The Webelos Badge requirements consist simply of earning the 5 "core" Adventure awards shown below and 2 additional "elective" Adventures selected from an optional list of 18. The specific requirements for the core 5 are listed below with an attached file below including all Webelos requirements and electives. These are of course also outlined with additional content in your Webelos Scout Handbook.
These awards are metal pin devices that are displayed on the Scouts Webelos Colors. Upon completion of these 7 Adventures, the Scout will have earned the highest award in Cub Scouting, the Webelos badge (shown at the top of this page) to be worn on his Scout uniform.
1. Webelos Adventure: Cast Iron Chef
Do all of these:
1. At an approved time in an outdoor location and using tinder, kindling, and fuel wood, demonstrate how to build a fire; light the fire, unless prohibited by local fire restrictions. After allowing the flames to burn safely, safely extinguish the flames
with minimal impact to the fire site.
2. Set personal nutritional goals. Keep a food journal for one week; review your journal to determine if the goals were met.
3. Plan a menu for a balanced meal for your den or family. Determine the budget for the meal. Shop for the items on your menu while staying within your budget.
4. Prepare a balanced meal for your den or family; utilize one of the methods below for preparation of part of your meal:
a. Camp stove
b. Dutch oven
c. Box oven
d. Solar oven
e. Open campfire or charcoal
5. Demonstrate an understanding of food safety practices while preparing the meal.
2. Webelos Adventure: Duty to God and You
Do either requirement 1 OR requirement 2.
1. Earn the religious emblem of your faith for Webelos Scouts.
2. Complete at least three of requirements 2a–2d:
a. Help plan, support, or actively participate in a service of worship or
reflection. Show reverence during the service.
b. Review with your family or den members what you have learned about your duty
to God.
c. Discuss with your family, family’s faith leader, or other trusted adult how planning and participating in a service of worship or reflection helps you live your duty to God.
d. List one thing that will bring you closer to doing your duty to God, and practice it for one month. Write down what you will do each day to remind you.
3. Webelos Adventure: First Responder
Do all of these:
1. Explain what first aid is. Tell what you should do after an accident.
2. Show what to do for the hurry cases of first aid:
a. Serious bleeding
b. Heart attack or sudden cardiac arrest
c. Stopped breathing
d. Stroke
e. Poisoning
3. Show how to help a choking victim.
4. Show how to treat for shock.
5. Demonstrate that you know how to treat the following:
a. Cuts and scratches
b. Burns and scalds
c. Sunburn
d. Blisters on the hand and foot
e. Tick bites
f. Bites and stings of other insects
g. Venomous snakebite
h. Nosebleed
i. Frostbite
6. Put together a simple home first-aid kit. Explain what you included and how to use each item correctly.
7. Create and practice an emergency readiness plan for your home or den meeting place.
8. Visit with a first responder.
4. Webelos Adventure: Stronger, Faster, Higher
Do all of these:
1. Understand and explain why you should warm up before exercising and cool down afterward. Demonstrate the proper way to warm up and cool down.
2. Do these activities and record your results:
a. 20-yard dash
b. Vertical jump
c. Lifting a 5-pound weight
d. Push-ups
e. Curls
f. Jumping rope
3. Make an exercise plan that includes at least three physical activities. Carry out your plan for 30 days, and write down your progress each week.
4. With your den, prepare a fitness course or series of games that includes jumping, avoiding obstacles, weight lifting, and running. Time yourself going through the course, and improve your time over a two-week period.
5. With adult guidance, lead younger Scouts in a fitness game or games as a gathering activity for a pack or den meeting.
6. Try a new sport you have never tried before.
5. Webelos Adventure: Webelos Walkabout
Do all of these:
1. Create a hike plan.
2. Assemble a hiking first-aid kit.
3. Describe and identify from photos any poisonous plants and dangerous animals and insects you might encounter on your hike.
4. Before your hike, plan and prepare a nutritious lunch. Enjoy it on your hike, and clean up afterward.
5. Recite the Outdoor Code and the Leave No Trace Principles for Kids from memory. Talk about how you can demonstrate them on your Webelos adventures.
6. With your Webelos den or with a family member, hike 3 miles (in the country if possible).
7. Complete a service project on or near the hike location.
8. Perform one of the following leadership roles during your hike: trail leader, first-aid leader, lunch leader, or service project leader.