Troop Meeting Activities

Interested in a special troop activity?  Talk to your Senior Patrol Leader. 

Common Troop Activities 

Troop Meetings

Troop 4060 holds weekly Troop meetings on Wednesdays, opening ceremony is at 6:30pm.  Many Scouts enjoy preopening activities and games starting at 6:15pm.    Meetings are Scout planned and Scout led and typically include opening ceremony, group instruction, skills instruction, patrol meetings, games (or challenge), and a closing ceremony concluding the meeting at 8:00pm.  

• Troop  Leader Resource - Troop meetings

Basic Scout Skills

• Knife and Axe Skills

  • Troop Resources - Woods Tools 

• Fire Starting 

  • Troop Resources - Fire Building 

  • Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

• Pioneering 

  • scoutpioneering.com 

  • Troop Resources - Pioneering Skills 

  • Pioneering Merit Badge

• Knot Tying

• • Troop Resources - Basic Knots 

  • Troop Resources - Lashings 

  • Pioneering Games and Challenges 

    • A-Frame Chariot Race (square lashing)

    • Catch the Snapper (round lashing)

    • Crossing the Alligator Pit (square lashing, shear lashing)

    • Everyone on the Tripod (tripod and square lashing)

    • Flagpole Race (round lashing)

    • Ladder Building (square lashing)

    • Lift Seat Procession (floor lashing)

    • Reactor Transporter (tripod and square lashing)

    • Roman Chariot Race (square lashing)

    • Scout Stave Launcher (square lashing)

    • Self-Standing Flagpole Challenge (square lashing)

    • Snake Race (shear lashing)

• Navigation Skills

  • Troop Resources - Navigation and Measurements 

  • Orienteering Merit Badge

  • Geocaching Merit Badge

• First Aid

  • Troop Resources - Basic First-Aid 

  • First Aid Merit Badge

• Outdoor Ethics

  • We have both adults and Scouts qualified to teach Leave No Trace and Outdoor Ethics courses

  • Scouts BSA Outdoor Ethics

  • Leave No Trace

Scout Games & Challenges

• Scout Skill Challenges

• Team Building Activities

• Patrol Games 

• Troop Games 

• Activities Index 

• boyscouttrail.com/boy-scouts/boy-scout-games.asp 

Merit Badges

• Merit Badge Classes and Resources

• BSA Merit Badges

Special Skills Instruction/Training 

• How to pack for a camping trip

• How to Hike/Backpack and what to Pack

• How to Canoe and how to pack

• Winter camping safety and techniques

• Basics of Biking

• Firearm safety

Outings

• Regular Troop Meetings don't need to be regular and should never be boring 

• Consider a Hike or outing to a local Entertainment Venue 

Other Activities

Other Activity Ideas