Kids Camping Activities + Crafts

If you’re looking for an extra fun element to add to your next camp week or indoor campout, try making this camp weather cup craft to see the weather! This is part of a five day indoor campout activity that I’m working on – I’ll make sure to put the link to the main article once it’s all done! I have made both a tent and camper version of this craft so that you can pick whichever one best suits your indoor campout play! Check out how to make this … Read more

If you’re looking for a fun sensory activity to add to your camp week or indoor campout for the kids, try out this fun camping themed sensory and match game! This is part of five day indoor campout activity, but it is also just a fun stand alone game! I’ll make sure to add the link to the camp out post when it’s done, but for now I am just going to add all the components! =) The game is simple, but there’s tons of opportunity for sensory exploration! How … Read more

If you’re looking for a fun popsicle stick and pipe cleaner camp craft with the kids, try making a few of these camp story sticks! We were creating bridges and things with our popsicle sticks and pipecleaners, then I decided to try to make a butterfly because my girls love them. We then made a little story about the butterfly, where he flew, etc and they loved being able to hold the butterfly the whole time we were story telling. Then it hit me… I could make a whole set … Read more

If you’re going camping with the kids, and are nervous if they’ll even like it, then you need something extra fun to make is super special like this ultimate kids camping activity basket (that won’t break the bank!) There are tons of things for kids to do camping, and I’ve definitely written about it extensively! But if you’re the kind of person who wants to buy it and go, then I got you covered too! There’s definitely been times where I didn’t feel like printing anything, planning anything… I just … Read more

If you love camping games, then you’ll love this set of camping charades! We always use camping as a time to reconnect to one another – this is especially true if we have no cell signal! It’s sort of a blessing in disguise for us! If we can’t scroll our phones (which unforuntately tends to be a default sometimes) in our downtime, we hang out alot more and try to find other ways to occupy ourselves. I played alot of charades as a kid, and figured that my own would … Read more

Updated January 12th, 2024 by Stacy Bressler There’s no better way to connect and smile than singing camping songs as a family, whether that be actually around the campfire or while doing something fun like going on a nature hike! This list of the best campfire songs include options for the whole family – classics, kid songs, and even some bonus songs especially for guitar players or scouts. So start warming up your singing voice and check out these 53 classic campfire song melodies Classic Kids Camping Songs Are you … Read more

If you love camping, then you’ll love this cute “I’m a happy camper” footprint craft to do with your kids! I’ll provide the template, and you just need to provide cute kid foot prints! I’m SUCH a fan of footprint/handprint crafts for my kids because it’s so easy to forget how small they were! Just this weekend I held a little baby and her little feet were so tiny.. it was crazy to imagine all of mine were like that! Anyways, I obviously love any camp themed craft, so this … Read more

If you’re looking for a fun cootie catcher game to enjoy with the kids, then check out my cute camp themed paper fortune teller + 16 more! I ABSOLUTELY loved these as a kid – I mean, what other magical piece of folded paper knew your freaking DESTINY like this thing did? I’m just kidding! But we did use them quite a bit, and I was reminded of how awesome they were when I started getting more into this whole paper craft thing (check out this cute foldable camping journal … Read more

What better way to enjoy a family camp trip than to see it through the eyes of a child… by giving them their very own camping journal to document it! Ever since I did my camping crafts post, I have been SUPER fascinated with paper crafts! When I was scoping out good tent crafts, I found one that was very real looking, and all made from a single sheet of paper! So that got me thinking about what other cool camping crafts could be made with a sheet of paper… … Read more