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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. 

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.

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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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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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Aaron Derr is the senior editor of Aaron on Scouting and Scout Life magazine, and also a former Cubmaster and Scouts BSA volunteer.


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