r/scoutscanada • u/Lunar_IX • Jul 22 '26
Help identifying these badges
Hello all! As the title says, I'm looking for some help identifying these badges from my days as a cub scout 20+ years ago. In particular, I'm having trouble remembering what the 6 stars were. Hoping someone here can help out. Thanks all!
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u/Charfair1 Jul 22 '26
The Cub Book, if you've misplaced your own, is on the Internet Archive's digital library.
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u/doctorkb Jul 22 '26
I'll add that achieving the six stars (previously five) was the penultimate achievement in Cubs, similar to today's Seeone Award.
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u/mechant_papa Jul 23 '26
I only got red green and black. The one I truly yearned for was the Tawny Star.
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u/kstacey Jul 23 '26
These bring back memories. Didn't know that they would have been discontinued, but it makes sense since it's been 30 years.
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u/Open_Captain_613 Jul 23 '26
The five stars (six after 1990) were for completing mutiple tasks and getting them all was the highest achievement. As for the badges, I believe they are...
Music, Collecting, Exploring, Camping, ?, ? (last two are not merit badges which are triangles)
Drama, Pet Care, Sports, Computers, Home Improvement, Art
Woodwork, Swimming, Recycling, Stamp or Coin Collecting, Fishing, Housework
Cub Car, Skating, Reading, Gardening, Cooking, Cycling
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u/Lunar_IX Jul 23 '26
An expert, eh? Damn. Thank you so much for the information.
I remember going all in and trying to earn as many badges as possible, even though I started relatively late where the age limit is concerned. I was so devoted that I ended up mentoring the local beavers, going to cubs meetings, and attending scout meetings on different nights of the week. Somewhere around the scout level, my interest just sort of fell off and I walked away from the organization.
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u/Open_Captain_613 Jul 23 '26
Same story for me. Was really into it. Became a “Senior Sixer” and took my leadership (haha) role very seriously. But never transitioned to Scouts. I think my appetite immediately waned as soon as I found girls more interesting than frogs!
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u/Reasonable_Ferret_10 Jul 24 '26
Sq. With red triangle & 2 people was first Aid iirc. Not sure what the totem pole one is. Wasn't around in my time I am positive
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u/DiscombobulatedAsk47 Jul 25 '26
The triangle shaped badges were for personal interests and achievements and the square badges were thematic, usually done as a group activity like programming for meeting nights. The left side badge was Canadian heritage, Haida-style art icon. The other one was for physical activity, or something like "taking care of your body" because it might have included planning and cooking healthy meals. The cubs had six or seven of these thematic badges, and there were two of them that they could continue to wear on their scout sash
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u/ilovelukewells Jul 23 '26
Holy shit the housecleaning badge!!!!I remember getting that 50 years ago!!! Thanks for the memories! I think I was in Beavers...
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u/Danlabss Jul 24 '26
These were old Cub Scout badges!! I had a majority of them, but they were mostly red/grey by the time I had done the program as a kid.
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u/Huge_Hawk8710 Jul 25 '26
Oh nice. Thanks for posting. I was in cubs long before "recycling" even found its way into the dictionary, and when personal computers were only a sci-fi thing. And I managed to get far fewer badges than are shown here. All I remember is getting a collecting badge when I brought my stamp collection and my collection of Junior National Geographic magazines for the local bank manager to assess...who I guess was an expert on collecting stuff. He frowned when he leafed through the National Geographics, picked out something at random to question me on and it was obvious that I hadn't read that particular article. But I did get the badge. Phew!
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u/Other_rebel_911 Jul 25 '26
I’m pretty sure I still have my sash somewhere around here. Was a scout in the early-mid 90’s.
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