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Lion – Kindergarten
Mountain Lion
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 2

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Lion

Lion – Kindergarten
Mountain Lion
Outdoors
Required
Requirement 2

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt Lion

Snapshot of Activity

While on a walk play a scavenger hunt for things that are natural. 

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  • Cub Scouts need to bring their Lion handbook, page 9 
  • Crayons, enough to share 
  • Outdoor Scavenger Hunt worksheet from Additional Resources 
  • Printer  
  • Pencils, one for each Cub Scout 
  • Cub Scout Six Essentials (recommend using small youth-sized items)
    • Filled water bottle 
    • Whistle 
    • Flashlight 
    • Sunscreen, hat, sunglasses 
    • Trail mix 
    • Small first aid kit 

This outdoor walk can be done in any environment, it may be in an urban, suburban, or rural area.  It may be a local park or neighborhood.  It may be outside of your normal meeting location.  

Before the meeting: 

  1. Identify the area where you are going to take the walk.  Ensure that the area is safe and identify any hazards to avoid.   
  2. If the location is not your normal meeting place, give the address and directions to the families in your den. 
  3. Remind Cub Scouts and adult partners to bring their Cub Scout Six Essentials with them and to wear appropriate footwear.  
  4. Print a copy of the Outdoor Scavenger Hunt worksheet for each Cub Scout. 

During the meeting: 

  1. Check to see if everyone has their Cub Scout Six Essentials. 
  2. Tell everyone the route that will be followed for the walk. 
  3. Share any hazards that may be on the path and how to avoid them. 
  4. Inform the den that during the walk you are going to have a scavenger hunt.   
  5. Pass out the Outdoor Scavenger Hunt worksheet to each Cub Scout and tell them to check off the item on the sheet if they see it on the walk. 
  6. When the walk is over, have Cub Scouts draw in the Lion handbook on page 10 one thing they saw that one natural and one thing that was manmade.

Additional Resources

Outdoor Scavenger Hunt worksheet

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Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
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national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
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