Hand Print Campfire Craft – A Camping Keepsake!

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campfire craft made out of handprints

Baby’s First Campfire Handprint Craft – a keepsake of the best camping tradition! If you love camping, you’ll love this keepsake of baby’s first campfire! Before the kids, my husband and I loved to get out! Hiking, fishing, you name it – if it was outdoors, we were there! Now with three kids, camping has become our go to outdoor activity. It’s cheap, easy (we got a pull behind camper!)  and all the kids are learning to love it. So of course, it’s become a big deal for each kid’s … Read more

DIY Kids Camping Tradition: A Creative Campsite Sign!

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camping craft idea for toddlers, making a camp site sign

A new camping tradition to keep the kids busy: A DIY campsite sign! What better way to celebrate an adventure at a new campsite than to have your kids craft their own campsite sign! In the hecticness of setting up camp, my toddler often gets stir crazy and wants to help somehow. Unfortunately, there’s not much a two year old can do when it comes to unpacking and organizing. I needed something that would keep him busy and make him feel like he was contributing to our campsite set up. … Read more

Fun Play Doh Crafts with Items from Nature!

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Simple Play Doh Craft with Nature Items (that are super cute!) Play-Doh is a great building material, which is why I love it for crafting and building with items from nature! Like most other households, play-doh is a favorite in ours. However, like most households as well, we burn through a jar every couple of days because my toddler brings it EVERYWHERE. I’m talking stuck on the couch, mashed in the carpet, and some likely even ends up in his stomach (he takes the whole “pretend” food a little too … Read more

DIY Camping Craft Kits + 5 Educational Reasons to Craft while you Camp!

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Tons of easy camping crafts, one small bag! (It’s worth packing!) While camping is exciting for everyone, there’s no denying that midday lull where it’s too hot to do much, and this is when I absolutely love to do some outdoor themed nature camping crafts! If I am on a shorter camp trip, it’s not as necessary since the “newness” of camping is still fresh, but once I’m 3 or 4 days in, sometimes it’s nice to break it up! I especially like to bring my camping craft kit if we … Read more

Baby Camping Checklist: Everything You Need to Pack for a Baby (Free Printable!)

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food to bring when camping with kids - smores!

Camping with a baby or toddler is 100% doable – I promise. But it does require a different packing list than camping without kids, and forgetting even one thing (looking at you, Nose Frida) can derail the whole trip. I’ve been camping with my kids since they were tiny – including twin girls who came home on supplemental oxygen, which meant hauling an absurd amount of gear. If I could figure it out with all of that, you’ve got this. Below is the exact baby camping checklist I use, broken … Read more

How to Breastfeed Twins EASY with the Best Positions and Nursing Pillows!

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Breastfeeding positions for twins

If you breastfeed twins with these easy positions and a comfortable nursing pillow, it won’t be as hard as you think! If you have never nursed a child, the concept of breastfeeding two babies at once may seem intimidating! This may be even more true if you HAVE nursed one, and know how latched on babies like to be! I had one child before I had my twins, and I am here to give you the scoop on the double nursing pillows, positions, and all the information you will need … Read more

Mountain Footprint Craft for Kids!

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What better gift for dad than a craft from the kids? This will be our twins first fathers day, so naturally, I absolutely wanted to celebrate with a cute and easy homemade father’s day gift from the kids! When it was my toddler’s first father’s day, I went all out and created a shadow box with his footprints and some snap shots. I definitely wanted to do something cute for my baby girls first fathers day too! I really am a big fan of foot prints and hand prints; they are … Read more

13 Creative RV Nursery Ideas + RV Camp Sleep with Baby Tips!

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One of my biggest concerns once we started RV camping with our twins was definitely in regards to figuring what the best camping gear was to get them to sleep at night; how in the world would it work in such a small place? I didn’t have room to set up a pack n play, much less one for each baby. We also had a toddler to consider and wanted him to have room to run around and get to the restroom after they went to bed. While there are … Read more

RV Camping with Toddlers – How to get some sleep!

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Are you worried about safe sleeping in your RV for your toddler, and worried he will roll right out of his bunk? Don’t worry, we were too! (And in fact, he did roll out. Luckily he was on the bottom bunk and not the top!) I don’t know about you, but after the kids go to sleep, we like to clean up for the day and have a relaxing night together! And it’s pretty darn hard to do either of those things with no light and in silence! P.S. Head … Read more

5 Hacks for Preparing Bottles when Camping With Your Baby!

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bottles for babies

Getting bottles ready for baby while camping isn’t as hard as you think! The need for clean and easy to prepare bottles when camping with baby is intimidating to a lot of parents! Don’t let it stop you from getting out; incorporate these tips on how to keep bottles clean and ready so you can take on those bigger hikes you’ve been thinking of! This article is written assuming you DO NOT have hookups; that might mean you are tent camping, or RV camping but are somewhere where these amenities are … Read more