2nd Teddington Crisp Packets to Blankets

Our amazing Scouts at 2nd Teddington spent 5 hours hard at work making 6 survival blankets out of crisp packets which they had been saving up.

They cut, washed, dried and sorted crisp packets. The Scouts found that ‘Posher’ packets like ‘Tyrrells’ were too thick and mini cheddars have no reflective lining.

The cleaned packets were then ironed together into rows of 4, and then 11 rows to make a blanket.

Both sides needed to be coated in clear plastic to make them stronger and longer lasting. The plastic sheets we used were all single use plastic such as discarded clothes bags, these also had to be ironed in place.

The survival blankets will be donated to the ‘Crisp packet Project’ who will hand them out, to to provide a little extra warmth, to vulnerable people who find themselves sleeping on the streets.

Camp Fees of £93 were donated to our local homeless charity – Spear. You can find out more about the charity here: SPEAR London

After all their hard work the Scouts were treated to pizza and a film before sleeping very soundly in the cardboard camps they made and not a peep was heard!