Badges at Home! 

Beaver Scout Animal Friend Badge, We also visit pets at home for this badge.

1. Learn how to care for an animal, Find out what the animal needs. Learn about its habitat, space, exercise and sleeping area.
2. Help to take care of that animal for four weeks
3. Keep a note of how you have looked after the animal for the four weeks.
4. Tell others in your colony about the animal

1. Even though there are lots of computer games and things that show you what its like to care for an animal, these won’t count for the badge. You will need to learn to take care of a real, live animal.
2. You can include looking after wild animals such as birds for this badge if you do not have a pet at home. Caring for them would include feeding them and looking after a bird bath for example
3. Using the worksheet keep a note of how you have taken care of the animal this could include takins photographs or writing short sentences. Once you have handed in your worksheet your leaders will get to show us at one of our sessions.

• Download and fill in the Animal Friend Worksheet and hand it into your section leader.

1. Design a cover for your favourite book. - Tell your Colony, Lodge, Explorer Scout Young Leader or Beaver Leader why this book is your favourite. 
2. Read at least six books. - Books you have read on an e-reader count too.
3. Show that you know how to look after a book.
4. Make a bookmark and explain what bookmarks are for.

1. Spend at least six weeks making a collection.
2. Show your Colony or Lodge a sample of things from your collection.
3. Tell others in your Colony or Lodge about your collection.

   What is your collection? Why do you collect these things? What is your favourite thing from your collection?

• This worksheet is used in conjunction with our Book Reader Activity session, some of the activities for this badge will take place at a Beaver Session.
• Download and fill in the Book Reader Worksheet and hand it into your section  leader.