How to earn your badge:

1. Learn how to care for an animal.

   Find out what the animal needs. Learn about its food, habitat, space, exercise and sleeping area.

2. Help to take care of that animal for four weeks.

3. Keep a note of how you have looked after the animal for four weeks.

   You can draw, take photographs or write short sentences.

4. Tell others in your Colony or Lodge about the animal.

How to earn your badge:

1. Design a cover for your favourite book.

   Tell your Colony, Lodge, Explorer Scout Young Leader or Beaver Leader why this book is your favourite.

2. Read at least six books.

   Books you have read on an e-reader count too.

3. Show that you know how to look after a book.

4. Make a bookmark and explain what bookmarks are for.

How to earn your badge:

1. Design a model of something you would like to build. The design can be on paper or a computer.

2. Make a list of all the things you are going to need to build your idea.

3. Build your idea using the things you need. Your model could be made using building blocks, gears or recycled items such as toilet roll tubes or cardboard boxes.

4. Explain to your Lodge Leader, Explorer Scout Young Leader or Beaver Leader how long your build took to finish, if anything went wrong and what you would change if you built it again.

How to earn your badge:

1. Spend at least six weeks making a collection.

2. Show your Colony or Lodge a sample of things from your collection.

3. Tell others in your Colony or Lodge about your collection.

   What is your collection? Why do you collect these things? What is your favourite thing from your collection?

How to earn your badge:

1. Find out what makes a balanced diet.

2. Find out about why being clean in the kitchen is important.

3. Learn about being safe in the kitchen.

4. Choose three dishes to prepare and cook.

   At least one dish should be savoury and one should be sweet.

How to earn your badge:

1. Find out why it’s important to wear safety equipment like a helmet, reflective clothing and lights.

2. Show how to put on and wear a cycle helmet correctly.

3. Show how to pump up a tyre.

4. Go for a short ride in a safe place.

How to earn your badge:

1. Decide where to explore.

   You could go to:

   • the seashore

   • a forest or park

   • woodland

   • a town

2. Think about what you expect to find.

3. Go on the exploration.

4. Tell other Beavers what you have discovered.

How to earn your badge:

1. Find out what happens to trees in each of the four seasons.

2. Learn what tools you need to garden and how to use some of the tools safely.

3. Find out what plants need to grow.

4. Help to look after a garden or allotment for two months.

   Alternatively grow at least three different plants in pots and look after them for two months.

5. Keep a record of what you have done and the changes you see.

   You could draw pictures, write short sentences and take photographs.

How to earn your badge:

1. Choose a hobby to take part in for at least six weeks.

2. Show that you have stuck with your hobby.

   Show what you know about your hobby and the skills you have learned.

3. Show and tell the Colony, your Lodge or leaders about your chosen hobby.

   Talk about what it is, why you enjoy it and what your favourite thing about it is.

How to earn your badge:

1. Skill

   1. Listen to a short tune of a couple of lines and then sing it back.

   2. Listen to another tune and then beat or clap out the rhythm.

2. Performance

   Sing or play two different types of song or tune on your chosen instrument – remember your voice is an instrument too. You must perform in front of other people, either in Scouting or at a public performance such as a group show or school concert.

3. Knowledge

   1. Demonstrate some of the musical exercises that you use to practice your skills.

   2. Talk about your instrument and why you enjoy playing it. Alternatively, you could talk about the songs you sing and why you enjoy singing them.

4. Interest

   Tell your assessor about the music that you most like to listen to.

How to earn your badge:

1. Show how to use a camera to take a good photograph.

2. Take 10 or more photos and show these to your Lodge or an adult.

   Why do you like these photos? What made you take them?

3. Make something using photos you have taken.

   You could make a:

   • card

   • calendar

   • poster

   • scrapbook

   • slideshow

How to earn your badge:

1. Play a team sport with the Beavers in your Colony.

   This could be a game of tennis, football, basketball, rounders, cricket, netball, rugby or volleyball.

2. Understand the rules of that sport.

3. Take part in a sport or physical activity regularly for at least six weeks.

   Why not sign up for a six session tennis programme? LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) are offering Scouts a 10% discount on their LTA Youth Start Programme.

4. Take part in a match, competition, show or pass an exam or achieve a grading for that sport.

5. Show your Lodge, Colony or Explorer Scout Young Leader the skills you have learnt and the equipment you need for your sport.

   Explain the rules of your sport.

How to earn your badge:

1. Learn the general safety rules for swimming (such as not diving into shallow water or not swimming on your own) and where it is safe to swim locally.

2. Show you know how to prepare for exercises such as taking part in a warm up.

3. Demonstrate a controlled entry, without using the steps, into at least 1.5 metres of water.

4. Swim 10 metres on your front.

5. Tread water for 30 seconds in a vertical position.

6. Using a buoyancy aid, float still in the water for 30 seconds.

7. Demonstrate your ability to retrieve an object from chest-deep water.

8. Perform a push and glide on both your front and back.

9. Swim 25 metres without stopping.

10. Take part in an organised swimming activity.