Scouts outdoor games

My sons have marbles and they play against each other. All you need is a shooter, some marbles, and…. Kick the Can Kick the can is a classic game which combines tag and hide and go seek. This is a great wide area game for a large group. Use it as an…. Spud Game This Spud game works well for a group of 8 to 10 Scouts. This goes with my Classic Outdoor Games theme. Capture the Flag Capture the Flag is a great game for a large group. Cub Scouts can play it also. Make It Fun. They then stand up their fly and adjust the tension of the ropes.

When the dining fly is properly erected, all patrol member stand underneath. Add points for excellent team work and deduct points for incorrectly tied knots. On signal, the first Scout runs up and cuts one sliver on the stick, lays the knife down, and runs back to tag the next Scout, and so on.

Slivers should be at least an inch long. Twenty slivers, all attached, complete the fuzz stick. LIFELINE RELAY wide, in or out View Video — Materials: for each patrol, one foot rope with a bowline tied on one end just large enough for a Scout to slip over their wrist, a 5-foot board rows of chairs can be used in lieu of the boards — Method: Position the boards horizontally on the ground as targets, ten feet apart and about 45 feet from the throwing line.

Patrols line up in relay formation behind the throwing line facing their targets. Holding the coil, they toss the rope at the target.

SLOPPY CAMP small, in or out — Materials: a simple camp setup dining fly, tent and fireplace with many things wrong—tent flaps open, boots left outside tent, ax on the ground, bow saw unsheathed, glass jar in the fireplace, no fire buckets, firewood unsorted and uncovered, trash on the ground, dirty pot on camp table, poorly set tent pegs, guylines at wrong angles, wrong knots on guylines, etc.

The Scouts are permitted to touch what they see, but must replace objects exactly as they found them. Each patrol then huddles to come up with a list of wrong things. On signal, the first Scout in each patrol walks up to the chopping block, lays their matchstick on the chopping block with the head away from them, and takes three strokes with the ax to split the match.

When they have taken three strokes or fewer if they split the match sooner , they carefully replace the ax on the chopping block, walk back to their patrol, and tag the next Scout in line, who repeats the procedure.

This continues until all patrol members have had three strokes. This is not a race. They tie one length of twine between the sticks, 12 inches off the ground, and the other one 18 inches off the ground. Each patrol gathers native tinder and firewood. On signal, two representatives selected by each patrol build a fire lay not higher than the lower string and light it. Youth group activity, whether scouting or not, needs to be challenging, fun, and new - don't use your same old games over and over.

Try something new today. We have jousting, swords fights, mace battles, a castle siege, tower climb, pugal sticks, knights quiz and challenge, troop movements, grail search and other activities. Wrap with pipe insulation foam and duct tape. Let your imagination go wild. Use football or baseball helmets for protection.

He did Shooting Sports hiking fishing and didn't receive any recognition for his efforts in any of this. It's my understanding that they have done away with a sports and academics belt loop program and it was replaced with the badges with a pen for the event that they were participating in or have earned.

What is going to be the replacement for the badges now or has anybody come up with any ideas yet? You could also take a look at the Cub Scout Outdoor Activity Award requirements by attending a day camp, he has already fulfilled one of the requirements : www. You would need to talk to your pack's leadership to find out if they have anything like that. We have an event scheduled for September of called "Knights Quest". My son participated in Cub Scout Day Camp this year.

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