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Instabike Delivery Challenge

Cub Scouts deliver newspapers while riding a bike in this fun game of balance and skill.

Ranks

LION
TIGER
WOLF
BEAR
WEBELOS
ARROW OF LIGHT

Specifications

Arrow of Light, Bear, Lion, Tiger, Webelos, Wolf

4+

Indoor

4

2

2

Get details on the Fun & Games specifications.

Supply List

  • Cub Scout bike, tricycle, etc. of choice
  • Ten rolled-up newspapers
  • Two sacks
  • Chalk
  • Three boxes labeled A, B, and C

Objective

Set-Up

Directions

Before the challenge:

 

  1. Recruit at least two adults/den chiefs to run this station.
  2. Set up the course.
  3. Place 3 boxes (labeled A, B, and C) spaced out along a course.
  4. Each box should be reachable from the riding path.
  5. Give each Cub Scout a sack with 5 rolled newspapers.

During the challenge:

  1. Explain the rules of the challenge. The objective is to deliver five newspapers to three different boxes while riding your bike and following the course.
  2. Start at the designated starting line with your bike and newspaper sack.
  3. Ride along the course and aim to deliver at least one newspaper into each of the three boxes.
  4. You may deliver more than one paper to a box, but all 5 papers must be used by the end.
  5. Newspapers must be thrown into the boxes without stopping or getting off the bike.
  6. Stay on the course and keep both hands on the handlebars except when throwing.
  7. Finish the course after all papers are delivered.
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