Sparks for Cub Scouts

Adventure requirements your den can finish in one meeting, from one kit, with every scout taking their build home.

One meeting, one build, one thing to take home.

Youngest scouts (K to grade 2) can...

Build tall and rebuild taller with Straw Structures, or bring an air-powered creature to life with Monster Mouths.

Middle grades (grades 3 to 5) can...

Invent moving contraptions with Linkages, engineer a rolling course with Mazes, or launch and re-launch with Flying Machines.

Older scouts (grades 6 and up) can...

Wire a working circuit into a car they designed with Electric Vehicles, explore pneumatics with Monster Claws, or build a machine that draws by itself with Drawbots.

Youth leading younger scouts can...

Run a Spark as a service project or a den activity. The Leader Playbook is written so an older scout can lead it after making one themselves.

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What Sparks Include

Students collaborating to build a hands-on STEM project in the classroom

Open the bag and go

Sparks arrive individually bagged in Small Group Packs of 10 and Class Packs of 25. Nothing to cut, sort, or assemble before the meeting starts.

Children designing and testing engineering prototypes with Sparks kits

Visual instructions

Illustrated guides let scouts build from pictures, so reading level never decides who gets to finish.

Young learners engaged in creative problem-solving with building materials

Leader Playbooks

Every Spark has a leader page with videos, slides and a structured playbook. Make one yourself, and you are ready to lead it. No engineering background required.

Students celebrating a successful STEM build in a school setting

Made to keep

Every scout goes home with the thing they built. Parents see the work, and the scout gets to show it off.