Building My Home with Cardboard

Before the meeting: 

1. Ask the Cub Scouts to bring photos of their home to the next den meeting. This can be a physical photo or on a phone or pad. 

During the meeting: 

1. Explain to the Cub Scouts that they’ll make a model of their homes using cardboard or shoeboxes. 
2. Have the Cub Scouts look at the photos of their homes or think about them and talk about the parts of their house they want in the model. 
3. Ask the Cub Scouts to draw a simple plan on paper to show how their model will look. 
4. If using a shoebox, have the Cub Scouts take off the lid and use the box as the base. 
5. Instruct the Cub Scouts to cut cardboard pieces for walls, roof, and other parts if using cardboard sheets. 
6. Have the Cub Scouts attach walls to the base with glue to create the shape of their home. 
7. Ask the Cub Scouts to cut outdoors, windows, and any special parts of their home from cardboard. 
8. Have the Cub Scouts decorate their model using the markers, colored pencils, or crayons. 

Tip: Requirements 3, 4, and 5 can be done at the same meeting. The models built for requirements 3 and 4 will be used for requirement 5.