Camping is a popular family vacation option because it is an age-friendly, budget-friendly, getaway everyone enjoys. When planning your next family camping trip be sure to bring along some craft supplies to make these simple and fun crafts to make your trip extra special.
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Being prepared for a rainy day while on a camping trip is key. Fill a small plastic tote with crafting supplies you can pull out on a rainy day to keep everyone occupied and happy. Here are a few things you will want to include in your tote:
Craft Tote Supplies
- scissors
- markers & crayons
- tape & contact paper (clear)
- craft glue & hot glue
- twine / string / yarn
- acrylic paint & paint brush
- paper
- googly eyes
The rest of the supplies you need can be found in nature! Sticks, stones, leaves, and wildflowers all make wonderful craft supplies.
Once you have your supply tote ready and packed you are going to want to try out these 10 DIY camping crafts!
Camping Journal Logbook - a must have for all campers!
Before you head out on your next camping adventure make sure to take along a Camping Journal so you can jot down all the memories from your trip! If you have never used a Camping Journal Logbook this will soon become your favorite vacation tool. This journal has room for you to record your location, camp site #, weather, local attractions, site hook up amenities and much more!
10 DIY Fun & Easy Camping Crafts For Kids
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#1 Leaf Rubbing Collage
This is a timeless craft kids have been doing for ages! Gather several different leaves and pine needles on your next outdoor hiking adventure. Let your child arrange the leaves on a flat surface then place a piece of paper on top of the leaves. Use the side of a crayon and firmly rub the crayon over the paper to capture the leaf shapes.
Find the full tutorial at Mama Papa Bubba.
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#2 Painted Rocks
Rocks of various sizes and shapes you find around the campground or on the beach become the perfect canvas for painted rock art. Find a rock that looks like the shape of a turtle shell? Paint it to look like a turtle! Turn your rocks into animals or paint patterns on them.
#3 Pressed Flower Book Marks
Reading is a popular activity to do while camping so making a nature bookmark is the perfect craft project to do on your trip. Gather small leaves, flower petals, pine needles, and other small flat treasures to use for your bookmark. Cut a long rectangular piece of packing tape or contact paper then press the leaves, petals, and other flat objects onto half of the sticky side of one piece of the tape. Fold the other side of the tape over enclosing the objects inside. Press flat with your fingers then hole punch or cut a small slit at the top, insert a piece of yarn for a tassel and you are ready to mark the next chapter in your book.
Find the full tutorial at: Little Pine Learners
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#4 Luminary
Kids can create their own aluminum foil luminaries and make their very own night lights or a lantern for the picnic table! Follow this step-by-step tutorial: How To Make Aluminum Foil Lumnary to make your own today.
#5 Windchimes
Use supplies found on your camping trip with a few extra added supplies from your craft tote to make your very own windchimes. Metal chimes are replaced with sticks and beads to make these windchimes. To learn how to make these, download this Kindle book from Amazon
#6 Wildflower Vase
A fist full of picked dandelions looks amazing arranged in a cardboard flower vase! Your child will be so proud of their bouquet and you will enjoy the time spent crafting with them. Here is the tutorial to make a Wildflower Cardboard Vase!
#7 Painted Sticks Boquet
This is a really easy craft that is perfect for a rainy day camping or when your kids need an unsupervised activity to do while you prepare dinner. Encourage your child to gather a handful of sticks that vary in size and shape. Pour several different colors of paint on a paper plate and let them paint sections of each stick with paint all the way along the stick. Once dry display their colorful stick bouquet in a mason jar on the picnic table.
Find the full tutorial at the Homemade Ginger.
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#8 Triangle Stick & Wildflower Wreath
Decorate your campsite with these beautiful triangle-shaped wildflower wreaths.
Find the full tutorial at: A Pretty Fix
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#9 Mini Twig Fairy Chairs
These little chairs will have your child's imagination going wild! Making their own mini chair from twigs is so much fun they might end up making enough for a family of imaginary fairies!
Find the full tutorial at: One Inch World
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#10 Pinecone Owls
Whooo wants to make a pinecone owl? This craft is a hoot that your child is sure to enjoy! Send your kids out to gather up a handful of pinecones then get the craft tote out to begin making owls. Don't worry if you didn't pack googly eyes, use stones, shells or even flower petals.
Find the full tutorial at: Crafts by Amanda
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More Fun Camping Activities For Kids
Here is another fun activity for your children to do while on a camping trip and all you have to do is print this free Scavenger hunt printable! If you have several kids divide them up into teams and see who can finish first.
The Ultimate Camping Scavenger Hunt - FREE Printable
I hope you enjoy your next camping adventure! Please share your camping crafts with me in the comments.
