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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.

Cub Scout Activities

Five secrets to successful Cub Scouting service projects

By Aaron Derr

Cub Scouts are never too young to learn the importance of giving back. Use these five tips to make your next project a success.

Cub Scout Activities

Just add action to make your next den meeting more productive

By Aaron Derr

Use these tips to help make the most of your next den meeting.

Cub Scout Activities

Tiger Cub Safari celebrates Cub Scouting’s youngest members

By Aaron Derr

Hear them roar! Tiger Cubs are the center of attention at this council event in California.

Advancement & Awards FAQs

Understanding BSA awards that help teach knife safety

By Aaron Derr

Learn more about the Whittling Chip, Totin’ Chip and Paul Bunyan Woodsman awards that address knife safety.

Cub Scout Corner

Communicate without talking at your next blue and gold banquet

By Scouting magazine

Programs, placemats and PowerPoint: How to communicate without talking at your next blue and gold banquet.

Cub Scout Activities

20 tips for planning and hosting the best Pinewood Derby

By Scouting magazine

With this leader’s guide to planning a top-notch Pinewood Derby, it’s all downhill from here.

Cub Scout Activities

New Cubmaster finds his way — and more — at orienteering event

By Aaron Derr

Directing a group of Cub Scouts as a Cubmaster can be full of twists and turns, sometimes quite frightening — but always incredibly rewarding.

Cub Scout Activities

How to host a Pinewood Derby workshop with your pack

By Scouting magazine

Learn how a Pinewood Derby workshop can help Scouts who come from less-than-crafty homes build their race cars.

Cub Scout Activities

Scheduling strategies to transform your pack’s next Pinewood Derby

By Mark Ray

Bracket-busting strategies to help make your next Pinewood Derby more efficient (and fun!) for all Scouts.

Cub Scout Activities

Keeping Pinewood Derby ‘dynamos’ under control on race day

By Scouting magazine

Readers answer one leader’s question about how to keep Cub Scouts occupied when they are done racing at a pack’s Pinewood Derby races.

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