Summer time Pack activities

Summertime Pack Activities

I know its hard in the summer to plan around family vacations, summer school and general life. It's also kind of important. 

The boys can earn some of their requirements to help them get a head start and they can earn the National Summertime Pack award.

To get this award, you have to participate in a pack activity one time a month in June, July and August. I would suggest to Pack Leaders to schedule more than one activity per month so all the kids have a chance at this. We had, literally, 1 activity per month. And we missed the August one due to forgetfulness on my part. 

And Cubmasters, you can choose activities that are really cheap or free.

In 2016, we went to the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center as a pack. It was free! 

We hiked and they had a center of discovering local wildlife. 

For Wolves, we got to finish a lot just from the hike alone;

1. Call of the Wild: Requirement 3, 7A, 7B

Paws on the aAth: Requirement 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ( could have done 6 but forgot that one),  and 7

That is alot just from one Summer time Hike. Make sure the boys have water and stay hydrated! 

Another adventure we did was meet at an Airplane museum. This place was pretty cool!

Houston Wing CAF. was a nice and informative place. There were people flying in and out all the time. The kids loved learning about the planes. But it was hot ( Houston in Summer is like 100 plus degrees!) And we forgot to bring water, thinking it would be mostly inside. It's like a hanger for planes, so it gets hot. Kids outside were hiding under plane wings, trying to get some shade.  Oh, and this place was free too!

Our 3rd pack thing we had, in August, was a picnic that the pack put together. No pics, sorry. But we did recruit 2 new kids just from that. Oh, and a lot of our older scouts went to a Houston Astros game too in the summer. Parents had to pay for themselves.

Here are some good rules for packs. 

1. When planning something, plan ahead, not last minute.

2. For summer activities: pack pays for one, make one free and make one cheap for parents. 

Here are some Free activities that you can do: 

water balloon fights, water gun fights, swim party at someones pool, hike with pack, check out small museums that appreciate donations, Fire department visit, police officer visit, a pack sports game like tug a war or football, the list can go one!

Cheap activities: 

Bowling, sports games, picnic at the park, skating ring ( yes they still have those), or look on your local area council page for some scout days

Parents pay:

You can go to a planetarium, a museum, scout days again, nerf gun wars,over nighters at places like a battleship or baseball fields,  the list is long

So ya'll have a great summer and hope it is packed full of fun!