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You are here: Home / Girl Scouts / A Crafty Camping Weekend

A Crafty Camping Weekend

June 10, 2014 by SmartGirl 8 Comments

SWAP posts can be found here:

  • Minion SWAP
  • Campfire SWAP
  • S’mores Friends SWAP
  • Girl in Sleeping Bag SWAP

More about camping

I am still recovering from a great weekend of camping with my Daisy Girl Scouts.  My younger daughter is in kindergarten and I am her troop leader.  We had 5 Daisies come, each with their mom (or grandma), plus 2 older sisters who are also Girl Scouts.  And then we had 2 stowaways… my husband and 5-year-old son.  So 14 of us all together stayed in 6 platform tents for 2 nights and the girls had a fantastic time.  I think their favorite part was washing the dishes.  Daisy Girl Scouts washing dishes at camp

I used Sharpie oil-based paint markers (my new favorite!) to write WASH and RINSE on the tubs.  These will be perfect for family camping too, not just Girl Scout camping.DIY dishwashing bins for camping with or without Girl Scouts

The girls loved the mini-zip line that the ranger operated.  Camp Sacajawea mini zip line perfect for Daisy Girl Scouts

On Saturday night the whole group went on a hay ride.Hay ride with Daisy Girl Scouts

Then we took them to their first drive-in movie.  Well my girls had been before, but the others had not.Daisy Girl Scouts - first drive-in movie

Sorry the pictures are so grainy.  That’s with my iPhone at night.  We piled the smaller girls (and my son) in the back of my Honda Pilot and the bigger girls in the back of a minivan.Delsea drive-in movie to see Malifecent

The Delsea Drive-in is the only drive-in movie theater left in New Jersey.  Lucky for us it was only 11 miles from our camp grounds.  Of course we didn’t stay for the double feature and left after Maleficent.  That was scary enough for these kindergarteners, they didn’t need to see Godzilla.Delsea Drive-in Movie Theater

We did a lot of crafting at camp too.  Girl Scouts have a thing called SWAPS (Special Whatchmacallits Affectionately Pinned somewhere or Shared With A Pal) which are basically a craft you can exchange with other Girl Scouts so you can grow a big collection.  Check out this Pinterest board for more inspiration.  The girls made 4 SWAPS and a decorated a bag to pin them on.  I brought enough craft supplies so each girl could make multiples, because of course they’re going to want to keep one for themselves as well as have  some to trade.Craft time at Girl Scout camp - making SWAPS with our troop

Making marshmallow s'mores camping SWAPS with Daisy Girl Scouts

Girl Scout SWAPS

Each SWAP now has its very own blog post, so please click on the image below for the full directions.

  • Minion SWAP
  • Campfire SWAP
  • S’mores Friends SWAP
  • Girl in Sleeping Bag SWAP

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smores-friends-girl-scout-swap

 

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The older girls decorated the canvas bags and the younger girls decorated blue nylon drawstring bags that I got at AC Moore for $.99 each.  All they needed were some fabric markers and they were happy.

Daisy Girl Scout SWAPS bag fabric marker craft

It was a great weekend and we’ll definitely be doing it again next year!

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Comments

  1. Liza Wyles says

    June 23, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    How fun! We’re heading out with my daughter’s Daisy troop this weekend for camping. But as non-crafter and city mouse, I don’t know how useful I’ll be as a chaperone. Thanks for sharing your creative tips! (I’m hoping we won’t have to wash anything in tubs…I’d rather just tote the dirty home stuff and throw it in the dishwasher!)

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    • SmartGirl says

      June 23, 2014 at 7:56 pm

      Haha. You’ll be fine. You can bring paper plates and stuff, but our girls truly loved washing the dishes. Of course I ran everything through the dishwasher when we got home though. Lol

      Reply
  2. candyyams says

    October 14, 2015 at 9:35 am

    Thanks for your post! My Daisies are going to their first Camporee and we were looking for SWAP ideas. This is right on time. I can’t wait to organize our camp trip. Thanks again for sharing.

    Reply
    • SmartGirl says

      October 14, 2015 at 10:25 am

      You’ll have a blast! Good luck with the SWAPS!!

      Reply
  3. Cindy deRosier says

    August 3, 2016 at 2:56 pm

    I’m the Editor of Fun Family Crafts and wanted to let you know that we have featured your cute sleeping bag project! You can see it here:

    http://funfamilycrafts.com/campers-in-sleeping-bags/

    If you have other kid-friendly craft tutorials, we’d love for you to submit them. If you would like to display a featured button on your site, you can get one from the right side bar of your post above. Thanks for a neat project idea!

    Reply
    • SmartGirl says

      August 3, 2016 at 10:02 pm

      Awesome. Thanks!

      Reply

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