Bear Cub Scouts devote part of their weekly meetings to "business items" such as monitoring the boys' progress toward rank advancement and other awards and choosing, planning and preparing their activity for the upcoming pack meeting.

Every den meeting should include at least one game, to be conducted by the den leader or assistant den leader; craft projects that are started at the meeting and completed at home with the boys' families; and other group activities such as songs, stunts, and puzzles related to the monthly theme.

Often, den meeting activites enable the Cub Scouts to complete some requirements toward an award or rank. The den leader can initial the requirement in the boys' handbooks, but it must also be signed by a parent or guardian to indicate the requirement has been completed.