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For this task, the Beavers will help you build a ‘Bear Bag Structure’ using a knot and a lashing. Once
the structures are built they will play a fun game called ‘The Bear Bag Game’.

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Instructions

Directions/Leader Speak
1. Speak - The next task you need to complete for your ‘Beavers Camp Craft’ badge
is to take part in a small ‘Pioneering Project’. So in teams you are going to make a
‘Bear Bag’ holder.
When you’re camping you need to make your food bear proof! Don’t worry it’s
unlikely where you will be camping that you will see a bear but just in case we
should learn how to keep our food away from the bears.
There are a few ways to do this. The best way is to hang your bag from a tree.
We are going to pretend that we don’t have a suitable tree where we are camping
and make a tripod stand to hang the bear bag from instead.
2. Speak - This is what it’s going to look like…
3. Action – Hand out the picture of the tripod stand
4. Action - Split your group into teams of 6
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5. Speak - In your teams we are going to show you how to make a tripod and each of
you are going help us
Now when you make things for camp you use knots and lashings. You probably
know what a knot is. But with certain structures and gadgets knots are not enough
to hold them together so you have to use what we call ‘lashings’
For our bear bag holder you would use a knot called a ‘Clove Hitch’ and a lashing
called a ‘Tripod Lashing’
6. Direction – With your small group in front of you demonstrate how to tie a clove hitch around
the first pole
7. Direction – Now demonstrate the start of the tripod lashing and get each Beaver to help you as
you go
8. Direction – Then point out that to make the structure stronger you have to finish with
‘frapping’ demonstrate this and again get each Beaver to help you as you go
9. Action - Now stand up your tripod
10. Action - Take your already prepared bear bag and using another piece of rope tie it around the
neck of the bag making sure you have two ends left and long enough to pass over the top of the
tripod and tie together allowing the bag to hang underneath
11. Direction – Tell them to imagine that the poles are quite long and that the bear won’t be able to
reach the bag. And that in camp the bear bag should be placed away from camp so that the bear
doesn’t come in
12. Speak - Brilliant you’ve made a great structure so hopefully the bear won’t come
and eat your food! Well we’ll see because you are now going to play the ‘Bear Bag Game’

Bear Bag Game Directions…
1. Position your bear bag structures around the room
2. The bears must try to grab the bear bag containing the food (they won’t take it just touch it)
3. Each Bear should try to touch any of the bags if they touch the bag the bear team will gain a
point but if the bear is caught the campers will gain a point
4. The way the campers will catch the bear is by trying to stop them from touching the bag so if a
bear gets close and a camper touches their shoulder the campers will receive a point
5. Play with 4 bears and 4 campers at a time and time them for 2 minutes then swap over their
roles for another 2 minutes. Each group of 4 will gain points
6. Then the children will sit out and the next 8 children will play. The numbers of the bears and
campers will depend on the size of your group. So, for example, if you have a group with a
total of 8 children then the entire group can play at once but if you have a larger group run two
games and you could increase the team sizes a little – But if the teams get too big it will be
more difficult for the leaders to keep a record of the points
7. The team with the most points at the end of the game are the winners (each team will earn
points as bears and campers these will be added together).

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• Hurstbeavers

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• Camp Craft - Pioneering