Kid Camping:
Camping Activities 101
Kid's Camping
Activities 101
Kid's camping activities and camping games for children are boundless. They are
something that you and your family can enjoy year after year.
First, I'll mention some of the "camping game standards" – these are the must
do’s when it comes to kid camping activities. They are camping games that
families have enjoyed for ages.
- Shadow Puppets - Making animals on darkened tent walls
with a flashlight.
- S’mores - Melted chocolate and marshmallows between gram
crackers.
- Night-time Star Gazingg - Without the lights of the city
it’s easier to see the planets and constellations.
- Cloud Gazing - Finding funny shapes in the afternoon sky.
- Ghost Stories - Spooky tales told by one person around a
campfire or a ‘round robin’ where each person adds a sentence to the story
and the next has to build on it.
Some lesser known but still very enjoyable camping games to try are:
- “I spy” game – You see something at the camp site and
have others guess by providing clues.
- Scavenger Hunt – A great camping activity for
children is finding stuff in nature from a list. An even better adaptation
to this age-old game is trash scavenger hunts. They collect various items
and whoever gets the most wins – plus they’ve done something to clean up the
environment too!
- Funky Feet – Years ago in the late 1970’s, Big Foot was
the rage. Many stores sold plastic ‘Big Foot’ feet as a novelty item to make
tracks. Today you can make them yourself with Styrofoam or wood for an
original twist on the game of hide and seek. One child is ‘Big Foot’ and the
other goes in search of them following the prints. This is a camping game
that kids and grownups alike enjoy.
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Get everyone together and plan some fun camping activities before you leave on
your trip. Use a camping gag gift to
spice up your camping adventures. Or just take a simple nature hike to learn
more about the local plants and animals.
Camping games and camping activities for children are only limited by your
imagination. Go ahead and start having fun!