Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Still Crafting

We had a lot of fun this past summer with the Jr. Ranger programs at Farragut.  In fact, we’re still looking for fun programs for next year!

I love to do crafts and came across instructions to make friendship bracelets and survival bracelets.  They look like a lot of fun so I headed to the big box store for supplies.
These survival bracelets will go well with a “stay found” program that Mark will be putting together.

We’ve found some instructions that I think will be easy and fast enough for kids.  Just to make sure, we had some fun making our own survival bracelets.
First you have to measure the paracord:
Next, burn the ends so they don’t come unraveled (this is where the parents will help out):
Tie the cord to the plastic clip and tape it down to keep it from moving around:
Then start tying square knots (also known as the cobra knot):
Before long, you have a really cute bracelet!

I think this will be a fun Jr. Ranger program.

Teri

7 comments:

  1. Those kids are lucky to have you folks in charge... Years ago we lived within bicycling distance to a State Park... my kids spent every day they could with the naturalist... they were there so much they became her "assistants".... they still have such good memories of that time... and I bet "your" kids will too.

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    1. We had a few locals that came just for the Jr. Ranger program. I think we put on very interesting programs, everyone seemed happy!

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  2. Why are they called survival bracelets?

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    1. The idea behind the "survival bracelet" is that if you are wearing it when you get lost, you can unwrap it and have about 10 feet of sturdy cord for building a shelter or whatever. Or, the cord has seven smaller strands in the core, and you can strip those out for fishing line, snares, etc. I don't know if anyone has ever survived because of one of these bracelets, but that is how they got their name.

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  3. Those are really cute. My granddaughters 9 & 11 would love them. Got to Marinoff last evening. We are the first ones here for the season. Looks like a jungle after all that rain. We are starting work this morning mowing and cutting trees.
    Virginia

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    1. They are a lot of fun to make. I think we have found a pattern that will be easy for most kids and those that are really young will have their parents there to help out too.
      Have any of those trees we planted survived?

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    2. Some. We worked for two day clearing brush, trimming and cutting down trees. Still 2 or 3 days more clearing. The grass is waist high. There must be plants under there somewhere. On our site at least 5 have survived. They have had a years supply of water in month. ,

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