Tiger Cub Achievements

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To earn the Totem the Tiger Cub must learn:
  • Tiger Cub Motto: Search, Discover, Share
  • Cub Scout Sign
  • Cub Scout Salute

The Tiger Cub earns a WHITE bead for each required FAMILY activity.
The Tiger Cub earns a ORANGE bead for each required DEN activity.
The Tiger Cub earns a BLACK bead for each required GO SEE IT activity.
The Tiger Cub earns a YELLOW bead for every 10
electives they complete.

  Family Activity Den Activity Go See it Activity
1 - Making My Family Special 1F - Think of one chore you can do with your adult partner.
Responsibility
2D - Make a family scrapbook. 3G - 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.
2 - Where I Live 2F - Look at a map of your community with your adult partner. 2D - Practice the Pledge of Allegiance with your den, and participate in a den or pack flag ceremony.
Citizenship
2G - Visit a police station of a fire station. Ask someone who works there how he or she helps people in your community.
3 - Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe 3F -
  • With your family, plan a fire drill then practice it in your home.
  • With your adult partner, plan what to do if you became lost or separated from your family in a strange place.
3D - Make a Food Guide Pyramid
Health and Fitness
3G - Learn the rules of a game or sport. Then go watch an amateur or professional game or sporting event.
4 - How I Tell It 4F - At a family meal, have each family member take turns telling others one thing that happened to him or her that day. Remember to practice being a good listener while you wait your turn to talk.
Respect
4D - Play "Tell It Like It Isn't" 4G - Visit a television station, radio station, or newspaper office. Find out how people there communicate with others.
4 - Let's Go Outdoors
This achievement is also part of
Cub Scouting's Leave No Trace Award
5F - Go outside and watch the weather.
Faith
5D - With a crayon or colored pencil and a piece of paper, make a leaf rubbing. 5G - Take a hike with your den.
After completing the fifteenth Achievement, 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 Rack 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.

Electives

#1 - How Do You Celebrate Think of a time when your family celebrated something, and then tell the den about it and how it made you feel.
#2 - Making Decorations Make a decoration with your family or your den. Display it or give it to someone as a gift.
#3 - Fun and Games With your family, play a card game or board game or put a jigsaw puzzle together.
#4 - Display a Picture Make a frame for a family picture.
#5 - Family Mobile Make a family mobile.
#6 - Song Time Along with your adult partner, teach a song to your family or to your den and sing it together.
#7 - Play Along! Make a musical instrument and play it with others. The others can sing or have instruments of their own.
#8 - Your Religious Leaders Invite a religious leader or teacher from your place of worship to your home or to your den meeting.
#9 - A New Friend Help a new boy or girl get to know other people.
#10 - Helping Hands Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut-in person with a chore.
#11 - Helping the Needy Help collect food, clothing, or toys for needy families with your den or pack.
#12 - A Friendly Greeting Make at least two cards or decorations and take them to a hospital or long-term care facility.
#13 - Making Change Using U.S. pennies, dimes, nickels, and quarters, chose the correct coins to make the following amounts. (15 cents, 50 cents, 27 cents, 60 cents, 35 cents, and 59 cents)
#14 - Reading Fun Together with your adult partner, read a short story or a magazine article.
#15 - Our Colorful World Mix the primary colors to make orange, green and purple. (Primary colors are yellow, red and blue.)
#16 - Collecting and Other Hobbies With your den, show or tell about something you like or collect OR Tell your den about a favorite hobby or activity.
#17 - Make a Model Make a model.
#18 - Sew a Button Sew a button onto fabric.
#19 - Magic Learn a magic trick and show it to your family or den.
#20 - Get the Word Out With your den, make up a BSA skit to tell people about Tiger Cubs.
#21 - The Show Must Go On Make a puppet.
#22 - Picnic Fun With your family or with your den, have a picnic - outdoors or indoors.
#23 - What Kind of Milk? Find out what kind of milk your family drinks and why.
#24 - Help in the Kitchen Help the adult who is preparing a family meal to set the table and to clean up afterward.
#25 - Snack Time Make a snack and share it with your family or den.
#26 - Phone Manners With a toy phone, or a disconnected phone, practice making phone calls and answering the telephone.
#27 - Emergency Talk with 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.
#28 - Smoke Detectors With your adult partner, check the batteries in the smoke detector in your home or another building.
#29 - Safety in the Sun 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 ho 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.
#30 - Plant a Seed Plant a seed, pit, or green tops from something you have eaten.
#31 - Learn About Animals Learn about an animal.
#32 - Feed the Birds Make a bird feeder and then hang it outdoors.
#33 - Cleanup Treasure Hunt With your den or family, play Cleanup Treasure Hunt.
#34 - Conservation With your adult partner, think of a way to conserve water or electricity and so it for one week.
#35 - Fun Outdoors Play a game outdoors with your family or den.
#36 - See a Performance With your family or den, go see a play or musical performance in your community.
#37 - Take a Bicycle Ride Take a bicycle ride with your adult partner.
#38 - Bicycle Repair Visit a bicycle repair shop.
#39 - Go to Work Visit the place where your adult partner or another adult works.
#40 - Fun in the Water Together with your adult partner, go swimming or take part in an activity in water.
#41 - Transportation Visit a train station, bus station, airport, or boat dock.
#42 - Fun at the Zoo Visit a zoo or aquarium.
#43 - Pet Care Visit a veterinarian or an animal groomer.
#44 - Dairy Products Visit a dairy, a milk-processing plant, or a cheese factory.
#45 - Fresh Baking Visit a bakery.
#46 - Healthy Teeth and Gums Visit a dentist or dental hygienist.
#47 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle 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.
#48 - Go for a Ride Take a ride on public transportation, such as a bus or train.
#49 - Your Government Visit a government office such as the mayor's office, the state capital building, or a courthouse.
#50 - Banking Visit a bank.