The projects to be completed for this badge must be agreed with the Scout's
assessor beforehand, and should take around six hours to complete. Make sure
that the Scout knows how to use any tools and equipment safely.
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Make or decorate one or more items, using their own design ideas as much as
possible. For example:
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Make a container by basket-making, wood turning, pottery, embroidery on
plastic canvas, glass-blowing, or fibreglass construction.
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Make a belt, bag, wall-hanging, table mat or waistcoat by weaving, macramé,
beadwork or from leather.
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Make an item of clothing or soft furnishing by sewing or knitting. They may
follow a pattern.
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Decorate some clothing, soft furnishing, cushion or tablecloth using
embroidery, tapestry, lace-making, tie and dye, batik or fabric paints.
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Make a picture using techniques such as mosaic, staining glass, quilling,
calligraphy, pyrography, pressed flowers, fabric collage or printing with
potato, lino, string, drypoint, aquatint, silk screen.
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Decorate an article by engraving or etching on wood, metal, glass or
enamelware.
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Make an ornament or decorative article by candlemaking, arranging flowers,
carving wood, slate, stone or soap, fly tying, jewellery-making, pewterwork,
copper- or silver-smithing, stone polishing, stonemasonry, sculpture or making a
corn dolly.
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Make a small item of furniture using carpentry, cane or rush seating.
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One other project of a similar skill level.
