does anyone remember the paper trick having to do with a group of boy scouts who die in a boating accident?

atticus1_2

when i was a little girl i was taught a trick having to do with boy scouts. you take a piece of regular paper and fold it into shapes that go along with a story of a group of boy scouts who go to camp and eventually die in a boating accident. by the end of the trick the paper has been torn into the shape of a little white t-shirt (which is what the rescue team finds). very odd trick, i know. my children are now in their late teens and early 20's, but they still make me do the trick for their friends. it's a big hit. i know i didn't make this up. i'm simply not that clever. does anyone else know this trick? where did it come from?
my family is very interested to know.

Answer
I know a story very much like it, maybe a different spin on the same one.
You start by folding a boat from a rectangle of paper, pausing when you have the hat of the captain.
http://www.dltk-bible.com/crafts/mboat.htm

When you have made the boat you start with letting it float with smooth moves (through the air, not on water,) and tell about the captain who is making a profitable journey.
Then he comes in a storm, make the boat rock harder, and the mast breaks, (tear out the mast and sail.)
If you want to story to be long you can have the storm die down or the ship being in the eye of the hurricane before coming back in the storm.
Now the bow and aft part of the ship break, (tear each while telling about the mishap happening.)
The ship sinks, with all on board, (let the left over of the boat fall on a table,) and all they find when search is the shirt of the captain. (Unfold the rests of the boat and see it for yourself.)

Better test this before doing it for an audience.

If in the part making the boat you do not fold the lower parts at the red line (in the link above) but a little lower down, the mast and sail will be much higher, compared to the boat itself.

I need to teach some girls about compasses?

Courtney M

I get to teach the compass usage certification at girls camp this year, and I want to do a fun activity with it, but scavenger hunts seem a little overused. Does anyone have any ideas?

Answer
Create an Orienteering course where you give the girls a list of headings and distances. The true course takes them down an established path, but you'll see just how many of them miss the mark. I did this with our scout troop last year. They had fun. I walked with them to make sure that they didn't get too far off course. They had to cross a stream. If they followed their headings correctly, they were led to a bridge. Otherwise they had to ford the stream. The final destination was a picnic table that had lunch all setup for them.

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