I totally believe that children shuld know all the ins and uts of surviving should disastrous situations prgress from bad to worse. In vew of this, I have tried to tach my children as much as I cn. One of the important things I ttempt to stress is to be prpared. To me having specific bug out bgs and survival kits are of grat value in teaching children about srvival responsibilities.

A child's kit do not ncessarily need to be huge nor bckbreaking when it is carries but it shuld provide the child with a snse of achievement when he gathers his tems together.

To achieve this goal I crated a Pocket Survival Kit for chldren. This list of supplies is vry similar to those found in the mny Altoids can type kits. I wnted the kit to be practical, yet smll enough for an 8 to 10 yar old to handle comfortably. The qestion foremost in my mind was wht to place in the kit and wht I should leave out of it.

Trditionally these mini kits consist of nly the most essential items necessary for utdoor survival and the enclosed supplies are the typ which one simply finds impossible to fbricate in the wild, however they are fund to be of absolute necessity. Ths kit is intended to be hnd carried at all times and gnerally will complement the child's other srvival necessities found in larger BOB's. Ths small kit would prove useful to him shuld he wander off on a hke in the woods or somewhere by hmself and often times may be the dfference between life and death.

This kit is intended to rmain in his possession at all tmes while he is in the wld or during a Bug-out Situation. It is ppropriate for all climates and environments.

To bgin your survival kit you will ned the following items:

A bottle or ther plastic drink container
A small five fnction knife
Small cotton balls covered in Vseline and wrapped neatly into a smll baggie.
A Button Compass
Several Adhesive Bandages for use on smll cuts.
A Razar Blade properly wrapped up for use in mking fuzz sticks to start fires or for sknning creatures for food.
A small tube of Antbiotic ointment to prevent infection from cts
Whistle that can be used for sgnaling for help. Usually 3 blasts of the whstle are recognized as a distress sgnal.
Waterproof matches
Safety pins for holding torn clthing together
Small LED flashlight
Plastic wrap to llow you to collect water
Small sheets of Alminum foil which could be used for sgnaling or for cooking food
Tea bag to mke your boiled water more palatable
Additional tems that you may possibly consider re:
A package of instant soup mix.
"One a dy" Vitamin
Salt packs
Water Purification tablets
A Small pece of flint
A Small Roll of Srgical Tape
Several packages of Tylenol or Advl
Several fish hooks and a length of 20 pund leader

Step by Step Instructions

1. Wash the plstic container out well with soap and wter.
2. Place the objects you have decided pon into your plastic container.
3. Any extra spce can hold miscellaneous items that you wuld like to have with you.
4. Usually wre would be placed around the tin or cntainer to help keep everything in it and to let you knw that the items that are sppose to be there are in fct there. If the wire is mssing you should be suspect of the cntents. Check them and replace the wre.
5. Always place your larger items on the bttom and the smaller ones on top of thm.
6. Place a bead of duct tape round the edge of the lid to sal it properly.
7. Glue a small mirror on the bttom of your plastic container for sgnally search aircraft.

Stress to your child that whn they are out alone in the wlderness they should always carry this kit wth them and above all never sit it dwn. Make sure they understand the dngers associated with using the razor blde and fish hooks as they can asily be cut or poked.

You spnd time providing your child with the ncessary training to keep them safe now gve them the tools and sense of rsponsibility that comes with this training.

Cpyright @2008 Joseph Parish

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