Comments on: Camping Sit-Upon Buckets “Bum Kits”

By: Heather Myers

Heather Myers — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 04:51:22 +0000

love these!! Can I ask how the tape effected the lids staying on??

By: jodi

jodi — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 16:37:01 +0000

In reply to Ladreon. Yes, Sit upon buckets are generally used for each girl to bring her individual camp stuff.

By: Ladreon

Ladreon — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 00:32:30 +0000

What did you put in the buckets? Did each girl use her bucket to take her individual camp stuff in?

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 18:38:11 +0000

We love our bum kits and over the last couple of years of making, remaking, adding girls and making even more, I have a few ideas I wish I knew when I started.

1 – Table cloth material does not hold up. At least not the ones they sell today. Instead we get plastic sheeting they sell in fabric section of Walmart for very cheap. like 97cents a yard cheap. Then I bought remnants of material in designs I thought the girls would like.

2 – When I ran out of fabrics I suggested one girl use a favorite T-shirt she has outgrown. Best idea ever! The shirt was the perfect size and now preserved a treasured possession.

3 – When I ran out of the cheap plastic stuff from Walmart someone said that looks like the plastic that my new comforter came in. DOH! Why didn’t I think of that ?! We scrounged up several from the families in our troop and recycled even more!

4 – Instead of purchasing stuffing, I called a friend who laid carpet and asked for carpet padding scraps. They were perfect. We did two layers and for a little extra fluff inserted plastic grocery bags between them.

5 – Puffy paint does not stick to buckets, or duct tape very well. But you can cut duct tape or ask a friend with a cricut/silloutte machine to cut sticky vinyl to add girls names.

6 – Several of our girls made them at home and the duct tape didn’t do well sealing her seat so I really prefer the method I found. Our lids are layers of plastic sheeting, cloth, 2 layers of carpet pad with grocery bags in between for some fluff, a piece of particle board. We use staple gun to hold fabric and plastic sheeting to wood. Then sit that on top of the bucket lid and staple through from bottom to hold lid to seat.

7 – we have also found free buckets with lids through friends who have horses. Apparently feed come in them. Oh and my favorite bucket of all is one we had at home that cat liter came in. The lid is already attached and is a little easier for the girls to open themselves. This is really helpful if you have very little girls.

Good Luck !!

By: Anne Marie

Anne Marie — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:07:02 +0000

I love this idea. I am working with a small group of Brownies and we are all just starting out (my 1st year as a leader on my own.) I wanted to make sit upons as part of the Girl Scout Way badge but these are so much better. We might make the traditional as well for easy carrying when we don’t need a bucket!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 06 Apr 2014 03:58:01 +0000

Thank you for sharing! My junior troop went camping this weekend and the bum kits were a hit! They used them for musical chairs, as their seats, and were so proud to show off what they made!

Melissa from Troop 1220 GSSC

By: Betty Stevens

Betty Stevens — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:21:08 +0000

Even better: upcycle a bucket for this project. You can sometimes get these buckets for free from restaurants and grocery stores.

You have a talented group of kids there, and some very special leaders! 🙂