Kid's Camping
Activities 101

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.

• “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.
   

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!

 

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