Wilderness Survival Shelter Building
Goal: Build a shelter and sleeping platform in the time period given.
Display or handout of shelter types.
Hand saws for cutting sticks to length.
Rope or twine
Tarp if you are making a tarp shelter.
Knife or scissors: something to cut the rope or twine
Items Needed
Headlamps if it is going to get dark by the end
Emergency Survival Blankets for fun and to educate their use
Optional Items
Discuss shelter types and what shelter might be best for where you are at.
Discuss rules.
Before Starting
No cutting live trees.
Rules
Let them go at it. You could have the entire group work together or break into groups.
Activity
Youth Activities and Games
Handed out some items for fun. The headlamps were 1 dollar at Walmart.
I used this to discuss the different types of shelters they could build.
This was a longer training with the use of information on a sheet tied to trees.
This shelter was made in 30 minutes.
This shelter was made in 10 minutes.
Shelter under construction.
Shelter under construction.