A simple camp seat made from a piece of closed cell foam will provide a bit more comfort around camp, you can recycle an old foam sleeping pad or buy a new one to share with two friends. Either way you’ll have a cheap, lightweight camp seat, a dry place to stand when you change your socks, a tabletop for games or cooking, and you can even roll it up into a pillow.
Campmor sells a 20″ x 24″ closed-cell foam sleeping pad for less than $15.00, that’s less than five bucks a seat.
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Another Ideas is go to an army navy store and picking up an old GI sleeping pad. At our local one you can pick up a pad for $5.00.
This would be a great patrol meeting project, especially as prep for snow camping. Hmm, patrol symbol and name on your pad. I’d have to figure out how to draw an Old Goat (the adult patrol).
I’ll pass this on to our Greenbar (PLC) for consideration.
A closed cell foam kneeling pad, usually used by (or at least sold for) gardeners also works pretty well. I’ve been using an old one from the garage for about a year now, and have even gotten to the point that I usually take it with me even when just hiking.
That’s also a great idea!
Ever heard of a “sit-upon”? It is an old Girl Scout tradition to make one. I remember my sister doing it.
http://www.ctpubblog.com/2011/04/25/sit-upons%E2%80%94a-girl-scout-tradition/
A closed cell foam pad is especially welcome when snow camping.
Ultralight packers use a sit pad as pack padding. You aren’t hiking and sitting at the same time, so the pad can be dual-use.