Campfire blanket

Patch poncho

The camp blanket is a significant piece of memorabilia for many Scouts and Girl Guides around the world. Scouts and Guides sew badges onto the blanket to represent all their achievements and events competed in, and out, of Scouting. The layout of badges on a camp blanket has no guidelines. They can be randomly scattered, or organized in any way.

History

The first use of the camp blanket is unknown, but it can be traced back to Native Americans, who wore them as ponchos around their camp fires.^[1]

See also

• Scout badge
• Scouting memorabilia collecting
• Patch collecting

External links

• http://www.28thcambridgescouts.org.uk/cubs/campblanket.html
• http://www.google.com/search?q=campfire+blanket Google "Campfire Blanket"
• http://scoutdocs.ca/Documents/Scouting_Glossary.php
• http://bringontheadventure.tripod.com/camp_fire_blanket.htm
• http://www.santeeswapper.com/Campfire_blankets%20main%20page.htm

References