These are ideas from various sources to be used for:

  • An additional program at a troop meeting
  • Patrol meeting
  • Reinforce or to practice old skills
  • Review Tenderfoot/2nd/1st Class skills
  • Prepare for other activities. etc.

PROGRAM IDEAS – Approximately 5-15 Minutes

  • Show a movie on Scouting skills
  • Make a rope ladder
  • How to roll & break a flag
  • Tie some unusual knots (like a “Highwayman’s knot” or “running bowline”)
  • Make plaster casts of animal or bird tracks
  • Make Turk’s Head neckerchief slides
  • Do leaf printing
  • Make indoor pioneering models
  • How to pass a knife & axe
  • Make personal measurement cards
  • Sharpen knives & axes
  • Camping weights (guess the weight of various items, then add them up and see the weight of the total pack)
  • Collect various leaves and have a quiz on them
  • Show how to make a fire using batteries & steel wool
  • Play Kim’s Game
  • Practice whipping a rope
  • Paint totems & designs on packs, gear, etc.
  • Bandaging practice
  • Use estimation to the height & distance of a building or distance
  • Practice tying certain knots in the dark
  • Carve a patrol totem out of a bar of soap
  • Clean and cook a fresh fish
  • Try astronomy on a clear night
  • Play signal sink the ship at night using flashlights
  • Practice making snares
  • Patch & Sew up tents needing repair
  • Try making a fire by using flint & steel
  • Make a rope out of natural fibers
  • Climb an 18 foot rope
  • Construct a flagstaff from three Scout staffs using end-to-end lashings

If you have any additional ideas please submit them on the Contact page.