Girl Scouts Outdoor Activities!

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Camping

Tent whereabouts

1. When finding a spot to set your tent for the night choose an area with flat ground.

2.Try an also avoid hills when choosing your location.

3.Make sure to consider sun and wind exposure.

4.Although look for that spot with shade inches away from shade and face the door of the tent away from the wind’s direction.

5.Depends on who’s camping, but I would be near a water source.

6. And always make sure you leave your campsite better than you found it!

Tent Setup

*Instructions should come with the tent.

Washline Setup

This is the way I learned... and here is a list of what you’ll need

Rope (15 yards) x1

Pantyhose x2

Soap bars x2

Milk jug (empty) x2

Popcorn bowl or bucket

Bungee cord x2

Knife to cut holes

Footlong of yarn x2

Golf tee x2

You can have a garbage bag but keep away from animals at night

If you want to dry your hands make sure to bring close pins and washcloths (depends on the number of people)

Instructions

Tie one end of the rope around a tree and use the bowline or overhand.

With the other end tie a taut-line hitch around a second tree (near the first tree)

Stick your bars of soap to the bottom of the pantyhose and tie them on the rope (opposite ends)

Cut a hole in the bottom of the jug, stick the golf tee in the hole (to eventually close off the water in the jug), attach yarn to the jug handle and the end of the golf tee, repeat this on the other…

Then put the bungee cord through the jug handle and place it on the rope next to the soap, hanging (repeat)

Place your popcorn bowl or bucket underneath where water will leak out.

Then you can add your wash clothes and garbage bag if prefer... (to hang washcloths you can use close pins)

Recipes

Entree ideas

Hotdog - cook hotdog on a roasting stick, place in a bun, add condiments and eat.

Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich (Grilled Cheese)- place butter on the outsides of bread, place the butter against the pie iron then add your ham and cheese, (get rid of ham to make a grilled cheese)

Pizza Pockets - repeat the first thing you did to the grilled ham and cheese, then add tomato sauce shredded cheese, and pepperoni

Burgers (foil) - place meat patty in foil and toppings/vegetables, seal foil, place on coal (make sure to check it is fully cooked), then grab carefully, and place it on your plate with a burger bun.

Desert Ideas

Smores - cook marshmallow on a roasting stick then place on top of chocolate that is already on top of graham crackers add the other half of graham crackers on top of the toasted marshmallow.

Sides ideas in a pot over the fire

Green beans, Corn, Potatoes, Baked beans, Carrots

Other sides

Salad, Fruit, Rolls, Chips

Hiking

What to bring

water, sunscreen, bug spray, compass, map, first aid kit, flash light, foods and snacks, firestarter, matches, tools/knife, extra clothing

Tree Leaves

Leaves of trees
Leaf name Leaf image
white oak image
sycamore image
maple image
pine tree image
stargum image
elm image
honey locust image
chokecherry image
butternut image

photos taken by Emma Graham

Wild plants

Trail signs

Building a survival shelter (if you get lost)

1.Find a long tree limb to make the spine of your shelter then stick it in a stump of tree

2.Find medium length and thick sticks to add the on the sides (make sure to add to both sides of the spine)

3.Once you have a lot of those add smaller sticks to fill all the whole or open areas

4.Although look for that spot with shade inches away from shade and face the door of the tent away from the wind’s direction.

5.To avoid getting rain in your shelter you need to add about an arm lengths of leaves on top of all the sticks and branches.