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Fun Webelos Games

Webelos is the highest level of the Cub Scouts program. Boys ages 7 through 11 can participate in Cub Scouts, which involves playing games and completing activities related to the Cub Scout principles and mission. Some outdoor games can be played for fun, while other games help teach teamwork and other important skills.

Rope Games
- Ropes are used in Cub Scouts for tying knots and practicing rescue techniques. You can create a relay game, dividing a den into two teams. Give each member of the team a piece of rope and have the teams race to tie all of their pieces of rope together using a square knot or another type of knot. Simulate a rescue by giving a Cub Scout a coil of rope. Place a blanket on the ground and have the other den members sit on it to represent people drowning in water. Give each child five minutes to use the rope to save as many people as possible.
Water Games
- As part of Webelos, boys learn about water safety and spend time outdoors participating in water-related activities. You can hold relay races while teaching boys swim strokes, having them race against one another to see who can cross the pool first while doing the backstroke, breaststroke or butterfly. Or you can play a water version of tug-of-war by having two boys grab opposite ends of a foam kick board. Have the boys begin kicking in the water, attempting to push the other boy backwards. The first one to push the other backwards wins the game.
Sensory Games
- Webelos must learn how to use their senses for outdoor survival. To help hone their auditory senses, you can play a game of catch the thief. Place a ring of keys in a metal bowl. Sit a chair over the bowl and have a scout sit in the chair blindfolded. The other scouts must stand in a circle around the chair. The leader says "the thief is coming" and one of the scouts quickly grabs the keys from the bowl. The blindfolded scout must correctly point in the direction of the scout who stole the keys or the game begins again. If he points correctly, the person who took the keys is "it."
Communication Games
- You can help scouts learn communication skills by holding a scavenger hunt where scouts must decode Morse code, hieroglyphics or sign language to get to the end of the hunt. Challenge scouts to create their own codes to solve using common symbols. You can also play a game of charades where Webelos must act out a well-known movie, story or event using only hand gestures and symbols.

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