Pebble Patch
Camp award · Camp-wide · 2027
Draft: may still change
Pebbles reward Scouts for trying things around camp beyond their merit badge classes. Each pebble has a short list of things to do.
- The Burning Spirit: attend the Friday night campfire, help your troop with a skit, and have something branded
- Outdoorsman: help make a pioneering project, learn one lashing, and teach it to your Scoutmaster
- Climbing: complete a climb and a rappel, and tie a water knot and teach it to another Scout
- Kayaking: go kayaking, use all safety equipment, and follow all of the rules
- International Scouting: attend the international presentation, talk to someone who has scouted internationally, and learn the flags of five countries with Scout organizations
- Mountain Boarding: go mountain boarding, don't get hurt, and complete a J turn
- Handi with the Crafts: make a Handicraft project, a paracord craft, and a lanyard
- Citizenship: help raise or lower the colors in your campsite, and demonstrate and teach how to fold the American flag
- Archery: shoot a round, obey the range safety rules, and hit the target
- Mountain Biking: ride the moderate course with a buddy, wearing your helmet
- Weekly Camper: stay all week, earn a merit badge, and live like a good Scout
- Happy Feet: complete an official camp hike with lots of water and a buddy
- Outdoor Cooking: cook food in your campsite, invite a staff member to join you, and eat what you made
- Marksman: shoot rifle or shotgun, obey range safety rules, and shoot five groups of five
- Iron Man: compete in the Iron Man competition, give it all you've got, and have fun
- Geocached: complete an official camp geocache, sign the log, and put it back where you found it
- Skull & Cross Bones: did you think you were going to die, but didn't?
- River Rat: go whitewater rafting, brave the rapids, and steer together as a team
- First Aid: learn a new first aid skill, attend a health and safety merit badge or CPR/first aid training, and teach a skill to another Scout
- Naturalist: follow Leave No Trace, and go on a nature hike or do a Nature conservation project
- The Angler: get a camp fishing permit and fish for at least 30 minutes total
- The Aquaman: complete the BSA swimmer test, and bring a towel and a buddy to an aquatics event
- Who
- Scouts and adults
When it meets
There's no set time. Scouts earn it during their week at camp.