GillyWump Campsite Activity

This Activity is meant for Scouts BSA.

This Activity should be done Outside.

Gather all the gear you want to use to set up the campsite.
Make a list of things done wrong.
Set up the gear following the list.

The GillyWump Patrol has left their campsite to go off on a hike. There are all sorts of things left in a sorry state.
Each patrol should tour the campsite making a list of all the things they find wrong.
The patrol that finds the most things, wins.
Reflect on what was missed and how well we can manage our campsites on campouts.

List of things that can be set up:

1. Stove fuel containers left open and not stored away
2. Pot with water left on stove
3. Food scraps left around cooking area
4. Dirty, rusty knife used for food prep
5. Water bottle left open
6. Perishable food left out of cooler
7. Non-perishable food left out of patrol box
8. Cooler lid left open
9. Dirty cooking dishes
10. Dirty dish wash water left in basins
11. No soap in wash water
12. Some dishes cleaned sitting flat on table to dry instead of in drying bag
13. Trash bag with garbage in it left on ground
14. Plastic drink bottles in campfire pit
15. Knife stuck in picnic table
16. Dining fly set up over stove instead of over table and work area
17. Dining fly sagging to center so it accumulates rain
18. Whittled stick and shavings on picnic table instead of in ax area
19. Matches left out by stove
20. Tent set up in low spot or steep slope
21. Tent fly open
22. Food in tent
23. Candle in tent
24. Gameboy in tent
25. Tent rope tied to small live tree
26. No rain fly on tent
27. Green stick cut and used for tent stake
28. Tent set up very close to fire
29. Fire built outside of fire ring
30. No fire buckets
31. Smoldering fire left
32. First aid kit sitting out open by fire
33. Opened bandages in kit
34. Dirt in kit
35. Ropes lying on ground
36. Small ax yard in brushy area
37. Ax laying on ground
38. Unsheathed saw laying on cutting stump
39. And other things ...