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Please note this pages is the old requirements for this badge. New requirements were introduced in October 2006, but these requirements are still valid until December 2007.

Please visit the newer version of this page.

Beaver Scouts need to take part in a minimum of six Outdoor Activities, choosing at least one from each of the following areas:

• Scoutcraft

• An environmental activity

• A visit.

Some suggested activities:

Trekking and trailing

Beaver Scouts could:

• follow trails using icing sugar, string, smells, sawdust, sticks, lights, codes etc.

• go on a treasure hunt, or a "stop, look and listen" ramble

• mark their own trail using a code they have made themselves.

Ready to go

Beaver Scouts could:

• invite a Scout or Explorer Scout to show the Colony how they would pack their rucksack for camp - what they would take and why

• put up a tent with a Scout

• visit the Scouts at camp or the Cub Scouts on Pack holiday.

• attend a Sleepover.

Cooking

Beaver Scouts could:

• pack a balanced, healthy lunch box for an outing

• make shapes out of cold foods (dough, marzipan etc.)

• decorate cakes and biscuits.

Show how you care for the environment in your local community or the wider world Some suggested activities:

• Find out about the Country Code.

• Plant trees or flowers for the enjoyment of others.

• Recycle cans, bottles or paper and visit a recycling plant.

• Go on a litter pick.

There are hundreds of places you can visit with your Colony. You will need to decide what is safe and suitable for your Colony. Here are a few examples:

• a zoo

• a theme park/activity park

• a railway model/miniature railway

• a sports centre

• a Police Station

• a country park

• a recycling depot

• a Mosque

• an old people's home

• a Post Office

• a beach/seaside

• a race circuit

• a Scout District/County Area event

• a Lifeboat Station.