Cub Scouts Pioneer Activity Badge

Cub Scout Pioneer Activity Badge

How to earn the badge:

1. Make your own rope, perhaps using a rope machine or working with a friend.

2. Tie a simple lashing.

3. Show how you would:

• tie three different knots, such as a reef, figure of eight, sheet bend or bowline
• make one hitch, such as a clove hitch, round turn and two half-hitches or a cow hitch.

4. Take part in a knot game.

5. Build an indoor pioneering project using simple knots and lashings.

Top tips:

A leader will be able to find knot games and activities involving making rope on the Scouts activities page.