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Camp Hacks

Camp Hacks

How to make kitchen patrol, or KP, a little less onerous

October 24, 2017 7

It’s every Scout’s least favorite task on the duty roster, but cleaning dishes does not have to turn into a necessary evil. 

Boys' Life

The history of Scouting and s’mores

August 10, 2017 17

Did you know that the tradition of Scouts browning marshmallows over a fire began well before s’mores blazed onto the scene in 1927?

Camp Hacks

This is how you organize the inside of a troop trailer

April 26, 2017 73

In Troop 101, the patrol method isn’t just part of campouts. It’s part of the trailer, too. The trailer is a 6-foot-by-12-foot masterpiece of organization.

Camp Hacks

A camp clothes drying rack you can build in minutes

March 11, 2016 6

Clotheslines are so 1960s. Today’s most cunning campers build a camp clothes drying rack out of sticks and ropes.

Camp Hacks

Keep your camp kitchen clean when cooking with eggs

November 5, 2015 36

Scouting volunteer Larry Green, who has shared his camping tricks before, is back with a tip for keeping your camp kitchen clean when cooking with eggs.

Camp Hacks

Sliced apples turning brown? Try this camp cooking hack

October 8, 2015 13

Are your sliced apples turning brown before you get the chance to use them? Try this camp cooking hack from a BSA volunteer.

Camp Hacks

Keep your paper towel roll from unraveling with this simple camp hack

September 30, 2015 32

A Scouting volunteer came up with a simple, ingenious way to keep your paper towel roll from unraveling when camping in the front country.

Camp Hacks

Scout-made camp cooking gadget offers a better way to boil water

March 4, 2015 26

A simple camp cooking gadget takes minutes to build and lets Scouts boil water and cook food in style.

Camp Hacks

Dishwashing rack made from hiking poles? Ingenious!

October 9, 2014 83

This Scout dishwashing rack made out of hiking poles is brilliant and keeps your dishwashing tubs off picnic tables and the ground.

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Bryan Wendell, an Eagle Scout, is the founder of Bryan on Scouting and a contributing writer.


Michael Freeman, an Eagle Scout, is associate editor of Boys’ Life, Scouting and Eagles’ Call magazines.

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