How to Easily Learn the Scout Oath and Law with Legos

Use Legos to help Cub Scouts learn the Scout Oath and Law! Easily create puzzles using Legos and a labeler that are useful for several different games.

Learning the Scout Oath and Law might seem intimidating when a kid first joins Cub Scouts, but add Legos, and it becomes a super fun activity!

There aren’t many little boys and girls who don’t love building things with Legos. And there aren’t many parents of those kids who haven’t stepped on a Lego.  It hurts!  

Putting the words of the Oath and Law onto Legos makes a cool puzzle that will challenge the Scouts.  We don’t expect the younger one to memorize the Scout Oath and Law, but the more times they’re exposed to it, the better.  

They are beginning to memorize the words, and more importantly, they will internalize the message so that they can live the Oath and Law.

It’s easy to make these. All you need are Legos and a labeler.

I scrounged some Legos from the massively huge box of them we have. If you don’t have any extras, you can get them from Amazon. Other options for assorted Legos are eBay or Etsy.

Print the words to the Oath and Law with the labeler.  Cut them down, if necessary. Then pull the backing off and apply to the Lego.

For the older Scouts, I put one word of the Scout Oath on each of the Legos.  Younger kids will do better with a phrase on each one.

The Scout Law Legos each have a corresponding number on the opposite side so the Scouts can find out if the points of the Law are in the correct order.

Here are a few ways you can use these.

• Gathering Activity – Set these out with the Scout Oath and Law craft stick puzzles and encourage the Scouts to work on them while everyone arrives.

• Who’s the Fastest? – Make two sets, and let the kids compete against each other to see who can correctly “build” the Scout Oath and Law.  
  
  If you don’t have two sets, you can time each child as he or she works on it. A variation of this is to have the Cubs work in teams of two or three.

• Relay Race – You’ll need two sets for this. Divide the Scouts into two teams, and have them line up behind a starting line. Put the sets on a table at the other end of the room.
  
  The kids will run down, put the Oath (or Law or both) together, break it apart, run back, and tag the next Scout.
  
  Have a parent at the table to verify that the Scout Oath and Law were put together correctly.

How would you use these Scout Oath and Law Lego puzzles?

Yours in Scouting,
Sherry

P.S. Check out more Scout Oath and Law games and activities!