diff --git a/cpp/include/cudf/lists/detail/gather.cuh b/cpp/include/cudf/lists/detail/gather.cuh
index 83710a49f6a..18fe707fd69 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cudf/lists/detail/gather.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/cudf/lists/detail/gather.cuh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include <cudf/column/column_factories.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/get_value.cuh>
+#include <cudf/detail/sizes_to_offsets_iterator.cuh>
 #include <cudf/lists/lists_column_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/bit.hpp>
 #include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <thrust/functional.h>
 #include <thrust/iterator/counting_iterator.h>
 #include <thrust/transform.h>
-#include <thrust/transform_scan.h>
 
 namespace cudf {
 namespace lists {
@@ -74,25 +74,15 @@ gather_data make_gather_data(cudf::lists_column_view const& source_column,
 {
   // size of the gather map is the # of output rows
   size_type output_count = gather_map_size;
-  size_type offset_count = output_count + 1;
 
   // offsets of the source column
   int32_t const* src_offsets{source_column.offsets().data<int32_t>() + source_column.offset()};
   size_type const src_size = source_column.size();
 
-  // outgoing offsets.  these will persist as output from the entire gather operation
-  auto dst_offsets_c = cudf::make_fixed_width_column(
-    data_type{type_id::INT32}, offset_count, mask_state::UNALLOCATED, stream, mr);
-  mutable_column_view dst_offsets_v = dst_offsets_c->mutable_view();
   auto const source_column_nullmask = source_column.null_mask();
 
-  // generate the compacted outgoing offsets.
-  auto count_iter = thrust::make_counting_iterator<int32_t>(0);
-  thrust::transform_exclusive_scan(
-    rmm::exec_policy_nosync(stream),
-    count_iter,
-    count_iter + offset_count,
-    dst_offsets_v.begin<int32_t>(),
+  auto sizes_itr = cudf::detail::make_counting_transform_iterator(
+    0,
     [source_column_nullmask,
      source_column_offset = source_column.offset(),
      gather_map,
@@ -112,9 +102,10 @@ gather_data make_gather_data(cudf::lists_column_view const& source_column,
 
       // the length of this list
       return src_offsets[offset_index + 1] - src_offsets[offset_index];
-    },
-    0,
-    thrust::plus<int32_t>());
+    });
+
+  auto [dst_offsets_c, map_size] =
+    cudf::detail::make_offsets_child_column(sizes_itr, sizes_itr + output_count, stream, mr);
 
   // handle sliced columns
   size_type const shift =
@@ -147,9 +138,7 @@ gather_data make_gather_data(cudf::lists_column_view const& source_column,
     });
 
   // Retrieve size of the resulting gather map for level N+1 (the last offset)
-  size_type child_gather_map_size =
-    cudf::detail::get_value<size_type>(dst_offsets_c->view(), output_count, stream);
-
+  auto const child_gather_map_size = static_cast<size_type>(map_size);
   return {std::move(dst_offsets_c), std::move(base_offsets), child_gather_map_size};
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_list_elements.cu b/cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_list_elements.cu
index 3b00d7bd26e..fbe297765f8 100644
--- a/cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_list_elements.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/lists/combine/concatenate_list_elements.cu
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include <cudf/detail/copy.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/gather.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/get_value.cuh>
+#include <cudf/detail/iterator.cuh>
 #include <cudf/detail/nvtx/ranges.hpp>
+#include <cudf/detail/sizes_to_offsets_iterator.cuh>
 #include <cudf/detail/valid_if.cuh>
 #include <cudf/lists/combine.hpp>
 #include <cudf/lists/lists_column_view.hpp>
@@ -120,12 +122,8 @@ generate_list_offsets_and_validities(column_view const& input,
 {
   auto const num_rows = input.size();
 
-  auto out_offsets = make_numeric_column(
-    data_type{type_to_id<size_type>()}, num_rows + 1, mask_state::UNALLOCATED, stream, mr);
-
   auto const lists_of_lists_dv_ptr = column_device_view::create(input, stream);
   auto const lists_dv_ptr   = column_device_view::create(lists_column_view(input).child(), stream);
-  auto const d_out_offsets  = out_offsets->mutable_view().template begin<size_type>();
   auto const d_row_offsets  = lists_column_view(input).offsets_begin();
   auto const d_list_offsets = lists_column_view(lists_column_view(input).child()).offsets_begin();
 
@@ -133,23 +131,19 @@ generate_list_offsets_and_validities(column_view const& input,
   auto validities = rmm::device_uvector<int8_t>(num_rows, stream);
 
   // Compute output list sizes and validities.
-  auto const iter = thrust::make_counting_iterator<size_type>(0);
-  thrust::transform(
-    rmm::exec_policy(stream),
-    iter,
-    iter + num_rows,
-    d_out_offsets,
+  auto sizes_itr = cudf::detail::make_counting_transform_iterator(
+    0,
     [lists_of_lists_dv = *lists_of_lists_dv_ptr,
      lists_dv          = *lists_dv_ptr,
      d_row_offsets,
      d_list_offsets,
-     d_validities = validities.begin(),
-     iter] __device__(auto const idx) {
+     d_validities = validities.begin()] __device__(auto const idx) {
       if (d_row_offsets[idx] == d_row_offsets[idx + 1]) {  // This is a null/empty row.
         d_validities[idx] = static_cast<int8_t>(lists_of_lists_dv.is_valid(idx));
         return size_type{0};
       }
       // The output row will not be null only if all lists on the input row are not null.
+      auto const iter = thrust::make_counting_iterator<size_type>(0);
       auto const is_valid =
         thrust::all_of(thrust::seq,
                        iter + d_row_offsets[idx],
@@ -161,10 +155,9 @@ generate_list_offsets_and_validities(column_view const& input,
       // Compute size of the output list as sum of sizes of all lists in the current input row.
       return d_list_offsets[d_row_offsets[idx + 1]] - d_list_offsets[d_row_offsets[idx]];
     });
-
   // Compute offsets from sizes.
-  thrust::exclusive_scan(
-    rmm::exec_policy(stream), d_out_offsets, d_out_offsets + num_rows + 1, d_out_offsets);
+  auto out_offsets = std::get<0>(
+    cudf::detail::make_offsets_child_column(sizes_itr, sizes_itr + num_rows, stream, mr));
 
   return {std::move(out_offsets), std::move(validities)};
 }
diff --git a/cpp/src/lists/lists_column_factories.cu b/cpp/src/lists/lists_column_factories.cu
index 7f82d32d327..278e5af07b2 100644
--- a/cpp/src/lists/lists_column_factories.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/lists/lists_column_factories.cu
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <cudf/column/column_view.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/copy.hpp>
 #include <cudf/detail/gather.cuh>
+#include <cudf/detail/sizes_to_offsets_iterator.cuh>
 #include <cudf/detail/utilities/vector_factories.hpp>
 #include <cudf/lists/detail/lists_column_factories.hpp>
 
@@ -49,14 +50,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<cudf::column> make_lists_column_from_scalar(list_scalar const& v
   auto mr_final = size == 1 ? mr : rmm::mr::get_current_device_resource();
 
   // Handcraft a 1-row column
-  auto offsets = make_numeric_column(
-    data_type{type_to_id<size_type>()}, 2, mask_state::UNALLOCATED, stream, mr_final);
-  auto m_offsets = offsets->mutable_view();
-  thrust::sequence(rmm::exec_policy(stream),
-                   m_offsets.begin<size_type>(),
-                   m_offsets.end<size_type>(),
-                   0,
-                   value.view().size());
+  auto sizes_itr = thrust::constant_iterator<size_type>(value.view().size());
+  auto offsets   = std::get<0>(
+    cudf::detail::make_offsets_child_column(sizes_itr, sizes_itr + 1, stream, mr_final));
   size_type null_count = value.is_valid(stream) ? 0 : 1;
   auto null_mask_state = null_count ? mask_state::ALL_NULL : mask_state::UNALLOCATED;
   auto null_mask       = cudf::detail::create_null_mask(1, null_mask_state, stream, mr_final);
diff --git a/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp
index 66de4e19b27..95706ad9e37 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/column/factories_test.cpp
@@ -819,3 +819,13 @@ void struct_from_scalar(bool is_valid)
 TEST_F(ColumnFactoryTest, FromStructScalar) { struct_from_scalar(true); }
 
 TEST_F(ColumnFactoryTest, FromStructScalarNull) { struct_from_scalar(false); }
+
+TEST_F(ColumnFactoryTest, FromScalarErrors)
+{
+  cudf::string_scalar ss("hello world");
+  EXPECT_THROW(cudf::make_column_from_scalar(ss, 214748365), std::overflow_error);
+
+  using FCW = cudf::test::fixed_width_column_wrapper<int8_t>;
+  auto s    = cudf::make_list_scalar(FCW({1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}));
+  EXPECT_THROW(cudf::make_column_from_scalar(*s, 214748365), std::overflow_error);
+}