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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.
Water Rescue Methods
Water rescue techniques 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…
Bear Necessities Den Meeting Plan
This Bear Necessities den meeting plan covers the requirements for the Bear Necessities adventure. The focus of this meeting is all about preparing for an outing. Going on the outing…
A Scout Is Thrifty
Scouts understand the value of money and other resources. Scouts know that by conserving resources, there will be enough for the future. Here are some ideas for the ninth point…
Dad’s Favorite Star Cookies Recipe
Star cookies are a favorite Christmas cookie. These are not very sweet. ZM and LC like to sprinkle these with colored sugar before we bake them.
Candy Corn Mix Recipe
Candy Corn Mix is a fun recipe for all of that Halloween candy corn. It tastes a little bit like eating a snickers bar.
Start Your Engines! Scouts BSA Nova Award (Technology) Helps and Documents
Start Your Engines! is the Scouts BSA Nova Award for investigating technology. To earn this award, Scouts must complete one of their technology related merit badges and learn about related…
Thank You Ceremony
This Thank You ceremony is based on one I found in some old program helps. It goes well with the older Cub Scouts Give Thanks supplemental program theme.
Draw the Solar System Worksheet
If you are working on an astronomy related achievement, a good place to start is by learning about the solar system. Here is a worksheet I created which will help…
Webelos Stronger, Faster, Higher Adventure: Cub Scout Helps and Ideas
Webelos explore how to stay fit while working on the Stronger, Faster, Higher adventure. They learn about the importance of warming up and cooling down. They do some basic fitness…
Outdoor Scavenger Hunt
Doing an outdoor scavenger hunt while hiking will help scouts really explore the world around them while they are walking. This post includes a suggested list in printable format.
Camping Packing List
One thing new scouts (and new leaders) often ask the first few times they go camping is “What do I need to bring?” This camping packing list will help. Download…
Mile Swim BSA
Scouts who swim a mile under the supervision of a certified BSA Aquatics Instructor may be presented with the Mile Swim BSA award. The patch is meant to be worn…
Merit Badge Checklist
This merit badge checklist could be used by a scribe to keep track of which Scouts have earned which merit badges or could be used by an individual Scout.
Bear Den Meeting Plan – Bear Claws: Pocketknife Safety and Soap Carving
This Bear den meeting plan covers most of the three requirements for the Bear Claws adventure. Bear Claws is all about pocketknives and whittling.
How to Reboot a Venturing Crew
Karah asks “Is there anything I can do to bring new life to the Crew? ” Readers, what are your ideas for breathing new life into a Crew?
Scouts and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Today’s youth must be familiar with the STEM areas – science, technology, engineering, and mathematics – to be prepared for the world of tomorrow. BSA programs offer many opportunities for…
Homemade Sports Drink Powder Recipe
Sports drinks like Gatorade or Power Aid are designed to replenish the water and salt your body loses when you are active or exercising. You can mix up your own homemade sports drink powder to accomplish this for…
Cooking on a Stick
The easiest method of cooking at camp might be cooking on a stick. No muss. No fuss. No cleanup. 🙂 So here are a few recipes and ideas for cooking…
Safe Swim Defense
Safe Swim Defense provides the steps which a BSA unit must take to safely participate in an activity which involves swimming.
Eraser Prints of Animal Tracks
I received an email from a Scouter Mom who was doing a nature station at a camp and wanted information about making eraser prints of animal tracks. Here is some…
Recruiting New Crew Members
Recruiting new Crew members presents some challenges. How can we reach youth and get them to try Venturing?
Webelos Cast Iron Chef Adventure: Cub Scout Helps and Ideas
Webelos learn about meal planning, budgeting, and shopping while working on the Cast Iron Chef adventure. They also prepare a nutritious meal and make a cooking fire. This adventure is…
Mountain Man Breakfast Casserole Recipe
Mountain Man Breakfast Casserole is a hearty breakfast recipe with meat, eggs, and hashbrowns. This recipe includes instructions for cooking outdoors with charcoal and indoors in an oven.
Scouts BSA Tenderfoot Rank Helps and Documents
Tenderfoot is the rank a Scout can earn after Scout. The requirements for Tenderfoot introduce the youth to the skills he or she needs to get started in Scouts BSA.
Service Hours Form
What should be on a service hours form for Scouts or units wanting to record their participation in service projects?
Firecracker Burgers Recipe
Scouts BSA and Venturers can make this one at camp or your Cub Scouts can help you make this for the Fourth of July to help fulfill their cooking requirements.
Dr. Charles H. Townes Supernova Award: Webelos Cub Scout Helps and Ideas
The Dr. Charles Townes Supernova Award can be earned by Webelos who want to learn more about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. To earn this award, Webelos must complete the…
April Pack Meeting Plan – Soaring the Skies (Reverent)
BSA has a Cub Scout pack meeting plan called Soaring the Skies related to Scout Law point of reverent. The Soaring the Skies meeting plan features ideas for the value…
Planning with Scouts BSA Youth Leadership
Help your youth leadership plan ahead by giving them a blank meeting plan template to fill in during their PLC meetings. Download a printable copy here.
Senior Patrol Leader Description and Self Evaluation
If you are new to Scouts BSA, it is important to understand what the different positions do. The Senior Patrol Leader is elected by the scouts to represent them as…
Your Vote Counts Cub Scout Theme (Citizenship)
BSA has a Cub Scout pack meeting plan called Your Vote Counts. The Your Vote Counts meeting plan features ideas for the value of citizenship – games, group activities, songs,…
Genealogy Requirements and Non Traditional Families
How do you do Cub Scout genealogy requirements when you have children from non-traditional families who may not know who their grandparents or even parents are?
Dutch Oven Breakfast Quiche
This Dutch oven breakfast quiche is an easy camp breakfast recipe for those who enjoy some eggs in the morning. I really enjoy Dutch oven recipes at camp because you…
Black Forest Dump Cake Recipe
There are lots of different dump cake combinations out there. Chocolate and cherries is one of my favorites.
Camping In Instead of Camping Out
We didn’t expect a tremendous turnout for January tent camping, but only 3 youth (2 of them my sons) and my husband signed up. So it had to be cancelled.
Plant a Pizza Garden
Spring is in the air! Get your Scouts out gardening. One way to get them interested in playing in the dirt and in healthy eating habits is to plant a…
Other Cub Scout Awards Helps and Documents
In addition to ranks and adventures, Cub Scouts can earn other awards, including Cub Scout Nova Awards and Supernova Awards, Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award, Cub Scout World Conservation Award,…
Build a Catapult with Depressors and Craft Sticks
When Scouts build a catapult, they can learn about physics and energy. An easy way to do this is with a small scale catapult.
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One of the Aims of Scouting is Character Development. One aspect of character development is learning to care for others. Through Scouting, young men and women learn to work to…
What If the Committee Is Acting as Scoutmaster?
A reader sent in this question: “What if the troop committee board is planning everything and the Scoutmaster is out of the loop?”
Pioneering Troop Program Feature for Scouts BSA
The Pioneering feature teaches Scouts how to build structures and gadgets using rope, spars, creativity, and knot skills.
