Requirement
1. Format TWO sheets, and one of them waits until the end
Required Often forgotten
Borders and title blocks on both. One is for the manual drawing in requirement 2; the other is for the lettering in requirement 6, which is the last thing you will do.
Notes and warnings
Warning. Requirement 1 sends you to requirement 5 for the lettering project. The lettering project is requirement 6: requirement 5 is a discussion and has no lettering in it, and requirement 6 names requirement 1 itself as the source of its paper. Both the official requirements page and the printed requirements book print it this way. Nothing you have to do changes: format two sheets now, and letter the second one at requirement 6.
Note. Format both sheets at the start, but expect the second one to sit blank for a long time. Requirement 6 is the last step on this badge and it is behind requirements 2, 3, 4 and 5.
What this is made of
Where this step comes from
- Drafting Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 1 · States that TWO sheets are formatted, one for the manual project and one for the lettering project, and refers the reader to requirement 5 for the lettering project, where the lettering project is in fact requirement 6. The printed Scouts BSA Requirements book carries the same cross-reference.