Everything Camping! Discussions - Girl Scouts Volunteer Central2024-03-28T12:51:06Zhttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/group/everythingcamping/forum?groupUrl=everythingcamping&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHOME MADE MOSQUITO REPELLENTtag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2013-07-18:6171239:Topic:413202013-07-18T17:08:15.087ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
<p>(ALSO FOR ANTS & FLEAS) <br></br> (And free from chemicals that poison the body)<br></br> <br></br> Keep the bugs off at camp, on hikes and other outdoor adventures.<br></br> <br></br> Ingredients:<br></br> <br></br> 1/2 litre of rubbing alcohol<br></br> 100 gram of whole cloves<br></br> 100 ml of baby oil or similar (almond, sesame, chamomile, lavender, fennel etc)<br></br> <br></br>Preparation:<br></br>Leave cloves to marinate in alcohol four days<br></br>Stir every morning and evening<br></br>After 4 days add the oil<br></br>It's now ready to…</p>
<p>(ALSO FOR ANTS & FLEAS) <br/> (And free from chemicals that poison the body)<br/> <br/> Keep the bugs off at camp, on hikes and other outdoor adventures.<br/> <br/> Ingredients:<br/> <br/> 1/2 litre of rubbing alcohol<br/> 100 gram of whole cloves<br/> 100 ml of baby oil or similar (almond, sesame, chamomile, lavender, fennel etc)<br/> <br/>Preparation:<br/>Leave cloves to marinate in alcohol four days<br/>Stir every morning and evening<br/>After 4 days add the oil<br/>It's now ready to use.<br/><br/>How to use:<br/>Gently rub a few drops into the skin.<br/><br/>Repels fleas on pets too.</p> BACKPACKS - How to choose the right onetag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2013-06-20:6171239:Topic:409662013-06-20T00:10:24.888ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
<p>BACKPACKS</p>
<p>How to choose one for your needs and body<br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/backpack.html" target="_blank">http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/backpack.html</a></p>
<p>BACKPACKS</p>
<p>How to choose one for your needs and body<br/> <br/> <a href="http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/backpack.html" target="_blank">http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/backpack.html</a></p> Protect your TP!tag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2013-06-20:6171239:Topic:407852013-06-20T00:09:01.685ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
<p>PROTECT YOUR TP</p>
<p>This is a very clever idea to keep your TP clean and dry at camp.<br/> <br/> <a href="http://rugged-life.com/2013/02/09/protect-your-tp-at-camp/" target="_blank">http://rugged-life.com/2013/02/09/protect-your-tp-at-camp/</a></p>
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<p>PROTECT YOUR TP</p>
<p>This is a very clever idea to keep your TP clean and dry at camp.<br/> <br/> <a href="http://rugged-life.com/2013/02/09/protect-your-tp-at-camp/" target="_blank">http://rugged-life.com/2013/02/09/protect-your-tp-at-camp/</a></p>
<p> </p> CAMPFIRE PIZZAtag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2013-05-24:6171239:Topic:406692013-05-24T22:28:34.603ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
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<p><br></br> <br></br> Canned pizza dough (in refrigerator section) <br></br> Pizza sauce <br></br> Mozzarella cheese<br></br> Your favorite toppings!<br></br> Dried Italian seasoning and a dash of salt and pepper <br></br> <br></br> Roll out pizza dough to form a rectangle. Spread pizza sauce over top. Top with cheese, additional toppings, and add seasoning. Roll pizza up to form a log and tuck edges in. Wrap in thick foil. Place in freezer until ready for your camping trip. Place in cooler or set out until almost…</p>
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<p><br/> <br/> Canned pizza dough (in refrigerator section) <br/> Pizza sauce <br/> Mozzarella cheese<br/> Your favorite toppings!<br/> Dried Italian seasoning and a dash of salt and pepper <br/> <br/> Roll out pizza dough to form a rectangle. Spread pizza sauce over top. Top with cheese, additional toppings, and add seasoning. Roll pizza up to form a log and tuck edges in. Wrap in thick foil. Place in freezer until ready for your camping trip. Place in cooler or set out until almost thawed. Place pizza log, still in its foil on hot grill or fire pit. Cook for about 15 minutes flipping over and cook an additional 10-15 minutes. Slice pizza for everyone to eat!</p>
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<p></p> CAMP RECIPEStag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2013-05-24:6171239:Topic:409402013-05-24T22:17:49.977ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
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<p>COWGIRL GOULASH<br></br> <br></br> This is a quick and easy one pot meal the girls always ate right up.<br></br> <br></br> Prep Time: 10 minutes<br></br> Cook Time: 15 minutes<br></br> Total Time: 25 minutes<br></br> <br></br> Ingredients:<br></br> <br></br> 1 pound ground beef<br></br>1 large can pork and beans<br></br>1 onion, chopped<br></br>3 tablespoons brown sugar or molasses<br></br>2 tablespoons BBQ sauce<br></br>2 tablespoons mustard<br></br>2 tablespoons relish<br></br>parsley sprigs<br></br>Preparation:<br></br><br></br>Brown ground beef, then drain…</p>
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<p>COWGIRL GOULASH<br/> <br/> This is a quick and easy one pot meal the girls always ate right up.<br/> <br/> Prep Time: 10 minutes<br/> Cook Time: 15 minutes<br/> Total Time: 25 minutes<br/> <br/> Ingredients:<br/> <br/> 1 pound ground beef<br/>1 large can pork and beans<br/>1 onion, chopped<br/>3 tablespoons brown sugar or molasses<br/>2 tablespoons BBQ sauce<br/>2 tablespoons mustard<br/>2 tablespoons relish<br/>parsley sprigs<br/>Preparation:<br/><br/>Brown ground beef, then drain liquid. Add onions and continue cooking until soft. Add remaining items and allow mixture to simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve over rice or noodles and garnish with parsley sprigs.<br/><br/>Servings: 6 (multiply the ingredients to fit the size group you are feeding)</p>
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<p>CORN SOUP<br/> <br/> I have made this many times on our camping trips and we really enjoy it.<br/> <br/> Prep Time: 15 minutes<br/> Cook Time: 20 minutes<br/> Total Time: 35 minutes<br/> <br/> Ingredients:<br/> <br/> 3 strips bacon<br/>1 medium yellow onion<br/>8 small red bliss potatoes<br/>1 cup water<br/>2 cans whole kernel corn<br/>1 can cream style corn<br/>Preparation:<br/><br/>Cut bacon strips into small pieces. Dice onion into small pieces. Place bacon into sauce pan and cook until almost done, then add onion pieces and cook until they become translucent. Add cup of water and the red bliss potatoes cut into good bite size pieces. At this time you can also add the juice only of the whole kernel corn, then cook until the potatoes are done. When done pour in the whole kernel corn and the cream style corn. Bring to a simmer and you are ready to serve.<br/><br/>Servings: 4-6 (multiply the ingredients to fit the size group you are feeding)</p>
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<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"></br><br></br><span style="background: white;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">I loved this and<br></br>so did the girls!…</span></span><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"></br><br></br><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"></br><br></br></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"/><br/><span style="background: white;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">I loved this and<br/>so did the girls!</span></span><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"/><br/><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"/><br/><span style="background: white;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">Unsliced day-old<br/>white bread</span></span><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"/><br/><span style="background: white;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">Sweetened<br/>condensed milk (1 can)</span></span><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"/><br/><span style="background: white;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">Dry shredded<br/>coconut</span></span><br style="word-spacing: 0px;"/><br/><span style="background: white;"><span style="word-spacing: 0px;">Trim crust off<br/>bread. Cut into slices 3/4 inch wide, and about 2 inches long, and about 3/4<br/>inch thick. Dip strips into milk and roll into coconut. Pierce</span></span></span></p> Hiking Stickstag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2012-03-23:6171239:Topic:339352012-03-23T05:09:52.504ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
<p>Do your girls like the outdoors? Are you planning on doing some hiking in the future? Start now and make your own hiking sticks. I did these with my girls and they had them for years. Each time we took a hike, we wood burned the date on the stick. They held great memories over the years.</p>
<p>They can be as simple are as involved as you choose...from using an old broom stick to cutting and drying your own wood.…</p>
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<p>Do your girls like the outdoors? Are you planning on doing some hiking in the future? Start now and make your own hiking sticks. I did these with my girls and they had them for years. Each time we took a hike, we wood burned the date on the stick. They held great memories over the years.</p>
<p>They can be as simple are as involved as you choose...from using an old broom stick to cutting and drying your own wood.</p>
<p><a href="http://walking.about.com/od/hikingandwalkingsticks/a/ucmakestick.htm">http://walking.about.com/od/hikingandwalkingsticks/a/ucmakestick.htm</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.backpacking.net/makegear/hiking-staff/index.html">http://www.backpacking.net/makegear/hiking-staff/index.html</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/skills/b-p/staff.htm">http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/skills/b-p/staff.htm</a></p>
<p><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Carved-Hiking-Sticks---Making-Your-Own&id=71689">http://ezinearticles.com/?Carved-Hiking-Sticks---Making-Your-Own&id=71689</a></p> Camp Namestag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2012-03-23:6171239:Topic:338262012-03-23T04:51:16.994ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
<p><br></br> Camp Names<br></br> At camp most staff go by camp names. This is the name that everyone calls you. It's a fun game, you keep your real name a secret and the girls try to guess them all session long, at the end of the session, you can reveal your real name. Some things to get you started thinking:</p>
<p>Names of Animals: Turtle, Bunny, Bear, Dolphin <br></br> Birds: Bluebird, Starling <br></br> Insects (bugs) Honeybee, Lady Bug, Beetle <br></br> Flowers: Rose, Daffodil, Daisy, Petunia <br></br> Plants:…</p>
<p><br/> Camp Names<br/> At camp most staff go by camp names. This is the name that everyone calls you. It's a fun game, you keep your real name a secret and the girls try to guess them all session long, at the end of the session, you can reveal your real name. Some things to get you started thinking:</p>
<p>Names of Animals: Turtle, Bunny, Bear, Dolphin <br/> Birds: Bluebird, Starling <br/> Insects (bugs) Honeybee, Lady Bug, Beetle <br/> Flowers: Rose, Daffodil, Daisy, Petunia <br/> Plants: Carrot, Potato, Parsley <br/> Cartoon Characters: Bugs, Tweety, Roadrunner <br/> Characters from books, movies: Happy, Sparky, Smiley, Pinky, Peanut, Bubbles, Floppy, Skipper, Riddles, Stormy, Goldilocks, Blondie, Trouble, Slinky, Captain, Fiddler, Cuddles, Thunder, Scooter <br/> Your favorite food: Spaghetti, Cookie, <br/> Your name spelled backwards. <br/> An outstanding personal trait</p>
<p>As you can see, the possibilities are endless. However, there are a few guidelines to consider when choosing a camp name…</p>
<p>1. Be sure your camp name is appropriate. If it isn't, you will probably be asked to change it upon arrival to camp.</p>
<p>2. Once you're a CIT, WIT, or staff, you cannot change your camp name. It's only happened… once or twice, in the recent past. By that point the returning staff and older campers all know you by that name, so changing it is looked down on.</p>
<p>3. Try to be original! Be known for being yourself, not for being one of fifty people with the same name. One of my years in Bits'n'Bridles, we had 3 people who wanted to be "Sunshine." So they were Sunny, Sunshine, and Sunshine Girl. Come on people, that's just boring.</p> Pocket Knife Safetytag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2012-03-23:6171239:Topic:338232012-03-23T04:34:41.791ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
<p>Benefits<br></br> Girl Scouts utilize pocket knives in many aspects of troop life. A Scout uses her knife to shave kindling for a fire, carve wood for crafts and cut ropes or cords for setting up a tent. As she learns knife safety, the Girl Scout increases the range of activities she can accomplish and the number of merit badges she can earn.</p>
<p>Basic Safety<br></br> Girl Scouts receive training in proper opening and closing techniques, the importance of blade sharpening and safety. Leaders…</p>
<p>Benefits<br/> Girl Scouts utilize pocket knives in many aspects of troop life. A Scout uses her knife to shave kindling for a fire, carve wood for crafts and cut ropes or cords for setting up a tent. As she learns knife safety, the Girl Scout increases the range of activities she can accomplish and the number of merit badges she can earn.</p>
<p>Basic Safety<br/> Girl Scouts receive training in proper opening and closing techniques, the importance of blade sharpening and safety. Leaders share the correct way to hand a knife to someone else and how to hold the knife for various uses. Pocket knives can hold other tools besides knife blades; proper instruction in using those tools increases the level of safety for the Girl Scouts.</p>
<p>Safety Circles<br/> As knife training begins, Girl Scouts should spread apart in safety circles. The circle places each girl a little over arms length from the girls around her. The distance minimizes the risk of accidental injury to an adjacent girl if one girl fumbles her knife.</p>
<p>Practice Knives<br/> Practice knives cut from heavy cardboard allow safe initiation into knife handling. The practice knives are cut in two parts--the blade and the case--which are secured with a brad. The brad permits the blade to pivot in relation to the case just as a real knife does. Girl Scouts can practice proper hand placement and safe opening and closing techniques without danger of cutting themselves.</p>
<p>Plastic Knife Whittling<br/> Use bars of soap or raw potatoes as subjects for practice whittling. Supply plastic knives as whittling tools. This exercise gives experience in pushing a knife blade through a solid surface without the increased risk of metal blades.</p>
<p>Testing<br/> Some leaders test the level of the girls’ skill by wiping lipstick along the edge of cardboard or plastic blades. If a girl mishandles her blade, lipstick on her hand will reveal where she would have been cut by a real knife.</p>
<p>Considerations<br/> The ages and maturity levels of the girls in the group should be taken into account when planning knife activities. Rules within the troop regarding the presence of pocket knives can help to prevent mishaps for untrained girls.</p>
<p>Read more: Girl Scout Pocket Knife Safety | eHow.com <a href="http://www.ehow.com/about_6681517_girl-scout-pocket-knife-safety.html#ixzz1mw0oVkmH">http://www.ehow.com/about_6681517_girl-scout-pocket-knife-safety.html#ixzz1mw0oVkmH</a></p> Knot Peopletag:gsvolunteercentral.ning.com,2012-01-26:6171239:Topic:327142012-01-26T05:12:21.223ZCharlene Domschothttps://gsvolunteercentral.ning.com/profile/charlenedomschot
<p>Cute ideas for learning knots...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ssrguides.org/resources.php?sub=knotmen">http://www.ssrguides.org/resources.php?sub=knotmen</a></p>
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<p>Cute ideas for learning knots...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ssrguides.org/resources.php?sub=knotmen">http://www.ssrguides.org/resources.php?sub=knotmen</a></p>
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