Camping and Hiking

Have your scouts demonstrate that they know how to safely build a campfire. Reward them for learning this skill with the Campfire Build Patch from MakingFriends®.com.

Make the “Campfire” Patch from MakingFriends®.com a symbol that your group has participated in learning the rules of a safe and fun campfire outing.

S’mores, songs and skits around the campfire are all traditions. With this patch from MakingFriends®.com your girls will remember the fun times they had around the campfire!

Prepare your Girls for their camping trip and award them with this embroidered patch as a remembrance for their effort.

Teach your girls about necessary camping skills such as using a compass, reading a map, poisonous plants and animal tracks. The camping skills patch from MakingFriends®.com will be the perfect addition to their patch collection.

Go letterboxing or hiking or just teach your girls how to use a compass. This compass skills patch is a perfect reward for learning new compass skills.

The First Aid patch shows that your Troop has learned the basics of First Aid.

The “First Aid Prepared” Patch is designed especially with our littles in mind.

The “First Aid Prepared” Patch is the perfect way to demonstrate that your group has learned the basics of First Aid.

Have fun and learn about Hammock Camping with our Hammock Camping Fun Patch Program®

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Teach your scouts some basic hiking skills.  See our suggested hiking skills below. This Hiking Patch from MakingFriends®.com is a great reminder of the skills they learned and fun they had on their hike.

Check your council for safety wise while working with knives. Remember that progression is important. Remember that scissors were introduced in stages, too. Girls of all ages should know knives are tools, not toys. Start younger girls off with blunt knives and simple tasks. Save pocket knives for last after girls have mastered knives that don’t also bend and fold. When your girls have demonstrated their knowledge of knife safety and have completed their first project, our patch will show they’ve mastered a new skill.

Leave No Trace. It’s an important part of any Scout outing. Remind your girls before leaving any place they go that there should be no trace that they were there. That means carting out all supplies and garbage and inspecting to make sure nothing is left behind or in disrepair. This patch from MakingFriends®.com reminds your girls and others to remember this important part of being a Scout.

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This patch from MakingFriends®.com reminds your girls and others to remember this important part of being a Scout.

Something for every level. Use with your cooking and camping badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

Iron on! Embroidered 2″ patch. Nothing tastes better then food cooked over a campfire. Try it out with your group and mark the memory with our “Campfire Cooking” patch.

Leaders shared their meal and camping recipe ideas in the blogs Meal Planning For Camping and Campfire Cooking Ideas.

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Help your girls learn new skills and then reward them for their accomplishment with the Rope Tying and Knots patch from MakingFriends®.com.

Your girls can have fun while starting the progression to learn knife skills. This patch shows they’ve mastered soap carving and are ready to start learning knife skills.

Something for every level. Use with your camping badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

This cute frog patch is a great way to celebrate your kids’ wildlife trip or project!

If your girls are wild about wildlife they will love this cute raccoon patch. Award it after a wildlife related trip or event.

Something for every level. Use with your cooking and camping badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

Part of our Fun and Games Badge Download Series!

Brownies earn the Snacks badge with camping recipes and activities while Daisies earn:

Light Blue Petal – honest & fair petal
Red Petal – respect authority petal
Magenta Petal – courageous and strong petal
Purple Petal – respect yourself petal
Light Green Petal – considerate and caring petal
Violet Petal – be a sister petal

Iron on! Embroidered 2″ patch. Nothing tastes better then food cooked over a campfire. Try it out with your group and mark the memory with our “Campfire Cooking” patch.

Leaders shared their meal and camping recipe ideas in the blogs Meal Planning For Camping and Campfire Cooking Ideas.

Teach your scouts to cook in a box oven on your next camping trip. Help them remember the new skill they learned and tasty treats they made with the Box Oven Cooking patch from MakingFriends®.com.

Planning the perfect menu for a troop camping trip can feel a bit overwhelming, but it is also one of the best opportunities to foster teamwork and build essential outdoor…

Troop leaders share their scout campfire cooking ideas for meals and treats. A variety of campfire meal ideas your girls will enjoy.

Basic weaving skills and this original Free Kids Craft project can turn basic burlap into a pretty and practical Woven Placemat that can be used over and over again. This is a perfect project for scout camp craft time or Thanksgiving.

Camping recipes from our readers for large group of scouts.

Junior Flower/ Social Butterfly Badges

our camping recipe cards and add your own for your next Girl Scout camping trip.

Fun and usable craft for girls when they are camping!

It’s waterproof! It’s comfortable! It’s transportable! It’s everything you’ve ever wanted in a sit-upon for your next Girl Scout camping trip.

Quick, easy and economical but you’ll have excellent water-resistant sit-upons at your next Girl Scout camping trip for the price.

Holds your camping essentials and is a comfortable seat, great for your next Girl Scout camping trip. A perfect gift for dads who camp or fish.

Your troop can turn giant zip-lock bags, newspaper and a scrapbook page into personalized Girl Scout sit upons.

Making sit upons is a fun and useful tradition. They are great for camping and other outdoor activities as well as to sit in the floor during meetings for stories, games or to talk.

Sit upons can be made using waterproof tablecloth, newspaper, foam or stuffing and lanyard. Holes are punched through the tablecloth for lacing the lanyard to make a pouch.  After filling the pouch, the last section is laced up to finish the sit upon.

Make your own sit-upon and get this cute patch for your vest.

S’mores, songs and skits around the campfire are all traditions. With this patch from MakingFriends®.com your girls will remember the fun times they had around the campfire!

We all love s’mores and we all love the Ooey Gooey S’more patch from MakingFriends®.com!

S’Mores are the most recognizable symbol of a camp out whether it is roughing it or camping in your own backyard. Make the S’More Patch a part of your next camping activity.

Campfires and songs is a long time Girl Scout tradition. Make sure your girls have our Campfire Sing-Along patch to add to their vests as a keepsake!

Make these S’more SWAPs with your GS Troop!

Put foam pieces in a mini zip-lock bag to create s’more Girl Scout SWAPS.

this recipe card for a classic camping treat with a fruity twist.

Make a song book and share it at your next event.

Whether your little ones are ready to camp or start with a troop sleepover, this coloring page will be a great activity to get them revved up!

Help your girls plan their camping trip. Our Camping Fun patch makes a great reminder of their adventure.

One of the patches in our outdoor skills patch group. Order the group and save or order only what you need. Download the suggested requirements below. They will not be sent with the patches.

Something for every level. Use with your camping and hiking badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

Something for every level. Use with your camping and hiking badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

One of the patches in our outdoor skills patch group. Order the group and save or order only what you need. Download the suggested requirements below. They will not be sent with the patches.

Something for every level. Use with your camping and hiking badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

Something for every level. Use with your camping and hiking badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

One of the patches in our outdoor skills patch group. Order the group and save or order only what you need. Download the suggested requirements below. They will not be sent with the patches.

One of the patches in our outdoor skills patch group. Order the group and save or order only what you need. Download the suggested requirements below. They will not be sent with the patches.

Something for every level. Use with your camping and hiking badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

Something for every level. Use with your camping badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

Something for every level. Use with your cooking and camping badges. Available free with our Outdoor Skills patch group.

These educational swaps are interactive fun.

Kit makes 30 swaps

Get your giggle on with our Girl Scout cookie mad lib and our Girl Scout camping mad lib!

Fall is a wonderful season to take your scout troop camping! Add this fall camping patch from MakingFriends®.com to your collection after this year’s trip.

Make little tiny birdfeeders for your next Girl Scout SWAP event.

Put foam pieces in a mini zip-lock bag to create s’more Girl Scout SWAPS.

This Girl Scout SWAP is so cute that even first time campers will smile through any apprehension about things that go bump in the night. With our simple instructions make this SWAP to remember your first camp out or welcome new friends on theirs.

Bag Girl Scout SWAPs are a great way to share a piece of your world or items to represent a theme.

So cute but so simple! Make eight adorable Girl Scout SWAPs from just one bandanna, eight safety pins and eight pony beads. Post includes a color photo and easy-to-follow instructions.

To assemble this Girl Scout SWAP to create a special momento,

With embroidery floss and pony beads, turn a key ring into a tiny dream catcher to use as a SWAP or back pack clip-on.

A fun recycled craft for keeping camping keepsakes. Your Girl Scouts can adapt this treasure box to use for letterboxing.

Fashionable and patriotic, this macramé bracelet only uses one knot. Great for beginners. It also makes a great scout camp project.

From Kitchen Ingredients and to explore nature.

Craft project for the Girl Scout Junior Agent of Change journey or for a camping activity

Get ready for your camp adventure with this craft

A cute pre-camping craft project your Girl Scouts will have fun with

Great the for Girl Scout Junior Camper badge or any camping or hiking trip. Also makes a fun fall craft project

Make your next Girl Scout hike a safe — and fun — adventure!

These recycled Lint and Egg Carton Campfire Starters will take the frustration out of starting the campfire on your next Girl Scout camping trip

Girl Scouts can make one for your walkathon or to give as a gift.

Try this recycled craft for the Girl Scout Junior Animal Habitat Journey

This Easy Water Bottle Sock Dog is an easy beginning sewing project for any Girl Scout that can handle a needle and thread. The craft then becomes a useful project that helps you hold your water bottle and is fun too.

Use fun fashion print Duct Tape to create a stylis

A few bright pony beads make your compass not just functional but a fun accessory for any Girl Scout.

With embroidery floss and pony beads, turn a key ring into a tiny dream catcher to use as a SWAP or back pack clip-on.

Building fairy houses can be a fun no prep activity on a camping trip or a great craft activity at a troop meeting.

Either way this is a creative activity the girls in your troop or service unit will really enjoy.

This simple activity is so much fun! Have your scouts gather rocks and rinse them off. Dry thoroughly and let them have fun with painting them.

The girls can get permission to put inspirational rocks in a garden at their school or start a rock snake (with permission). Paint a few rocks and line them up with a laminated sign encouraging other to add to it.

Give your girls a chance to earn the Archery patch! Check with your council or community for indoor and outdoor archery opportunities with a certified USA Archery instructor. Include archery in the plans while camping or take a trip with your troop or service unit. Of course you’ll want to follow council safety-wise and make sure the proper equipment for the age groups attending is available.

A fishing trip is a great way to keep your troop or service unit connected and engaged over the summer months.

Ice cream in a bag is a fun activity the girls can do at a troop meeting or while camping.

Have fun and learn about Hammock Camping with our Hammock Camping Fun Patch Program®

*This item is not eligible for Return/Refund

How do your girls explain what a tentalo is?

With our unique Tentalo Camping Patch on their uniform, your girls will be able show others what kind of structure they slept in on their troop camping trip.

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This simple activity is so much fun! Have your scouts gather rocks and rinse them off. Dry thoroughly and let them have fun with painting them.

Whatever your troop decides to do with their finished creations, the Rock Painting patch from MakingFriends®.com is a great reminder of a fun activity they did together.

Your girls will have a great time studying the stars at night or on your troop trip to the planetarium. This patch is an eye-catching reminder of their fun and educational experience.

Girls who love to get outdoors and try something new will have a great time while learning Stand Up Paddleboarding! Show off your fun adventure with a Stand Up Paddling patch.

If your girls enjoy the outdoors they will probably have a great time with a trip to ride horses. Don’t forget to our Horseback Riding patch!

Your troop will have so much fun using their imagination to build fairy houses! Try this fun, no prep activity on your next camping trip. However your girls decide to build their fairy houses, this colorful Fairy House patch from MakingFriends®.com is sure to please your girls!

Make sure your girls bring a flashlight on your next camping trip or overnighter and head outside for a night hike. Listen for the sounds of the night animals and take some time to look at the night sky. Remember the night time adventure with this patch from MakingFriends®.com.

Whether your girls are interested in bird watching while on a hike or taking part in the Great Backyard Bird Count, this eye catching Bird Watching patch is a great addition to any girl’s vest!

Rock Painting and hunting for painted rocks has quickly become a popular trend. It’s a fun and creative way to combine art, outdoor activity, and community spirit.

For your camping, girl and special guy event or family fun fishing trip, our Fishing patch is a great reminder of your troop or service unit event.

This colorful Nature Scavenger Hunt patch is a great reminder of the fun your Girls had during your hike, camping trip or wherever you held your scavenger hunt.

Letterboxing is a fun activity for scouts of all ages.

New to letterboxing? Take a look out our page Ideas for Earning the Letterboxing Badge.

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A fun recycled craft for keeping camping keepsakes. Your Girl Scouts can adapt this treasure box to use for letterboxing.

Leaders offer advice about how to select parents for chaperones when a few are interested.

Brownie Outdoor Journey. A troop leader shares information about the national park service programs her girls attended while working on the outdoor journey.

Camping at the Zoo to Earn the Animal Habitats Badge. A troop leader shares how her troop earned the Animal Habitats badge while camping at the zoo.

A Scout leader shares how her Cadette and Senior girls held an event to earn outdoor badges for multilevel troop during a fun outing in a park.

This fun rocket project is great if you are working on the Journeys. While working on this project you’ll use recycled materials and found objects to use resources wisely.

The colorful animated graphics make this beginner camping guide a great read for scouts and leaders of all ages.

A leader shared how their troop planned a GS Indoor Camping Sleepover.

Leaders shared helpful tips for choosing chaperones for GS trips, events and activities.

Reader submitted outdoor fun activities their GS troops enjoyed.

Ideas for making camp sleeping arrangements and bunk assignments for scouts

Ideas for making camp sleeping arrangements and bunk assignments for scouts

camping experiences with Cadette girls

How much fun can you have in a scout camping weekend?

Craft project for the Girl Scout Junior Agent of Change journey or for a camping activity

Dad and Daughter camping trip ideas

Ideas from a ready to earn the Girl Scout Brownie Celebrating Community badge while camping

A leader shared these ideas for camping activities

Girl Scout leader shares healthy snack idea. This snack is a big hit at camping too.

Camping ideas adaptable for indoors if it rains.

Leader suggestions for planning a Camporee

A leader shares some fun Girl Scout camping and summer craft ideas

this Girl Scout camping themed Mad Lib to get your troop giggling (and practicing their parts of speech). This is a great activity for during the drive to camp, at your pre-camp troop meeting or around the campfire.

Instructions and photo to make containers to keep ashes from your Girl Scout campfire.

With embroidery floss and pony beads, turn a key ring into a tiny dream catcher to use as a SWAP or back pack clip-on.

our camping themed BINGO game with 12 unique cards featuring words and pictures of camping gear. This is a great rainy day Girl Scout camp activity for any level or a pre-camp progression activity as Juniors begin to earn their Camping Badge.

Fall is a wonderful season to take your scout troop camping! Add this fall camping patch from MakingFriends®.com to your collection after this year’s trip.

Camping in a cabin makes for year round fun for your troop! Remember a great camping trip with this beautiful Cabin Camping patch from MakingFriends®.com.

The “Happy Camper” patch from MakingFriends®.com is great way to commemorate a camping experience. One that will bring back great memories.

Does your troop love camping? Take them camping each season and this camping patch set is just right for the back of their vest.

Summer is a wonderful season to take your scout troop camping! Add this summer camping patch from MakingFriends®.com to your collection after this year’s trip.

Find a cozy cabin, make sure the girls dress for the cold and have fun winter camping! Remember your fun trip with this awesome patch!

Spring is a wonderful season to take your scout troop camping! Add this spring camping patch from MakingFriends®.com to your collection after this year’s trip.

Fall is a wonderful season to take your scout troop camping! Add this fall camping patch from MakingFriends®.com to your collection after this year’s trip.

Your troop will love this patch from MakingFriends®.com to remember their camping trip, lock-in or sleep-over.

The Day Camp patch from MakingFriends®.com is the perfect patch for your girls to remember their day camp adventure.

This Camp patch from MakingFriends®.com is sure to be a hit with your scouts or youth group after a fun trip together. Perfect for boys and girls of every age level.

We have lots of ideas to make your troop or service unit camping trip fun on our page Camping and Hiking.

After your camping trip, the Tent Camping patch will look great on the back of your girls’ vests!

Perfect for scouts who have demonstrated they can set up a tent on their own. See our suggested requirements below.

Your girls will love this cute patch after their camping trip.

What’s more fun than camping at the beach? This adorable Beach Camping patch is a great reminder of your beach camping trip.

It rained during your camping trip but your girls had a great time anyway! Show your girls can have fun even when the weather doesn’t co-operate with the Rainy Day Camping patch.

Just because your girls don’t want to rough it doesn’t mean they won’t have fun while Glamping! Experience nature with the comforts of home. Your girls will love to get this patch after their trip.

Find a cozy cabin, make sure the girls dress for the cold and have fun winter camping! Remember your fun trip with this awesome patch!

Family camping is especially good for new campers but everyone has fun the whole family is included. Give your scouts the family camping patch from MakingFriends®.com to remember the event.

This patch from MakingFriends®.com is too cute! Backyard camping is fun! It’s a great way to introduce your girls to camping or to do a weekend JOURNEY*.  Award our backyard camping patch to your girls and see the smiles on their faces.

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Welcome Spring with this great patch!

Your troop will love this patch to remember their camping trip, lock-in or sleep-over.

Get a group of girls together to go camping — the more, the merrier! Your troop, or service unit will love to have this encampment patch from MakingFriends®.com to remember the good times.

Commemorate your group’s day at camp with the day camp patch from MakingFriends®.com!

Is your group planning an encampment? Here is an opportunity to get custom patches at low prices. These are beautifully embroidered 2″ iron-on patches. Your girls will love them!

*Note: Minimum quantity is 25 patches. Lead time is 8 weeks. Custom patches cannot be canceled or returned.

The “Camping” patch from MakingFriends®.com is great way to commemorate a camping experience. One that will bring back great memories.

The cabin camping patch from MakingFriends®.com is the perfect way to commemorate your group’s camping trip especially if its their first one.