Did you know the color orange can give you certain feelings? Just like the sun, the color orange makes you feel warm. Helping others can also make you feel warm and cheerful and give you energy. You can be helpful to others by being loyal and using polite words. You can also help the environment by recycling. Tigers are proud to be orange because it shows they are enthusiastic about helping others and are earning their tiger stripes!
Rationale for Adventure
The color orange represents warmth, cheer, enthusiasm, creativity, and energy. Tigers are similar to the color orange in the ways they show their enthusiasm for helping others and their energy to complete tasks. Helping others provides the opportunity to build self-esteem, value what is available to them, and create a cheerful attitude. Warmth in the color orange is similar to using proper manners when speaking to others.
Requirements
Complete the following requirements
- Show your loyalty to Tiger orange by bringing in and sharing with your den five items that are the color orange.
- Demonstrate loyalty over the next week at school or in your community. Share at your next den meeting how you were loyal to others.
- With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, decide on one new task you can do to help your family, and do it.
- Talk with your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, or with your den about polite language. Learn how to shake hands and introduce yourself.
- Play a game with your den. Then discuss how your den played politely.
- With your den and parent, guardian, or other caring adult, work on a service project for your pack’s meeting place or chartered organization.
Takeaways for Cub Scouts
- Learning what it means to be helpful and courteous
- Providing service to others
- Assuming responsibility
- Cooperating with others
- Developing a positive attitude toward people in need of help
- Increasing self-esteem
- Practicing good manners
- A Scout is loyal
Historical Requirements
2015 Handbook Requirements
Adventure Locations:
Tiger Handbook. page 124
Tiger Den Leader Guide, page 95
- Bring in and share with your den five items that are the color orange.
- Demonstrate loyalty over the next week at school or in your community. Share at your next den meeting how you were loyal to others.
- With your adult partner, decide on one new task you can do to help your family, and do it.
- Talk with your den and adult partner about polite language. Include a discussion about the use of “please,” “thank you,” “you’re welcome,” “excuse me,” “yes, sir,” “no, ma’am,” and last names. Learn how to shake hands properly and introduce yourself.
- Play a game with your den. Then discuss how your den played politely.
- With your adult partner and den, work on a service project for your pack’s meeting place or chartered organization.
