To begin his path to the Tiger Cub Rank, a boy must do the following to earn
the Tiger Cub Totem:
Learn the Tiger Cub Motto: Search, Discover, Share
Learn the Cub Scout Sign
Learn the Cub Scout Salute
Once he earns the Totem, to earn the Tiger
Cub rank the Tiger Cub Scout must complete a Family Activity, a Den Activity,
and a "Go See It" Activity in each of five Achievement Areas:
Making My Family Special
Where I Live
Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
How I Tell It
Let's Go Outdoors
As he completes each Achievement, he is awarded
a bead which is hung from the Totem.
He earns a WHITE bead for each
required FAMILY Activity.
He earns an ORANGE bead for each
required DEN Activity.
He earns a BLACK bead for each
required GO SEE IT Activity.
Remember, there are NO performance requirements for a boy. Simply
participating and doing one's best in an activity constitutes completion.
Making My Family Special
1F - Family Activity Think of one chore you
can do with your adult partner. Complete it together.
1D - Den Activity Make a family scrapbook
1G - Go See It Activity Go to a library, historical
society, museum, old farm, or historical building, or visit an older person
in your community. Discover how family life was the same and how it
was different many years ago.
Where I Live
2F - Family Activity Look at a map of your community
with your adult partner.
2D - Den Activity Practice the Pledge of Allegiance
with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony.
2G - Go See It Activity Visit a police station or a
fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in
your community.
Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
3F - Family Activity a. With your family, plan a
fire drill then practice it in your home.
b. With your adult partner, plan what to do if you became lost or separated
from your family in a strange place.
3D - Den Activity Make a Food Guide Pyramid
3G - Go See It Activity Learn the rules of a game or
sport. Then, go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event.
How I Tell It
4F - Family Activity At a family meal, have each
family member take turns telling the others one thing that happened to him
or her that day. Remember to practice being a good listener while you wait
for your turn to talk.
4D - Den Activity Play "Tell It Like It
Isn't"
4G - Go See It Activity Visit a television station,
radio station, or newspaper office. Find out how people there communicate
with others.
Let's Go Outdoors
5F - Family Activity Go outside and watch the weather
5D - Den Activity With a crayon or colored pencil
and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing.
5G - Go See It Activity Take a hike with your den.
After completing the fifteen Achievements,
the Tiger Cub is awarded the Tiger Cub Patch. The patch is affixed to
the reverse side of the Tiger Cub Totem until he advances to the Bobcat Rank
and begins working on his Wolf Rank. At that point the Tiger Cub and Bobcat
Rank patches are sewn on the Blue Cub Scout Uniform shirt.
Also, after completing the achievements,
the Tiger Cub can be awarded Tiger Track Beads, which are YELLOW
disks attached to the Totem. One bead is awarded for each group of TEN
Electives the Tiger Cub completes. A boy can work on both Achievements
and electives concurrently, but he can't receive Tiger Track beads until he
has earned the Tiger Cub Badge.
Think of a time when your family celebrated something, and tell
the den about it and how it made your feel.
Make a decoration with your family or your den. Display it or give
it to someone as a gift.
With your family, play a card or board game, or put a jigsaw puzzle
together.
Make a frame for a family picture.
Make a family mobile.
Along with your adult partner, teach a song to your family or to
your den and sing it together.
Make a musical instrument and play it with others. The others can
sing or have instruments of their own.
Invite a religious leader from your place of worship to your home
or to your den meeting.
Help a new boy or girl get to know other people.
Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut-in person
with a chore.
Help collect food, clothing or toys for needy families with your
den or pack.
Make at least two cards or decorations and take them to a hospital
or long-term care facility.
Using US pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters, choose the correct
coins to make the following amounts.
Together with your adult partner, read a short story or a magazine
article.
Mix the primary colors to make orange, green and purple.
With your den, show or tell about something you like to collect,
OR tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity.
Make a model.
Sew a button onto fabric.
Learn a magic trick and show it to your family or den.
With your den, make up a PSA (Public Service Announcement) kit to
tell people about Tiger Cubs.
Make a puppet.
With your family or with your den, have a picnic -- indoors or outdoors.
Find out what kind of milk your family drinks and why.
Help the adult who is preparing the family meal to set the table
and clean up afterwards.
Make a snack and share it with your family or den.
With a toy phone, or a disconnected phone, practice making phone
calls and answering the telephone.
Talk to your adult partner about what to do if these things happened:
The adult who is caring for you becomes ill.
You are alone with someone who makes you feel
uncomfortable.
With your adult partner, check the batteries in the smoke detector
in your home or
another building.
· Talk with your adult partner about when you should use sunscreen.
Find out whether you have any in your home and where it is kept. With your adult
partner, look at a container of sunscreen and find out whether it still protects
you when you are wet. Also find out how long you are protected before you have
to put on more. Look for the expiration date and make sure the sunscreen is
not too old.
Plant a seed, pit, or greens from something you have eaten.
Learn about an animal.
Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors.
With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt.
With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity
and do it for one week.
Play a game outdoors with your family or den.
With your family or your den, go see a play or musical performance
in your community.
Take a bike ride with your adult partner.
Visit a bike repair shop.
Visit the place where your adult partner or another adult works.
Together with an adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity
on water.
Visit a train station, bus station, airport or boat dock.
Visit a zoo or aquarium.
Visit a veterinarian or animal groomer.
Visit a dairy, a milk-processing plant, or a cheese factory.
Visit a bakery.
Visit a dentist or dental hygienist.
Learn about what you can recycle in your community and how you can
recycle at home. Learn about things that need to be recycled in special ways,
such as paint and batteries.
Take a ride on public transportation, such as a bus or train.
Visit a government office such as the mayor's office, the state
capitol building, or a courthouse.
