What Are The Tenderfoot Rank Requirement ?

Let’s have a look into the essential requirements:

How To Earn Tenderfoot Rank In 2025

• CAMPING AND OUTDOOR ETHICS
  1. 1. Present yourself to your leader prepared for an overnight camping trip. Show the personal and camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.
     2. Spend at least one night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have helped pitch.
     3. Tell how you practiced the Outdoor Code on a campout or outing.
• COOKING
  2. 1. On the campout, assist in preparing one of the meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup.
     2. While on a campout, demonstrate the appropriate method of safely cleaning items used to prepare, serve, and eat a meal.
     3. Explain the importance of eating together as a patrol.
• TOOLS
  3. 1. Demonstrate a practical use of the square knot.
     2. Demonstrate a practical use of two half-hitches.
     3. Demonstrate a practical use of the taut line hitch.
     4. Demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax. Describe when each should be used.
• FIRST AID AND NATURE
  4. 1. Show first aid for the following:
        • Simple cuts and scrapes
        • Blisters on the hand and foot
        • Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree)
        • Bites or stings of insects or ticks
        • Venomous snakebite
        • Nosebleed
        • Frostbite and sunburn
        • Choking
     2. Describe common poisonous or hazardous plants, identify any that grow in your local area or campsite location. Tell how to treat for exposure to them.
     3. Tell what you can do on a campout or other outdoor activity to prevent or reduce the occurrence of injuries or exposure listed in Tenderfoot requirements 4a and 4b.
     4. Assemble a personal first-aid kit to carry with you on future campouts and hikes. Tell how each item in the kit would be used.
• HIKING
  5. 1. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Use the buddy system while on a troop or patrol outing.
     2. Explain what to do if you become lost on a hike or campout.
     3. Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night.
• FITNESS
  6. 1. Record your best in the following tests:
        

        •	Pushups	________	(Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
        •	Situps or curl-ups	________	(Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
        •	Back-saver sit-and-reach	________	(Record the distance stretched)
        •	1 mile walk/run	________	(Record the time)

     2. Develop and describe a plan for improvement in each of the activities listed in Tenderfoot requirement 6a. Keep track of your activity for at least 30 days.
     3. Show improvement (of any degree) in each activity listed in Tenderfoot requirement 6a after practicing for 30 days.
        

        •	Pushups	________	(Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
        •	Situps or curl-ups	________	(Record the number done correctly in 60 seconds)
        •	Back-saver sit-and-reach	________	(Record the distance stretched)
        •	1 mile walk/run	________	(Record the time)

• CITIZENSHIP
  1. 1. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the U.S. flag.
     2. Participate in a total of one hour of service in one or more service projects approved by your Scoutmaster. Explain how your service to others relates to the Scout slogan and Scout motto.
• LEADERSHIP
  8. Describe the steps in Scouting’s Teaching EDGE method. Use the Teaching EDGE method to teach another person how to tie the square knot.
• SCOUT SPIRIT
  9. Demonstrate Scout spirit by living the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Tell how you have done your duty to God and how you have lived four different points of the Scout Law in your everyday life.
  10. While working toward Tenderfoot rank, and after completing Scout rank requirement 7, participate in a Scoutmaster conference.
  11. Successfully complete your board of review for the Tenderfoot rank.

NOTE:

The requirements for the Scout, Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class ranks may be worked on simultaneously; however, these ranks must be earned in sequence.

Alternative Requirements for the Tenderfoot rank are available for Scouts with physical or mental disabilities if they meet the criteria listed in the Boy Scout Requirements book.

Scouting and Camping goes together. Camping is one of the most important and vital part of Scouting that keeps students engaging and entertaining. During camping, campfire is one amazing moment where all students come together and enjoy.

Songs that are usually sung around a campfire are known as campfire songs. They are frequently performed during outdoor gatherings, scouting activities, and camping excursions. These songs are perfect for group involvement because they are typically straightforward, upbeat, and simple to recall. They might be anything from hilarious, imaginative songs written especially for the occasion to traditional folk songs. Singing together fosters a sense of unity and belonging among scouts. It helps create bonds and strengthens the group dynamic.

Certain campfire songs convey lessons about cooperation, resiliency, and the principles that are essential to scouting, such respecting the environment and lending a hand to others. Scouts are frequently encouraged to use their creativity by performing in groups, adding activities, or creating original verses for campfire songs. Scouts can gain significant leadership experience by leading a campfire song, which can help them develop public speaking and confidence.

Best Campfire Songs to Sing With Your Troop In 2025 with Lyrics

1. Kumbaya Campfire Song

Kumbaya is a traditional African American song. The title Kumbaya means “Come by here”. With the final lyric or two sung softly as people gradually leave the campfire circle and head into the night, it is frequently the last song on the program at a formal campfire.

Form a Circle and Cross hands to join the circle. Sway from left to right slowly.

Kum ba ya, my Lord, kum ba ya
Kum ba ya, my Lord, kum ba ya
Kum ba ya, my Lord, kum ba ya
O Lord, kum ba ya.

Someone’s laughing, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s laughing, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s laughing, my Lord, kum ba ya
O Lord, kum ba ya.

Someone’s crying, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s crying, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s crying, my Lord, kum ba ya
O Lord, kum ba ya.

Someone’s praying, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s praying, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s praying, my Lord, kum ba ya
O Lord, kum ba ya.

Someone’s singing, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s singing, my Lord, kum ba ya
Someone’s singing, my Lord, kum ba ya
O Lord, kum ba ya.

Kum ba ya, my Lord, kum ba ya
Kum ba ya, my Lord, kum ba ya
Kum ba ya, my Lord, kum ba ya
O Lord, kum ba ya.

Mmm mmm mm, mm mm, mmm mmm mm
Mmm mmm mm, mm mm, mmm mmm mm
Mmm mmm mm, mm mm, mmm mmm mm
Mm mm, mmm mmm mm.

2. I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor

I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,

I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,

I’m being swallowed by a boa constrictor,

And I don’t like it one little bit!

Oh no! He swallowed my toe.

Oh gee! He’s up to my knee.

Oh my! He’s up to my thigh.

Oh fiddle! He’s up to my middle.

Oh heck! He’s up to my neck.

Oh dread! He’s up to my head.

3. Singing In The Rain ( Thumbs Up…..)

Verse 1

Thumbs up!

Action: put thumbs up

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

Verse 2

Thumbs up, arms out!

Action: put thumbs up and stick arms out

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

Verse 3

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in

Action: thumbs up, stick arms out and pull elbows in

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

Verse 4

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, knees together

Action: thumbs up, stick arms out, pull elbows in, then put knees together

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

Verse 5

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, knees together, toes together

Action: thumbs up, stick arms out, pull elbows in, put knees together, then put toes together

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

Verse 6

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, knees together, toes together, bum out

Action: thumbs up, stick arms out, pull elbows in, put knees together, put toes together, bum out

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

Verse 7

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, knees together, toes together, bum out, head back

Action: thumbs up, stick arms out, pull elbows in, put knees together, put toes together, bum out, put head back

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

Verse 8

Thumbs up, arms out, elbows in, knees together, toes together, bum out, head back, tongue out

Action: thumbs up, stick arms out, pull elbows in, put knees together, put toes together, bum out, put head back and stick tongue out

I’m singing in the rain,

Just singing in the rain,

What a glorious feeling,

I’m / clap / happy again.

 4. There was a farmer who had a dog BINGO was his name-o