Cub Scouting

Geared for boys and girls in kindergarten through fifth grades — or ages 5 to 10 — Cub Scout activities teach positive citizenship lessons and help establish young boys’ sense of belonging. These Cub Scout activities include learning the Cub Scout Promise, the Law of the Pack, and the Cub Scout sign, handshake, and motto — in addition to engaging indoor and outdoor learning adventures.

What Would You Do: Advice on Recruiting Leaders
Cub Scout Leadership

How to recruit Cub Scout leaders

By Michael Freeman

Scouter S.B. needs help—literally. Plenty of boys want to join the Cub Scout pack at his church, but few parents are willing to serve as leaders. He wants to know how to engage uninterested parents.

Camping

Connecting Cub Scouts to their new pack

By Scouting magazine

Units like Pack 160 in Burton, Mich., know how to both recruit and retain members. The secret, says Cubmaster Julie Rencsak, is to get families to camp as quickly as possible.

Cub Scout Activities

Why outdoor crossover ceremonies make sense

By Scouting magazine

You don’t have to go somewhere special to have a great outdoor crossover ceremony. Just about any natural area will do—maybe even the grounds around your regular meeting place. The key is to do it outside.

Blue And Gold Banquet
Cub Scout Activities

Make your blue and gold banquet enjoyable

By Mark Ray

The biggest Cub Scout event of the year doesn’t have to be the longest. After all, families shouldn’t have to bring a late-night snack to survive their pack’s annual blue and gold dinner.

Cub Scout Leadership

Hail to the Chief

By Scouting magazine

Secrets for creating the real leaders of your den.

Cub Scout Activities

How Cub Scouts earn loops, pins and letters

By Scouting magazine

Boys learn about dozens of academic subjects and sports through the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program—and earn belt loops and pins as they improve skills.

Cub Scout Leadership

Plug Into the Network

By Scouting magazine

Why hooking up with the homeschooled can boost your pack.