Webelos Handyman Ideas

Have a clinic on the care and repair of bicycles. Set it up like a shop and have each boy bring his bike and do repairs, etc.
Ask a cyclist to the den meeting to talk about proper care and maintenance of a bicycle.
Have a bike inspection and bike rodeo.
Invite someone from the local bicycling club to tell about the upcoming trips. Learn about the kinds of bicycles that are used.
Visit a local bicycle shop and talk with the mechanic to see if he will show you how to do a safety check on your bike and perform minor adjustments.
Organize a pack car wash.
Visit a car wash facility.
Visit a gas station, garage or tire repair shop.
Have a family car inspection.
Visit a service station. Ask an auto mechanic to show the different types of equipment they use. Watch a demonstration of preventative car maintenance.
Arrange for a local mechanic to visit your Den or visit his garage, perhaps he can show your Den the safe way to change a tire, light bulb and to check the oil and transmission fluid.
Hold a nail hammering contest. See who can hammer a nail in the fewest number of strokes.
Show safety measures for lawn mowing.
Build sawhorses and demonstrate their use.
Go to a hardware store or garden nursery. See what hardware can be used to make a storage area for hand, lawn and garden tools.
At a hardware store, visit the repair shop, and acquaint the Scouts with a few specific and varied sections in the store, like electrical supplies and hand tools.
Arrange a presentation at a well-equipped home workshop.
Check with the local fire marshal or poison control center to find out how to store household cleaners and materials that will be safe from small children.
Check the garage or storage shed in your house to ascertain the tools or implements are properly and safely stored.
Have Webelos bring tools to a Den Meeting and demonstrate different ways to mark them.
Tour a hardware store or garden store. Look for ideas on how to set up a storage area for garden tools and hand tools.
Visit a paint store and watch how colors are mixed. Look at the variety of brushes and the types of paint. Pick out a new color for your house and the trim.
Tool demonstration: Meeting to be held in someone's workshop observing the use of various power tools. Talk about the safety precautions in a shop.
Check with the local police department to see if they have a program called " operation Identification", or a program similar to this, and find out how to mark valuables in your home for identification.