Requirement
6. Inside the house: choose three of eight
Required
The largest menu here. Patching drywall and anchoring into drywall are one wall and one afternoon, which is two of the three. A house of plaster or masonry closes the patch and changes the anchors.
Notes and warnings
Note. TWO OF THESE EIGHT ARE THE SAME WALL AND THE SAME AFTERNOON. Repairing a hole in drywall and securing something to drywall with anchors need one filling knife, one drill and one wall between them, and they are two of the three this requirement asks for. Painting a wall is the third that pays for itself, because it shares its whole kit with painting or varnishing in requirement 3(d). Note that a house built of plaster or masonry has no drywall at all, which closes the patch and turns the anchors into a different job with different fixings.
What this is made of
- 6(a). Paint a wall or ceiling
- 6(b). Repair or replace damaged tile, linoleum or vinyl flooring
- 6(c). Install curtain or drapery rods, then hang the drapes
- 6(d). Repair a hole in drywall
- 6(e). Secure an object to drywall using anchors
- 6(f). Reinforce a picture frame
- 6(g). Mend an object made of china, glass or pottery
- 6(h). Fix a drawer slide, or fix or replace cabinet pulls
Where this step comes from
- Home Repairs Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 6 · The 2025 Boy Scout Requirements book (33216) offers seven options here, with window blind cords and a window sash cord in place of the two drywall options and the drawer slide.