditions.

Easy option: Make a simple collage using pictures or drawings of three family faith celebrations. See Multimedia Collage.

Here is another option:

• Wood Crafting: Make a wood craft that can be used as part of your favorite family faith tradition, holiday, or celebration.

Requirement 2: Acts of Kindness

Carry out an act of kindness.

Do an act of kindness for someone. It can be at home, school, or in your community. Afterward, think about how it made you feel and what you learned.

Easy option: Help clean up after a meal at home. See A Dish of Kindness.

Here are some other suggestions:

• Making cards for a local nursing home.
• Picking up litter at a park.
• Donating old books or toys to a charity.
• Neighborly Kindness: Helping a neighbor with yard work.
• Baking cookies for a community helper like firefighters or teachers.
• Helping Hands Helping your family members with a chore.
• Brainstorm some more ideas …

Requirement 3: Other Traditions

With your parent or legal guardian identify a religion or faith that is different from your own.  Identify two things that it has in common with your family’s beliefs. 

This activity helps Webelos appreciate the diversity of beliefs and fosters respect for other cultures and religions.

Easy option: Read about another religion and list two shared values like kindness or prayer. See Exploring Faith.

1. Choose a Different Faith: Assist Webelos in selecting a religion or faith different from their own. This could be a faith practiced by another family in the den, or one they’ve heard about but don’t know much about.
2. Research Together: Encourage Webelos and their guardians to learn about this different faith together. They can use books, reputable websites, or even visit a place of worship if possible.
3. Find Common Ground: Help them identify two things this faith has in common with their own beliefs. These could be values like kindness, rituals like prayer, or any shared practices or teachings.
4. Discuss and Share: Have the Webelos discuss what they found with their den. This sharing can be a simple conversation about what they learned and the similarities they discovered.

Requirement 4: Reverent

Discuss with our parent or legal guardian what it means to be reverent.  Tell how you practice being reverent in your daily life.

This requirement helps Webelos develop a deeper respect for the beliefs and traditions of themselves and others, fostering a respectful and inclusive attitude.

Easy option: Share one way you show respect during a religious service or family tradition.

• Attend religious services.
• Being quiet and thoughtful in a place of worship.
• Learning more about traditions.
• Study sacred texts.
• Listening carefully when others talk about their beliefs.
• Following family traditions during holidays or ceremonies.
• Saying kind words about others and their customs.
• Reverence Reflection: Discuss what it means to be reverent and how you practice being reverent in your daily life.

This requirement helps Webelos develop a deeper respect for the beliefs and traditions of themselves and others, fostering a respectful and inclusive attitude.

What is the My Family Adventure?

It’s an activity that helps Webelos learn about their family’s faith traditions, practice kindness, explore other faiths, and understand reverence.

Why do Webelos do the My Family Adventure?

It helps them learn about different beliefs, respect other cultures, and grow closer to their families.

What should Webelos make for the craft or food item in requirement 1?

They can make something simple that reflects a holiday or celebration from their faith, like a drawing, a homemade decoration, or a traditional food.

Can the act of kindness be done with a friend?

Yes, Webelos can perform acts of kindness alone or with others. The important part is to choose a kind act and do it.

How do we find information about a different faith for requirement 3?

You can read books, look up information online from trusted sources, or visit a place of worship.

What are some ways to show reverence in daily life?

Being quiet in a place of worship, being respectful when talking about others’ beliefs, or following family traditions during special times.

The My Family adventure helps Webelos learn about their own family’s faith traditions. This adventure includes four main activities. Each one teaches the Scouts about respect, kindness, and understanding.

First, Webelos talk with their families about their faith traditions. They pick three important holidays or celebrations from their faith. Then, they make a craft, artwork, or food that relates to one of these holidays. This activity helps Webelos understand and celebrate their family’s traditions.

Next, Webelos perform an act of kindness. This could be something small, like helping a neighbor, or something bigger, like a community project. The goal is to practice being kind and helpful to others.

Then, Webelos learn about a faith that is different from their own. With their families, they find two things that this faith has in common with their own beliefs. This teaches them about respect and appreciation for other cultures and religions.

Finally, Webelos discuss what it means to be reverent. They talk about how they show deep respect for people, places, and beliefs in their daily lives. This helps them understand the importance of reverence in their own lives and in their interactions with others.

The My Family adventure is about exploring faith and building respect. Webelos come away with a better understanding of their own beliefs and the beliefs of others. They also learn important values like kindness and reverence, which are important as they grow older.