What is a Scout-O-Rama?

Fun for the whole family!  For Scouts and non-Scouts alike!
A Scout-O-Rama is a huge, interactive, hands-on "Scouting Experience" where individual Scouting units — Cub Scout Packs, Boy Scout Troops and Venture Crews — create and operate a display "booth" to give the general public a sense of the excitement and adventure of Scouting. Units develop the idea for a hands-on activity that would give visitors a chance to actually "do" Scouting — whether it be learning how to make ice cream in coffee cans, climbing over a lashed rope monkey bridge or finding out more about how to cook a meal using no pots or pans. All this, and so much more, could be the focus of a unit's Scout-O-Rama display booth.

What Should Our Unit Do At Scout-O-Rama?

The sky's the limit as to what your unit does as your interactive, hands-on activity during Scout-O-Rama – but, remember, make it something that youth, age 6 to 19, and their families would want to do, and probably could not do, except at Scout-O-Rama.

Here are Some Ideas:

(Actual activities will be announced as units sign up.  These are representative examples)

Rope monkey bridge	Lashing a signal tower	Fire bucket relay
Raingutter Regatta racing	Cubmobile building	Coffee Can Ice Cream
Knots	Demonstrate proper backpack techniques	Fishing
First Aid	Dutch Oven Cooking	Fingerprinting
Signaling	Face Painting	Native American Art
Cycling	Caving	Crafts
Leatherworking	Utensil-less Cooking	Backpacking
Skateboarding	Leave No Trace Camping	High Adventure
Play chess	Flag pole lashing and raising	Heritage hike
Demonstrate safe kayak usage	Conduct a blind hike	Plant seedlings
Host a knot tying relay	Organize a string burning contest	Remote clove hitch tying
Topographic map reading	Map reading demonstration	Flag folding demonstration
Rocketry demonstration	Utensil-less cooking demonstration	Fly fishing demonstration
Historic trail hike	Signaling demonstration	Foil Pack Cooking demonstration
Disability Awareness trail	Wheel chair basketball	First Aid Demonstration
Water rocket demonstration	Stack the nails game	Leave no trace demonstration
COPE games	Bicycle safety	Lashing demonstration
Reel fishing demonstration	Casting games	Drug awareness display
Orienteering trail	Geo-caching	Pinewood Derby
Tracing demonstration	Winter Camping demonstration	Ice safety/Rescue demonstration
Make a kite	Make a dipped candle	Make a tin craft
Make a pinwheel	Make a windsock	Make a Paper airplane
Make a miniature hang glider	Make a sand candle	Make potato prints
Make a molded candle	Make a sand candles	Make a neckerchief slide
Make a first aid kit neckerchief	Space derby	Make a bee feeder
Make a pinhole planetarium	Simple telegraph	Make a sundial
Bicycle safety inspection	Bicycle safety course	Paper cone derby
Teeterboard jousting	Turtle Race	Make a bird feeder
Make a bird caller	Make a fire starter	Make a buddy burner
Make a charcoal chimney	Make hand puppets	Tangram puzzle
Make a tin can stove	Strap and button puzzle	Make a leaf rubbing
Yoke puzzle	Raingutter regatta	Organize disabilities awareness
Build a set of book ends	Make a recipe card holder	Build and demonstrate a windlass
Plant a seed	Do feats of skill	Demonstrate proper flag usage
Play more games	Demonstrate a secret code	Demonstrate sign language
Build your own ring toss	Play marbles	Build a paper bag kite
Identify local birds	Build outdoor bowling lanes	Repair a leaky faucet
Make a plaster cast	Build a monkey bridge	Make a miniature golf course
Fold a paper hat	Earn the whittling chip card	Make your own rope
Build model bridges	Make an electric bell ring	Make a working electromagnet
Set up a tent	Demonstrate measuring heights	Lash together a tower
Set up a backyard gym	Build a marshmallow catapult	Build a water scope
Practice CPR	Set up a simple compass game	Demonstrate finding directions
Demonstrate measuring widths	Identify local plants and animals	Build a monkey bridge
Demonstrate how to lash	Set up a model campsite	Demonstrate safe rowboat usage