Over the years, we've lost the really good ones like Legume Production, Bookbinding, Farmhouse Planning, and Beekeeping.
The BSA dropped Beekeeping just before my son crossed over; he was devastated. He'd already decided where the hive would go in the back yard.
He went through a spell when he earned badges solely because the badge itself was strange. For example, the Pulp and Paper merit badge looks like a roll of toilet paper. That alone is reason enough for a thirteen-year old Scout to cherish it.
Try a Pac-Man frog. They just sit there like Jabba the Hut and scarf down crickets (and later pinky mice, and later mice) that wander within reach. Name it Hillary. No reason you can't enjoy the merit badge process too, eh?
The cat would love having mice brought in as a food source :-).
Bill's supposed to be doing Landscape Architecture and totally revamping our backyard, but he got distracted.
Do the boys have a Child Development badge?