Kid's Wilderness Survival Series
Fri, Feb 03
|School Around Us
Join us on two Fridays in February for an immersion into outdoor/winter survival skills! For ages 5-14.
Time & Location
Feb 03, 2023, 9:30 AM – Feb 10, 2023, 2:30 PM
School Around Us, 281 Log Cabin Rd, Arundel, ME 04046, USA
About the event
Join us on two Fridays in February for an immersion into outdoor/winter survival skills!
We’ll learn how to make warm, cozy emergency shelters from debris and snow, purify water in the woods, safely start a fire without using lighters or matches, use tools like knives, axes and saws, and find, gather, prepare and cook food over an open fire.
Day One: February 3, 9:30am-2:30pm
Morning: Shelter building (debris huts and snow forts), safe tool use (saws and axes), How to stay warm in the winter
Afternoon: Introduction to friction fire (bow drill, hand drill, flint and steel), fire safety and construction, winter tree I.D. for first aid, medicine and food, Pine needle tea over an open fire
Day Two: February 10, 9:30am-2:30pm