Requirement
4. Read a how-to book or magazine, and make a project from it
Required Often forgotten
Nonfiction that teaches you how to do something. With your counselor's and parent or guardian's permission, complete a project from it and share the experience with your counselor. A merit badge pamphlet does not count.
Notes and warnings
Warning. The project needs your counselor's and your parent or guardian's permission before you start it. Reading a merit badge pamphlet does not count toward this requirement.
Where this step comes from
- Reading Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 4 · Requires your counselor's and parent or guardian's permission for the project, and says a merit badge pamphlet will not count.