good trade items to take to the colonies?

[plastic-ninja]

Ninja jr is going to Michigan with the Scouts in the summer for a "Camporee".
There seems to be lots of scope for trading items with other scouts from around the world so
I wonder if anyone has any bright ideas for small packable items with good swap appeal to
Boy Scouts? I don't feel that sharps are appropriate for this purpose although they do have obvious
Scout appeal.
Also any tips on Mosquito repellents?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Cheers , Simon

 

[Tarp]

Best item to ever be traded and past around the camp fire is a bottle of Rum!

...or if not that, how about some glow sticks?

No idea about bug spray in Michigan, but i don't see that a small bottle of 50% deet would go amiss!

 

[Tarp]

or even a couple of these?

 

[santaman2000]

Scouts over here used to like to trade "patches." I would think they still do.

 

[The Cumbrian]

Wampum and whisky was quite successful in the past.

 

[udamiano]

How about a skill trade, find something you can teach him to make, practice, send said son off to the new world with the bits required, said child impresses local natives with magic like skill, trades Kansas for the secret, a few glow sticks, and some beads.. Job done

 

[hedgerowpete]

nope, its sewn badges and patches they are intrested in. you can buy a bottle of scotch when your out there, its patches all the way, when my lad went to an international scout meeting in Switzerland thats all they wanted, does not matter of what, many had blankets they turned into ponchos to sit around the fires with and it was he with the most patches sat closest. lol

 

[plastic-ninja]

He has tradable skills already.He is a passable table magician and a good fire juggler
but we may have to look out some patches too I think.
Thanks for the help guys :keep the suggestions coming.
Cheers , Simon

 

[WolfCub]

Went to the Centenery Jamboree and the badge swap area was mainly American Scouts after trades. Some of their 'patchs' are pretty impresive in design. Quite a few did seem keen to get more in exchange than seemed fair. To me it was like for like in what the badge was for eg county, district, award etc; not size and colour.
Be worth taking over a load of various County/District badges and being able to tell what the image is of, eg Scafell, highest English peak, on the Cumbrian one.
And anything to do with the Centenery, wether the big 2007 national one or Group centeneries.

.. just some thoughts.

all the best to him on the adventure !

 

[Graham_S]

Badges, badges, badges!
Woggles are good too, as are postcards of your local area.

 

[roger-uk]

Badges, badges, badges!
Woggles are good too, as are postcards of your local area.

Hi

He's in luck - I've just been sorting out my Badges box for spares etc. If you pm me with your adress I'll send him a surprise package.

Also speak to your Council both local and County for any pin badges etc etc they may have

Roger