Instant Pioneering 3 : A Flag Pole
With ordinary garden canes and elastic bands, Cubs and Scouts can build structures three, four, even five times their own height. For this Instant Pioneering project you will need 20 long canes ( about 1.3 metres), 6 short canes (about 75 cm) a good supply of 80 mm elastic bands and a sheet of white card and coloured felt pens for your six or Patrol pennant, which can be secured to the top of the tower with sticky tape.

As this structure is quit light, all the building can be done on the ground before the tower is raised. The moment of truth will come when you try to balance it on its three legs. The butt ends of the tree should be lightly heeled into the ground.

Great fun, and very impressive - always provided that your pioneering has been well and truly performed.

Remember the Golden Rule: Always work with the elastic bands at full stretch.