Originally Posted By: ajax
This could prove to be quite an exercise in resourcefulness.

Eschewing all the pre-fab, Gucci survival tools for a pragmatic, simple and cheap kit made from readily available items out of necessity sounds like a great experiment.

For super cheap Fauxton lights check out: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1253

Not DR quality but good enough for this experiment.


Perfect, with the way kids lose stuff there is no way I would spend big bucks on it. I just ordered enough for the troop


For fire starting I was going to have the kids do cotton balls and PJ any neat cheap and compact ways to store these?