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Nothing But Knots

Wolf – 2nd Grade

Let’s Camp Wolf

Elective

Requirement 4

Nothing But Knots

Wolf – 2nd Grade

Let’s Camp Wolf

Elective

Requirement 4

Nothing But Knots

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts learn about square knots.

Indoor

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Supply List

One piece of 20-inch rope with red duct tape on one end and blue duct tape on the other end for each Cub Scout

Directions

Before the meeting:

Learn how to tie a square knot using the “How to Tie a Square Knot” video on Scout Life magazine.

During the meeting:

Gather Cub Scouts and inform them that learning to tie knots is important. Rope is an extremely helpful item on campouts. Rope can be used to tie down tents or to create clotheslines to dry towels. We use knots for different reasons. Some knots can make the rope shorter, tie things down, bind poles together, or to connect two pieces together to make a longer piece of rope. The important thing about knots is that when tied correctly they do the job, and they are easy to untie when done. That is what we are going to learn today. One of the most basic knots is the square knot. The square knot simply connects two pieces of rope together, it works best with the rope is the same type and size. It holds the two pieces together but when you want to separate them it is easy to untie.
Hand out a rope to each Cub Scout.
While teaching the Cub Scouts to tie the square knot, demonstrate with your own rope.
Ask Cub Scouts to hold the red end in the right hand and the blue end in the left hand.
Pass the red end over and under the rope with the blue end.
Pass the red end rope now in your left hand over and under the blue end now in your right.
Tighten the knot by pulling both running ends at the same time.
Demonstrate that if they tie the knot correctly you can simply squeeze the knot together and it will loosen up and make it easy to untie.