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Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas & Free Printables

06/17/14 | cupcakes, Fourth of July, Free Printable, Kids Crafts and Coloring, Parties, Teens, Uncategorized

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I’m proud to say that my oldest son became and Eagle Scout on April 10, 2014! I’m so happy that we have his project over and he is so happy to be an Eagle Scout. He feels accomplished and like a leader now. He is working on his Ranger Badge now and is gung ho about it! He just turned 15 in June, and I’m so glad he did this early. I know when he gets busy with High School, Scouts will be in the backround. If he didn’t do it now, I don’t think he would have had the time or energy for it.

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

(Click the picture to go to the download page, but be sure to read this whole post so you know how to use them)

We had a fun Eagle Scout Court of Honor for him and another boy in his scout troop at our church about a month ago. I thought I’d share my ideas for decorating and how to put together the program (the other mom helped me a lot with the program since she had already had 3 Eagle Scouts). I’m also going to share with you the printables I made for decorations.

First, I took a picture of him in his uniform. ** Please, if you take a picture of your son with the flag behind him please make sure to have the stars on HIS right side, left to us. I made the mistake of doing it the wrong way.** We did this just before his Board of Review, so he was all ready.

You can do this yourself. No fancy camera needed. Just find a good background, a tree, a nice rock wall, an American Flag, etc. Just have him put on his uniform, fix his hair, step away from the background so it’s a little out of focus, and you’re done. You don’t need an awesome professional picture for his Eagle Scout Invitation, trust me.

This is the one I took of my son. He was just sitting on the porch and his sister was holding up the flag. I probably should have ironed the flag, but no one cares, right?  ** Please, if you take a picture of your son with the flag behind him please make sure to have the stars on HIS right side, left to us. I made the mistake of doing it the wrong way.**

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Then I made his invitation in Photoshop. This invitation is included in the download pack too! Just load into photoshop or photoshop elements and place his picture on the correct layer, change the text and you’re done! It’s sized as a 5×7. If you don’t want to go to the trouble of doing this yourself, or if you don’t have photoshop, you can order it from me HERE on Etsy and I’ll make it for you. If you order the custom invitation from me, I’ll also send you the free printables in the email so you don’t have to download them here.

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Next we made the program. On the front it just had the pictures of the boys. I have one made up for you that has a generic front and you can type what you want on the inside. Just open a new project in Word, turn it landscape and make two columns. In the right hand column, type your program. Then when you print it front and back it will come out right.

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Get with your scout leaders and find out what they like to include in an Eagle Scout Court of Honor. Here is an idea of how an Eagle Scout Court of Honor is conducted:

Conducting: Name

Flag Ceremony: Troop 751

Invocation: Name

Eagles Nest: Name (this is where someone stands and asks all Eagle Scouts to stand and come sit in the Eagles Nest, a place where the chairs are made into a semi circle. They stay there for the remainder of the program)

Remarks: Name

Remarks: Name

Eagle Presentation: Name

Eagle Charge: Name

Presentation of the Mentor Pins: Boy’s Name (my son took this time to tell the audience about his project too)

Scout Masters Minute: Name

Retiring of the Colors: Troop 751

Benediction: Name

Refreshments

Keeping it simple is best! We don’t want everyone do die of boredom now do we? Our Eagle Scout Court of Honor was about 30 minutes. Perfect! I told the speakers to only take a few minutes, like 3. Seriously.

Now on to the presentation table. I had taken my sons picture and reduced the opacity so it would print lightly. I printed it on a piece of cardstock then had everyone who attended, sign it. As you can see, my husband thought it would be funny to write his name in green pen coming out of his nose. Silly boys!

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Also included on his presentation table was his Eagle Trophy (which we purchased from a trophy store but I really like this one from Amazon.), his certificate in a frame, his invitation and his Eagle picture framed.

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Then on the wall above his table I got some twine and taped it to the wall with stars hiding the tape. Then with clothes pins, I hung some pictures of his project, him when he was a cub scout, pictures of him in his soccer uniform and other various pictures.  Also his letters of congratulations from various people, like the President of the United States, Stake Presidency and City Mayor.

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Inside the room we had a refreshments table set up with more of the decorations I made. The table cloth, stars on the wall, flags and glitter stars and the little containers were all purchased at Zurchers, a local party store. I’m sure you could find these at your party store too or even Hobby Lobby.

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

To make the centerpieces I just cut out the scout law printables (the ones with the words on them) and taped them to a bamboo skewer. I also did the same with the glitter stars.  Then I stuck a rock in the bottom of a small “popcorn container” to keep them from tipping over and added a crumpled up piece of white tissue paper. I stuck in the flag, star and word and I was done! So easy! I needed 13 containers because I wanted one for his name to be displayed on his presentation table then there are 12 scout law words to display too. So I needed 13 flags and containers. Then I needed 26 stars because I wanted 2 stars in each container.

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

I asked family members to bring a dessert to share, but I also got cream puffs and served them in some really inexpensive star plates I also got at the party store.

One more special thing we did? We made some Lollipics with his Scout picture on them! These are so cool! Lollipics are presonalized, handcrafted lolly pops with a printed edible image on them. They can print anything on a lolly pop from a digital file. They taste so good too! The ones we ordered tasted like marshmallow! They sent these to me complimentary so I could show you how fun these are and how much they add to a party! These would be so fun for a wedding, sweet 16, over the hill party, you name it! I’ve even seen friends scan their childs artwork and make lolly pops for them to display. So cute!

Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables Eagle Scout Court of Honor Ideas and Free Printables

I used the box the lollipics were shipped in to display them. I wrapped the box in tin foil so it was shiny, and I used a small screw driver to poke holes evenly across the top of the box. Then I just poked the lollipics through the holes, and it was an instant display!

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Want to download all this great stuff now? Well CLICK HERE and you can download it for yourself. Remember, if you don’t know how to or you just don’t want to do it, I can make the invitation for you. Just order it HERE through Etsy.

All in all we had a great Court of Honor. I’m so proud of my son and wanted this to be a special day for him. After his Court of Honor, we went and got dinner as a family at the Olive Garden. It was a great day. Simple and easy, that’s the way to go.

Are any of you working on an Eagle Scout Project right now? I’d love to hear about it!

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  1. Adrian says

    June 17, 2014 at 6:05 pm

    We are working on working on his Eagle project. He left all the hard badges til last (typical) but we’ll get there in the end. In the meantime, I have about 8 other boys I will be doing ceremonies for over the next six months. Our Troop does them in groups of 3-4 every six months or so. These are great resources. I’m going to add them to my Scout Pinterest board. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  2. Alli @ Cupcake Diaries says

    June 18, 2014 at 3:25 pm

    This is going to come in VERY handy for this mom of all boys! And I love LolliPics so I’m super excited about that giveaway!

    Reply
  3. Taralyn says

    June 18, 2014 at 3:35 pm

    This makes me so excited for when my boys get older! Congrats to your son! PS – love Lolly Pops! They would be adorable for my son’s birthday next month!

    Reply
  4. Amberly says

    June 18, 2014 at 4:18 pm

    These are so fun!!! 🙂

    Reply
  5. Lisa says

    June 18, 2014 at 5:10 pm

    These are awesome! I’m gonna need it someday cuz my son is almost 11

    Reply
  6. Kara says

    June 19, 2014 at 3:33 pm

    This is amazing. Way to go. Love how it all turned out.

    Reply
  7. Ashley Sullenger says

    June 19, 2014 at 4:49 pm

    The thought of scouts overwhelms me! Ha But with three boys, I’m sure I’ll be a pro in the end. Way to go though!

    Reply
  8. Vidya Sudarsan says

    June 20, 2014 at 12:59 am

    wow! love these personalized gifts. Great idea!

    Reply
  9. pam jantzen says

    August 29, 2014 at 9:04 pm

    iam working on his court of honor and looking for ideas like what i see thank you

    Reply
  10. Pam says

    September 4, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    What font did you use on your prinables?

    Reply
  11. Angela says

    September 7, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    I’m working on my son’s Eagle Ceremony. Thank you for posting this! I’ve gleaned so many great ideas from your blog!

    Reply
  12. Amanda says

    October 30, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    i just came across this I will need this in not too long. My 13 year old son will be proforming his Eagle Scout project November 1,2014 . He will be building a 10×10′ shed for our local MSPCA . This shed will have so extra much needed storage but will also house their John Deere Gator that transports food and supplies around the property. My son Tyler only has to complete 3 more eagle required badges. I am so proud of him.

    Reply
  13. Barbara says

    November 6, 2014 at 9:47 am

    My son just turned 14 and has turned in his ES book. I am starting to plan his ceremony now so that when he’s’official’ I’ll just need to put things in motion. THANKS for sharing your ideas!!! Pinning this post to my Boy Scout board

    Reply
  14. Tris says

    March 2, 2015 at 10:18 am

    LOVE IT! Although my 14 yo made Eagle last fall we are now just doing the ECOH this month. With a Troop that is sort of falling apart due to leadership everything has been left to me (husband is deployed for 16 months). I love the ideas.

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      March 2, 2015 at 12:29 pm

      Thanks Tris! I’m glad these helped you~

      Reply
  15. Michelle says

    May 8, 2015 at 7:33 am

    Great ideas in this post, thank you! I have one question: once you make up an invitation, whether it’s with Etsy or using Photoshop, where do you get them printed? Do you do them on photo paper or is there a way to have them done on cardstock or a “nicer” paper?

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      May 8, 2015 at 8:18 am

      You can have them printed through Costco, Wal-Mart, Walgreens etc. Costco has a cardstock for cards now that is great. Or you can go to a copy store like Kinko’s or Alphagraphics. You can also just print them through your own printer at home.

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      • Michelle says

        May 8, 2015 at 9:06 am

        Thank you! I have used Costco for holiday cards with that nice cardstock, but I used their pre-made designs from the website, so didn’t know that you could bring in your own design and have it printed there. So, do I go to Etsy, pay the $12-15 (approx) for one of their layouts, customize it, and they send me a pdf or something that I take into Costco?

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        • tipsfromamom says

          May 13, 2015 at 10:03 am

          Yes Michelle. If you order my invitation, I will customize it for you then you take it to costco, or upload it to their photo site and drop the image I send you on the card and order it online.

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  16. Sharon says

    August 27, 2015 at 4:07 pm

    Thanks for the great ideas! My son’s Eagle Court of Honor is Sept 5th, over the Labor Day weekend. I borrowed your invitation & program idea. It saved us some money and looks very professional!

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      August 28, 2015 at 9:25 am

      I’m so glad it helped you out Sharon! Tell your son congratulations!

      Reply
  17. Eagle Scout says

    November 12, 2015 at 8:24 am

    Parents – Please consult a flag etiquette guide when taking pictures with the American flag. The flag shown in the photo here is backwards and is too common of a mistake.

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      November 13, 2015 at 11:02 am

      Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I didn’t notice I did that.

      Reply
  18. Candice Haase says

    November 13, 2015 at 9:16 am

    I cannot thank you enough for this blog post and the invitation template you shared. It helped me so much. Ceremony is tomorrow. I hope I remembered everything.

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      November 13, 2015 at 11:01 am

      That’s awesome Candice! I hope you have a great time, and don’t stress too much about it. Your son will love it!

      Reply
  19. Camie says

    January 19, 2016 at 9:58 pm

    Thank you for the fabulous freebies! You are amazingly talented and have saved me so much time! Thank you!

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      January 20, 2016 at 11:17 am

      You are so welcome Camie! I hope you have a great time at your son’s Eagle Court of Honor.

      Reply
  20. Charis says

    March 2, 2016 at 10:49 am

    My son submits his binder to the board next week. He completed his project last September but completing all the required paperwork and making sure all the I’s are dotted and T’s are crossed has been a whole 2nd project! Thank you for the free printables! I look forward to putting them to use soon!

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      March 2, 2016 at 11:17 am

      So exciting Charis!! Good luck!

      Reply
  21. Chris says

    March 8, 2016 at 12:47 am

    I was feeling overwhelmed with all the Pinterest ideas for the COH – then came through a link to your site and was so thrilled to find a well-done COH that didn’t take a year’s worth of planning of $$$. Thank you for posting this.

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      March 8, 2016 at 8:25 am

      I’m so happy you found me Chris! Thanks for your kind words!

      Reply
  22. Candice says

    March 10, 2016 at 11:41 am

    Thank you so much for the invitation template. I used it for my Son’s court of honor invitation
    I am so grateful I didn’t have to take the time to make it from scratch. Thank you again!

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      March 10, 2016 at 12:55 pm

      You’re so welcome Candice!

      Reply
  23. Jamie says

    March 26, 2016 at 7:05 pm

    Question. Loved the Eagle Scout invitation and program you made through photoshop. I do not have photoshop and don’t plan on using it. Is it possible to use your invitation for Costco photoshop to print off( I think they use jpeg)? What do you recommend? Thank you! Jamie

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      March 29, 2016 at 4:48 pm

      Hi Jamie, I can add his picture and wording if you want to email them to me at tipsfromamom@gmail.com

      Reply
  24. Kris says

    September 18, 2016 at 1:12 pm

    I love the popcorn container idea, but I cannot find them anywhere. Anyone know where to get them?

    Reply
    • tipsfromamom says

      September 20, 2016 at 8:50 am

      I got mine at a party supply place. Try Hobby Lobby, Zurchers, JoAnn’s . . .

      Reply
  25. Keely says

    March 5, 2017 at 7:17 pm

    I love all of your wonderful ideas! My son just earned his Eagle and we are starting to plan his Court of Honor. I especially liked that you posted his picture for guests to sign and the special letters you displayed. I do have a question, how did you get a letter from the President of the United States? This is my first son and first experience in Scouting. Does that letter come with the national paperwork or do we need to write the President specifically and ask for a letter? I know my son would love that kind of a keepsake so I figured I had better ask. Thanks again for sharing such fabulous ides!

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    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      March 6, 2017 at 10:24 am

      I think the Boy Scouts of America send out the information to all these people and they automatically send them these letters. I didn’t do anything. It was easy! Thanks for your comment and I’m glad you liked the ideas!

      Reply
    • Scout MOM says

      March 16, 2017 at 8:57 pm

      Keely,
      Depending on your unit you might have to send them out yourself. Some units do this for you though. We have to do it ourselves. We used this list initially: http://usscouts.org/eagle/eaglecongrats.asp Then added any favorite authors, musicians, etc.
      So ask your unit first but if they don’t provide this then use the link above. It isn’t hard- just remember the people you send them to usually need around 6 weeks to get the letters back to you.
      Hope this helps!

      Reply
  26. April Williams says

    April 21, 2017 at 11:48 am

    These are fabulous! Thanks for sharing them. I was wondering if you had any invitation templates in a “portrait” layout? Could you please send me the link for the download, if you do?

    Thanks so much!!

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  27. christine says

    April 24, 2017 at 12:29 pm

    Thank you for sharing this information on your son’s Eagle Court of Honor. It helps me feel less stressed about my son’s coming up really soon, knowing I can just make it simple, and not over the top difficult. Thank you!

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    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      April 24, 2017 at 4:24 pm

      You are so welcome Christine!

      Reply
  28. Lana says

    June 19, 2017 at 12:19 pm

    Would you mind telling me where you got your eagle trophy? We are from Utah as well and I really like the one you got.
    Planning my sons eagle court of honor. Thank you for your post!

    Reply
    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      June 20, 2017 at 6:52 pm

      Yes we got it at McGee’s in American Fork.

      Reply
  29. Angela says

    May 10, 2018 at 12:47 am

    Thank you so much for these ideas and printables!! I just love your stuff and appreciate all the help!! I was wondering what format is “psd”? I was able to save and use everything except the invitations.

    Reply
    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      May 10, 2018 at 8:51 am

      That is a Photoshop file that you can edit in photoshop yourself.

      Reply
  30. may ruiz says

    May 27, 2018 at 9:40 pm

    amazing ideas!

    Reply
  31. Mindy Horne says

    June 14, 2018 at 9:39 am

    Thanks so much for these!! Can you tell me what font you used for the scout law printables? I want to do my sons names as well and want to match it up.

    Reply
  32. Shauntel says

    January 5, 2020 at 6:52 pm

    Thank you for the printable. I am going to use the invitation for my sons Eagle Celebration. He did not want a formal court of honor. This is so nice!

    Reply
  33. Kathy Watson says

    January 18, 2020 at 7:44 am

    You just saved my life with the printables of the Scout Law! My son’s Eagle Court of Honor is in three weeks and I’m starting to get a bit worried about getting it all together. Thank you for the wonderful ideas and encouragement. I’ve been overthinking the food and the decorations. Your approach gave me piece of mind. Hope you and your family are well!

    Reply
    • Tips From a Typical Mom says

      January 20, 2020 at 2:10 pm

      I’m so happy I could help! Have a great Court of Honor!

      Reply

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