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Home Base Camp
Thank you to the Bay Lakes Council for developing the concept and gathering resources!
Scouting @ Home Concept
As the Coronavirus pandemic has resulted in the closure of schools in our council, it is our intent to provide a means for parents and youth to enjoy age or grade appropriate character building activities and projects at home. It is our hope that the whole family will find resources to put some of their at-home “downtime” to good purpose. Non-Scouts, as well as Scouts, are encouraged to participate and should equally enjoy the selection of activities provided.
How to Use This Resource
The general public is welcome to use this as an activity resource free of charge. If your children are not registered in the Scouting program, print, and use our Certificate of Achievement to unofficially recognize them as they complete the various adventures or tasks. For background information, knowledge, and information to help your children to complete the Adventure Requirements, feel free to simply research things on the web. This in itself is a worthwhile activity under your supervision. Electronic Cub Scout and Scouts BSA Handbooks are available online for purchase — but do not feel like you need purchase them. To find a Scout Group near you visit BeAScout.org
Activities
We are starting off with the basics….like the core adventure requirements for each Cub Scout age group. As time passes, we will add elective adventures and other activities and resources to this website to keep people engaged and coming back for more.
Non-Scouting families are encouraged to participate in the provided Activities free of charge, and parents are encouraged to print, label, approve, and present to their children a Certificate of Completion for each Adventure or task list completed. Many of the activities provided are are taken from the Cub Scout, and Scouts BSA Advancement program for both boys and girls.
Parents of registered Cub Scouts and registered Scouts BSA members should contact their unit leaders to coordinate efforts regarding your child’s advancement credit. Advancement related requirements in the Cub Scout programs have been adapted in this resource so that requirements can be completed safely at home, so they do vary a small bit from the BSA Advancement Program as written.
Activity Instructions
Scouting @ Home Certificate of Achievement Award
Get a Home Base Camp patch!
For Cub Scout Members and Youth in Grades K-5
Adventures for boys & girls in Kindergarten
Adventures for boys and girls in 1st Grade
Adventures for boys and girls in 2nd Grade
Adventures for boys and girls in 3rd Grade
Adventures for boys and girls in 4th and 5th Grade
Other Activities & Resources for Boys and Girls in Grades K-5
Hundreds of activities from Scouts UK
Adventure Bingo for Cub Scouts PDF
30-day Cub Scout Challenge (all ranks)
Social Isolation Daily Schedule for Scouting Families (pdf of the image below)
Cub Scout Skills Videos
Coming soon!
You can help with additional Cub Scout Skill videos!
If you are an adult and have expertise in a Scout skill that you would like to share - this is your opportunity at being an internet sensation! While there are no meetings going on, this could be your "one hour a week" for Scouting project.
How this will work:
By participating in this project, you agree:
Scouting at Home
Our foundation is one of always being prepared.
Nothing can stop us. We are Scouts.
A Virtual Roundtable is an online session designed to share knowledge, insights and experiences among Scouting members. Content is focused on a specific topic of interest or concern.
Join us on Thursday, April 9 at 7:00 pm for the Northern Lights Council's first ever "council-wide" virtual roundtable. You need to click here to register to participate and instructions will be emailed to you before the meeting starts.
The topics for this roundtable will be Scouting at Home, conducting Virtual Scout meetings and Program Planning for the fall and next year.
Thank you to our friends at Northern Star Council for the video above.
If you find that hair ties are too tight, you can use rubber bands instead.
Support Home Base Camp!
Take the opportunity to support the Northern Lights Council programming like Home Base Camp. Consider making a tax-deductible donation to Scouting. A gift of as little as $5.00 helps to support Home Base Camp. Click on Donate Now to make a gift.
National BSA Resources
Download the Boys' Life app and read issues for Free!
References Needed for the Completion of Some Adventures
The Cub Scout Motto
Do Your Best!
The Cub Scout Sign
Hold your right arm up straight and make the “peace” sign.
The Cub Scout Salute
Use when you are in uniform to salute the American Flag. Make the Cub Scout Sign, then place your index and third finger together. Place the tip of your index and third fingers to the edge of your right eyebrow.
The Cub Handshake
Um, let’s not practice this one for now
The Scout Oath
On my honor, I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.
The Scout Law
A Scout is:
Trustworthy,
Loyal,
Helpful,
Friendly,
Courteous,
Kind,
Obedient,
Cheerful,
Thrifty,
Brave,
Clean,
and Reverent
Merit Badges
Below are merit badges that can be worked on from home. As always, check with your Scoutmaster for approval before starting a new merit badge. Most of these will require online research during this time, so be sure you have completed your Cyber Chip first. Remember some requirements require supervision, so ask a parent or counselor about these before you start.
No outside requirements:
American Business; Animation; Basketry; Collections; Electricity; Electronics, Energy; Entrepreneurship; Family Life; Fingerprinting; Genealogy; Home Repairs; Model Design and Building; Nature; Painting; Personal Fitness; Personal Management; Photography; Plumbing; Programming; Reptile and Amphibian Study; Wood Carving
Can be done with no outside requirements (depending on options chosen):
American Heritage; Animal Science; Archaeology; Astronomy; Bird Study; Chemistry; Citizenship in the World; Coin Collecting; Digital Technologies; Drafting; Emergency Preparedness; Leatherwork; Moviemaking; Nuclear Science; Pets; Pulp and Paper; Railroading; Reading; Robotics; Safety; Sculpture; Soil and Water Conservation; Stamp Collecting; Sustainability; Textile
Has requirement(s) that would eventually have to be completed outside:
American Labor; Bugling; Composite Materials; Cooking; Dog Care; Fire Safety; Gardening; Medicine; Public Health; Radio; Signs, Signals, and Codes; Weather
Religous Emblems Program
Available to Members of the Boy Scouts of America
A Scout is reverent. He is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion.
To encourage members to grow stronger in their faith, religious groups have developed the following religious emblems programs. The Boy Scouts of America has approved of these programs and allows the emblems to be worn on the official uniform. The various religious groups administer the programs. Check with your local council service center or contact the religious organization directly to obtain the curriculum booklets.
More information about Religious Emblems Programs
Scout Skills Videos
Coming soon!
You can help with additional Scout Skill videos!
If you are an adult and have expertise in a Scout skill that you would like to share - this is your opportunity at being an internet sensation! While there are no meetings going on, this could be your "one hour a week" for Scouting project.
How this will work:
By participating in this project, you agree:
