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Leaders invent homemade inflatable gaga ball pit

June 27, 2018 57

Can you make your own gaga ball pit? Absolutely. With half a roll of duct tape and a dozen pool rafts, this group of leaders in South Carolina built a pit for this unofficial sport of Scouting.

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Backcountry Bingo cards encourage Scouts to pay attention to the world around them

June 15, 2018 20

A Scouter in California has created Backcountry Bingo Hunt cards to encourage his Scouts to pay attention to the details around them. He’s made them available to any fellow Scouters for free.

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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. 

Camp Hacks

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.

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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.

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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.

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