The Great Indoors Badge
The Great Indoors Badge

In Stage 2 you’ll create a regular routine for yourself, and see how what you have learned can support your community.
We've included some suggested activities for each requirement. Of course, they were designed for face-to-face Scouts, so you’ll probably need to make some tweaks. Take a look at the ‘Tips’, where we’ve put together some suggestions for how to adapt some of the common phrases you may encounter.
How to earn your badge:
Practical skills
Practise one practical skill that you can do from home every day for a week.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Tie a rabbit’s tale
Cubs (8-10½ years) Animal diary
Scouts (10½-14 years) It’s knot you, it’s me!
Explorers (14-18 years) Veggie bakes
Outdoor skills
Practise one skill that would help you to explore or survive in the outdoors every day for a week.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Tiny tippy taps
Cubs (8-10½ years) Focus on nature
Scouts (10½-14 years) Put it on the map
Explorers (14-18 years) Compass coding
Physical activity
Practise one physical activity every day at home for a week.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Heart rate relay
Cubs (8-10½ years) Happy hooping
Scouts (10½-14 years) Building balance
Explorers (14-18 years) Under your belt
Community engagement
Along with a responsible adult, talk to someone online about a local service or charity in your community that’s helping people affected by the spread of COVID-19.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Chatty charities
Cubs (8-10½ years) Distinguishing disability
Scouts (10½-14 years) Write a letter, make a difference
Explorers (14-18 years) Vlog or blog for better mental health
Social action
From your own home, do something that helps friends or family elsewhere in the country.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Postman pals
Cubs (8-10½ years) Five ways to wellbeing chatterbox
Scouts (10½-14 years) Better mental health for all performance
Explorers (14-18 years) Good deed discovery
International
Cook one traditional meal from another country.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Fully-fledged foodies
Cubs (8-10½ years) Perfect pizzas
Scouts (10½-14 years) Displaced cook off
Explorers (14-18 years) Displaced cook off
Creative
Take part in one creative activity every day at home for a week.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Cookies with character or Perform to inform
Cubs (8-10½ years) Best concert ever or Blast from the past
Scouts (10½-14 years) Fruit salad solar system or Weave goodbye to waste
Explorers (14-18 years) It’s knot you, it’s me! or Bedtime stories
Spiritual
Try one wellbeing technique that you haven’t tried before (such as meditation, mindfulness, yoga, prayer, etc) and practice it everyday for a week.
Suggestions:
Beavers (6-8 years) Promise hands
Cubs (8-10½ years) Link up
Scouts (10½-14 years) Build a wellbeing box
Explorers (14-18 years) Wellbeing sessions
Nights away
Take part in a night away at home, sleeping in a den or tent, indoors or in the garden – with someone else in your family.
Tips
May 2020.
Requirements can be adapted to suit each young persons abilities. See our guidance on flexibility.