CUB SCOUTS
Cub Scout Saturdays
Cub Scouts at the Tiger, Wolf, Bear, and Webelos ranks can learn about the natural world up-close while working toward a badge. Touch real specimens, learn about animal habitats, explore the environment, and ask lots of questions! Some programs take place both inside the Museum and outside on our nature trail, so scouts should dress appropriately for the weather – rain or shine. Dens have a choice of the following topics:
Tiger:
Basic Nature Electives
Wolf Badge Options:
Be an Artist
Growing Something
Start a Collection
Your Living World
Bear Badge Options:
Nature Crafts
Weather
Sharing Your World With Wildlife
Take Care of Your Planet
Art
Water & Soil Conservation
Webelos Badge Options:
Geologist
Forester
Artist
Naturalist
Engineering
Time: 10 – 11:30 a.m. or 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $10 per scout; $7 per adult.
There is a minimum of seven and maximum of 15 scouts (may be in combination with other groups). To maximize scout participation in the programs, no more than one adult per five scouts may attend. Other adults are welcome to stay and enjoy the Museum exhibits with paid admission or proof of membership.
Blue and Gold Banquets
One of the biggest events in a Cub Scout Pack each year is the annual Blue and Gold Banquet. We offer three exciting programs that can be brought to your event and are packed with live animals and amazing Museum specimens:
Reptiles and Amphibians
Creepy Crawlies
Endangered Species
Each program lasts approximately one hour and costs $250.
Cub Scout Overnights
Spend a night at the Museum and slumber near the dinosaurs, shell gallery, or African watering hole. Scouts tour exhibits, explore the Nature Nook, and participate in crafts and activities during the evening while working toward a designated badge within a specific theme (see below). Enjoy an evening snack and watch a nature film before changing into pajamas for “lights out” at 10 p.m. A light breakfast is provided.
Choose a theme for the whole pack while working toward specific badges in different ranks.
Birds: Wolf (Birds), Bear (Sharing Your World With Wildlife), Webelos (Naturalist)
Conservation: Wolf (Your Living World), Bear (Water and Soil Conservation)
Nature: Bear (Sharing Your World withWildlife), Webelos (Naturalist)
Collecting: Wolf (Start a Collection), Bear (Collecting Things)
Protecting Terra: Wolf (Your Living World), Bear (Take Care of Your Planet), Webelos (Naturalist and Engineer)
The Artistic Scout: Wolf (Be an Artist), Bear (Art), Webelos (Artist)
Tigers have mixed electives and can participate in any program.
Time: 6 p.m. – 8 a.m.
Cost: $35 per scout; $10 per adult. Minimum total cost of $450.
Cub Scout Late Nights
Unable to spend the night? Stay after hours for a Late Night. These three-hour programs include the same evening activities as the Overnights but without the sleepover. The Late Night themes are the same as for Overnights. An evening snack is provided.
Time: 6 – 9 p.m.
Cost: $15 per scout; $5 per adult. Minimum total cost of $225.
Registration
Spaces are limited! To register for an Overnight, Late Night, or Scout Saturday, please contact the Programs Coordinator at 302-658-9111, ext. 328, or vlong@delmnh.org.
Registration is required at least three weeks in advance with payment.
For Scout Saturdays and Workshops, there is a minimum of seven and maximum of 15 scouts (may be in combination with other groups). To maximize scout participation in the programs, no more than one adult per five scouts may attend. Other adults are welcome to stay and enjoy the Museum exhibits with paid admission or proof of membership.
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