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Games for Boys
Traditional Outdoor Skills
Training in Tracking
Wide Games!
More Ambitious Than Typical Scout Games is the Wide Game (Field Game, or Cross-Country Game).
Indoor Games!
Ernest Seton's "Indoor Games"
Ernest Seton's "Council Games"
Baden-Powell's "Indoor Games"
Ripley's "Indoor Games"
Small space indoor Games collected for Disabled Boys
Games For Boy Scouts:
Including Selected WAR GAMES of the
YMCA and the Army and
Navy
Night
Scouting
 | Nearly 50 Night Camp Games! |
| Fun Night Scouting Activities |
| Outdoor Camping Skills for Boy Scouts |
| Getting Started at Night Scouting |
| Getting over Fear of the Dark |
| Telling Time and Direction by the stars |
| Night Eyes, Night Ears, and Night Nose! |
| Night Stalking and Night Hiking |
Camp Fire Programs
| Heart of the Camp |
| Lighting the Council Fire |
| Ceremonies Around the Camp Fire |
| Camp Fire Skits & Stunts |
| Stories, Songs, and Yells |
Campfire Stunts & Skits
Stunts are to Scouts what "Skits" are to Cubs. While most "Skits" are Merely Based on Puns, "Stunts" have their root in Vaudeville Routines.
Not all Stunts have to be funny, however. Found in this comprehensive collection are a number of inspirational Campfire Ceremonies to advance Scouting Ideals (For additional Stunts & Skits, see also the collection in Camp Fire Helps, below).
Activities for Older Scouts
How To Spin a
Rope:
Lariat Lasso Throwing, Rope Spinning,
& Trick Cowboy Knots
| How to Make a Lariat |
| How to Spin It |
| Trick Cowboy Knots |
| Types of Lariats & Their Care |
| Lasso |
Totem Poles
| The Lure of Totem Lore |
| Adaptations & Uses of Totem Poles |
| Materials & Tools |
| Essentials of Design |
| Steps in Carving Small Poles |
| The Story of the Pole |
| Authentic Totems Arranged by Tribes |
| Making your Own Patrol Totem |
| Use of Color |
| Suggestions for Winter Quarters |
| Craftsmanship Gifts, etc. |
| Brief history of Totemism |
| How the Canadian Government Saves its Totem Poles |
| The Totem Talks |
Native
American Scoutcraft
& Indian Lore
Universal
Indian Sign Language:
Online Dictionary!
Additional Games, Activities & Pastimes for Boys & Boy Scouts. Arranged by Seasons of the Year:
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| Winter Activities:
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Winter Camping &
Cold Weather Training:
| Activities & Recreation |
| Food & Water |
| Gear & Clothing |
| Health & Safety |
| Programs & Training |
| Sleep & Shelter |
| Snow & Ice |
| Travel & Navigation |
Kite
Making Plans:
A Collection of about 75 Kite Making Plans gathered from various sources, including 50 by Dan Beard.
The
Boy Pioneers
This is the Handbook for BSA Founder, Dan Beard's two pre-Scouting organizations, "The Boy Pioneers" and "The Sons of Daniel Boone."
The Birch Bark Roll
This is the Handbook for BSA
Founder, Ernest Seton's pre-Scouting
organization "The Woodcraft Indians."
Boy Scout Camping
Permission Slip
& Camping Equipment List