Tie the knot
Written By Martin Balmer
‘Invent a gadget’, from Camp stage 3 Skills Builder, and unit meeting activity ‘I can knot’.
Making camp life easier with sticks and knots. Invent a gadget is about creating structures, such as boot or shoe racks, washing up bowl tables, and supports to cook over fires.
For I can knot, Brownies perform a rescue using lengths of rope (or string here), tied securely together with a reef knot.
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Working with watercolour pencils I hand draw and paint wild animal illustrations, British garden birds, pet portraits and other subjects.