We have the secrets to healthy camp food
Most campout food can be delicious and good for you at the same time – with a few tweaks.
Troop Traditions: Scouts step into history at Lincoln Pilgrimage
This weekend in Illinois, Scouts will hike, camp and honor the 16th President of the United States. The annual event highlight is a 19-mile hike from New Salem to Springfield.
Survival hacks that might save a life
You might have to improvise in a survival situation. Here are some hacks we hope you’ll never have to use.
Here are some ideas to put outdoor skills into action at Scout meetings
Outdoor skills aren’t just for the monthly campout. There are plenty of ways your Scouts can hone their outdoor skills on a regular basis.
Here’s a simple way of setting up a dining fly in an open field
A dining fly is one of the first structures you should put up at camp. But what if you’re in an area away from trees, how do you secure one?
Here’s how to complete a square lashing in half the time
Making tight wraps and fraps when tying a square lashing can take some time, but not with this method.
Here’s a tip to help your Scouts remember how to tie a clove hitch
Did you know a clove hitch is essentially two simple knots? When your Scout is tying lashings, all they need
Always tie a square knot correctly with this tip
Tying a square knot might be confusing for Scouts. “Right-over-left” or was it “left-over-right?” Here’s how to help them.
Try this easy technique next time you need to whip a rope
Whipping a rope can be a little tricky. If your Scout is struggling with the traditional method, you can teach them another way, called “West Country whipping.”
Teach Scouts to identify essential knots by making this cool Knot Recognition Game
When this assistant Scoutmaster brings his Knot Recognition Game to summer camp or a district camporee, volunteers from other troops take notice.
In ‘SOS: How to Survive’ on The Weather Channel, Eagle Scout shares camp hacks that could save your life
Creek Stewart, the Eagle Scout who once offered his survival secrets for free in a Boys’ Life ad, has a new prime-time show: “SOS: How to Survive.”
Leaders invent homemade inflatable gaga ball pit
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.
Backcountry Bingo cards encourage Scouts to pay attention to the world around them
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.
How to make kitchen patrol, or KP, a little less onerous
It’s every Scout’s least favorite task on the duty roster, but cleaning dishes does not have to turn into a necessary evil.
The history of Scouting and s’mores
Did you know that the tradition of Scouts browning marshmallows over a fire began well before s’mores blazed onto the scene in 1927?
This is how you organize the inside of a troop trailer
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.
A camp clothes drying rack you can build in minutes
Clotheslines are so 1960s. Today’s most cunning campers build a camp clothes drying rack out of sticks and ropes.
Keep your camp kitchen clean when cooking with eggs
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.
Sliced apples turning brown? Try this camp cooking hack
Are your sliced apples turning brown before you get the chance to use them? Try this camp cooking hack from a BSA volunteer.
Keep your paper towel roll from unraveling with this simple camp hack
A Scouting volunteer came up with a simple, ingenious way to keep your paper towel roll from unraveling when camping in the front country.
Scout-made camp cooking gadget offers a better way to boil water
A simple camp cooking gadget takes minutes to build and lets Scouts boil water and cook food in style.
Dishwashing rack made from hiking poles? Ingenious!
This Scout dishwashing rack made out of hiking poles is brilliant and keeps your dishwashing tubs off picnic tables and the ground.