WEBELOS Rank Advancement
Here’s How to Help Your Scout Advance!
Fourth grade Scouts seeking to earn the Webelos rank do even more exciting indoor and outdoor activities at a level beyond the earlier Cub Scout years. (“Webelos” stands for “WE’ll BE LOyal Scouts”)
To earn the Webelos badge, a Scout must complete six required adventures, plus two elective adventures from among the 20 electives in the Webelos Handbook.
- The National Resource page for Webelos Adventures is here. Each Adventure page there lists the Requirements and shares a selection of “Activity Cards” that could be used to complete each Requirement.
- For more resources, see this AAC District Page for Webelos. Each Adventure page there has videos and links to help learn the Adventure topic plus “Assembled” Den Meeting Plans that take the Requirements and/or National activity ideas that are fun, simple and easy and put them into Den Meeting Plans you can use. Word versions of those plans are attached below if you would like to edit to fit your Den.
Required Rank Adventures
Bobcat Webelos
Character & Leadership
Webelos Walkabout
Outdoors
Stronger, Faster, Higher
Personal Fitness
My Community
Citizenship
Elective Rank Adventures
After finishing the requirements for an adventure, the den leader, rather than a parent, approves most of the adventures, unless the den leader delegates that role (den leaders are encouraged to recruit parents and other adults in the Cub Scout’s family to help with all den adventures, including supervision sign off on Webelos requirements). For each adventure completed, Scouts can receive a pin to wear on the “Cub Scout Adventure colors” or on their hat.
Click here for information on Cub Scout Uniform options – but check with your Cub Scout Pack to find out what the expectations are (because “A Scout is Thrifty”).