Cub and Scout Badges You Could Earn at Home

Did you know there are plenty of Cub and Scout badges to do at home? As well as earning badges with you at group events and meetings, your little adventurers can also take part in a range of activities to earn themselves a few badges while at home. Let’s see shall we?

Cubs Home Help Activity Badge

This might be a parent’s favourite. For this badge, your Cubs will need to show that they can keep things clean and tidy around the house. From cooking to sorting the washing and more. Here’s how they could earn it:

1. Plan, cook and serve a simple one-course meal.
2. Wash up afterwards.
3. Help sort out the washing. Load and unload the washing machine.
4. Iron at least two items.
5. Sew on a button.
6. Help to clean and tidy a living room.
7. Clean at least two items in your home.
8. Take sheets, pillow covers and the duvet cover off a bed and help to put clean ones on. Make your own bed for a week.

Cub Artist Activity Badge

It’s time for your Cubs to get creative with this one. Out of the following activities, your Cubs must choose three to complete to earn their badge at home. Here’s what they can pick from:

• Imagine an event, character or scene. Now draw it using a pencil, brush, pen or crayon.
• Design and make a greeting card.
• Make a poster advertising Scouting or a Cub Scout event.
• Design and make a decorated book cover.
• Draw or paint a picture of still life or a landscape.
• Make a display of photographs on a subject that interests you.
• Make a video on a subject that interests you.
• Design and build a model.
• Visit an art gallery.
• Make a model out of clay.

Digital Citizen Staged Activity Badge

We’re sure your Cubs can complete this in a heartbeat. Kids are fantastic with technology nowadays, so this is one of the best Cub Scout badges to do at home. Here’s how they can earn it:

• Show that you can:
  • turn on and log into a computer
  • use a piece of software, for example, email or a game
  • name the main parts of a computer system
  • connect a peripheral (for example a scanner or printer) to your computer and use it.
• Create a piece of digital media. It could be artwork, a photograph, music or animation.
• Use the Internet for research:
  • decide on an area of interest
  • find three websites with content that matches your area of interest
  • collect relevant information by printing or saving it as files
• Using your internet research, design a presentation and tell others about what you have found out. This could be an electronic or paper-based presentation

Scouts Astronomer Activity Badge

Now let’s see some of the Scouts badges to do at home. With this one, your Scouts will turn into astronomers, investigating the night sky and discovering its majesticness. Here’s what your Scouts will need to do to earn this badge at home:

1. Show what you know about the night sky and why the pattern of stars changes, night by night, throughout the year.
2. Learn the meaning of the terms celestial, equator, poles, circumpolar and zodiac.
3. Build a model of the solar system using everyday materials found in the home, such as different-sized fruit or sports balls. (Use an outside area to scale the solar system.)
4. Explain how the Moon affects the tides.
5. Build a telescope from two cardboard tubes or two A4 pieces of black card, and lenses. Compare what you can see through a telescope and what you can see with the naked eye.
6. Observe three constellations on a clear night and record what you saw.
7. Read a star map using a compass and red light. Compare the differences between using a star map and a normal map.
8. Learn how to identify a satellite. How do you tell it apart from an aeroplane, star, planet or meteor?
   Then complete these activities:
   1. identify a satellite to observe
   2. choose a clear night and use a clock and a compass to help you observe the satellite
   3. plan an evening with your Scout Group and teach others how to observe the satellite.

Scouts Hobbies Activity Badge

This one’s all about skill development. Just like at PGL, Scouts group focuses on the development of children while having fun, whether that’s personal development, learning new skills or anything else. Your Scouts will need to take part in a hobby (that they don’t already have an activity badge for) for a period of time to develop their skills. There are two ways they can these hobby Scout badges at home:

1. Option 1:
   1. Take up a hobby or interest that you do not already have an activity badge for.
   2. Keep a record of your hobby for at least four months.
2. Option 2:
   1. Make a collection or study of objects for at least four months.
      You could collect books or magazines, films, cards, key rings, figurines or similar.
   2. Talk to your Patrol Leader or your Troop about the collection or study you chose. Explain why you chose your objects and what you like about them.

Book your Cubs or Scouts adventure with PGL!

We hope that your group enjoys earning these Cubs and Scout badges to do at home! If you’re looking for an adventure and not already heading on a group residential trip with PGL, then take a look at what we have to offer. We have a range of trips to choose from, including Girlguiding residentials, Scout residentials, Youth Club & Trust residential, Other Uniform residentials and many more! You can even come to PGL to help your group work towards badges.

If you have any questions, get in touch with our friendly and experienced team today. They’ll be more than happy to help!