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Camping Party
Ideas
Welcome to the great
outdoors! But, you can do your camping party indoors or
outdoors.
Ladybug Pinata
Green Partyware
Camping Personalized Invitation
Camping Personalized Banner
Camping Favor Set
Bug Net
Bug Viewer
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Cakes
Bake a doll cake skirt and decorate it to look like a
mountain – add a waterfall and a some candy rocks and a few animal
figurines
Decorations
The color scheme should be green and brown. Pick your
favorite shades of each.
Make a camping boot
centerpiece. You can use a real one, if
it’s clean. Or, put a print out of an oversized hiking boot on either
side of a
brown paper lunch sack stuffed with straw. Top with dried wildflowers,
a mini
fishing pole (dowel rod with fishing line and a gummi fish) and a few
plastic
bugs.
Spread plastic
bugs, spiders and lizards throughout the
party area and a butterfly net.
Set out a fishing
pole with gummi worm or Swedish fish on
the end. Tie or hot glue string or fishing line to a dowel rod.
Set up a tent and
set a cooler nearby filled with individual drinks.
Make a camp flag – Camp
Williams
or Camp (insert name of guest of honor here)
Lay
out pinecones and evergreen branches—you can take apart
an old Christmas wreath for this. Don't be afraid to set up an
artificial Christmas tree for your camping party.
Costumes/Dress
up
Flannel shirts
Bandanas
Baseball cap
Rope belt
Hunter’s orange
Games
and Activities
Fish
Pond (ages
3-8)
Make a fishing pole by tying a string to a dowel rod with a clothespin
tied at
the other end of the string. Spread a sheet across a corner of a room.
Have
someone hide behind the sheet and attach small toys or candies to the
fishing
pole and tug like a fish so the child knows when to pull up.
Pin the Fish on the Hook
(ages 3-8)
Play this just like the classic
Pin the Tail on the Donkey game. On a poster board draw a boat with a
fishing
pole and a fishing line that goes down with a hook on the end. Give
each guest
a print out of a fish, with a bit of tape. Take turns blindfolding the
guests
so they can try to put their fish on the hook. The fish closest to the
hook
wins. What's a camping party trip without a little fishing?
Camping
Sing-a-Long
(ages 3-10)
Sing some camping songs. Try singing “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
several times and removing one word at the end of the song each time
you sing
it. So…. Life is but a dream. Life is but a. Life is but. Life is.
Life. You
get it? Seems like it would take a long time to go through it, but it
doesn’t
and it’s kind of fun!
Nature
Scavenger Hunt
(ages 3-12)
Go on a nature scavenger hunt. The guests need to find
specific items on the list and write short descriptions of the item.
Really, do
you want them capturing a bird and bringing it back to your home for
your camping party?
Pillow
Fight (ages
3-16)
You know how this works. Everyone gets a pillow and you
gently hit each other. I’ve always declared faces off limits, so no one
loses
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Scary
Stories
(ages 6-16)
Tell scary stories. Turn out the lights. Bring in a flash
light. Check out a book from the library or invent your own.
Climbing
Wall
(ages 6-16)
Take your guests to a sporting goods shop and climb on
climbing wall. You'll want to
mention this activity in your camping party invitations.
First
Aid Relay Race
(ages 8-16)
Do a relay race carrying an injured camper—not really
injured, just pretend. Split the guests into teams and have each team
find a
way to carry another guest on their team around a chair and back to
their team. Teach your guests how to properly transport someone so no
one gets hurt at your camping party.
Skits (ages 10-16)
Skits make hilarious party games. Even guests who are shy
usually enjoy
this activity. Split into groups of 3-6 guests. Give each group a bag
with 6
items, everyday items such as a balloon, a picture frame, a
potato, a key,
a cup, a book, a stuffed animal, a tie, a sock, mitten or shoe.
Instruct each
group they have 5-10 minutes to come up with a skit utilizing the items
in
their bag. Then enjoy the show.
Crafts
Binoculars (ages
3-6)
Make binoculars out of toilet paper tubes. Color with
markers and tape together. What will your guests discover at your
camping
party?
Stuffed
Fish (ages
3-8)
Get two printouts of a fish and cut out circles from
different paper, patterned paper or even magazine ads, and layer the
cut
circles on the fish cut out like scales – glue the two halves together
around
the edges and stuff with shredded and/or crumpled newspaper.
S’more
Crafts
(ages 3-16)
Use the ingredients in s’mores, chocolate frosting,
chocolate chips, chocolate candy bar, graham crackers, plus pretzel
sticks/rods
to make snowmen, horses, bugs, etc. Make one s'more item as a display
for the guests,
then let them have fun finding their own creations to build. It can't
really be a camping party without a few s'mores.
Bugs
(ages 4-12)
Set out pompoms, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, googly
eyes, glue, scissors, felt and let the guests make their own bugs.
Make Your Own Camp Flag (ages 5-16)
Provide each guest with a paper to design their own flag, and tape it
to a 12
inch long dowel. Or, divide the guests into two teams and provide each
team
with a white pillow case and have them decorate their own camp flags
with
markers. Then staple to a large dowel for a camping party team flag!
Nature
Silhouette
(ages 6-12)
Find something from nature and put against photosensitive
paper – sunlight changes the color of the paper – or even use
construction
paper. Expose it to the sun and it will leave a silhouette of the item
on the
paper. Construction paper needs a much longer exposure to the sun than
the
photosensitive paper.
Fashionable
Head Gear
(ages 6-16)
Decorate hats from things found in nature, plus a bit of
string. Provide all kinds of hats, baseball caps, straw hats, etc. You
could
probably find some at a thrift store. Provide pine cones and other
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First
Aid Kit (ages
6-16)
Put together a first aid kit.
You can put the items in a plastic bandaid container, or a tupperware
container, or a film canister. Include items such as: bandaids,
antibiotic ointment, sterilizing wipes, a safety pin, etc.
Tin
Can Constellations
(ages 7-16)
Materials needed:
Tin cans (clean)
Paper printed with constellation
Nail
Hammer
Spray paint
To
Do It: Fill the tin cans with water and freeze. The ice
will help the can hold its shape while being punched with its
decorations. You
may want to put the cans in the freezer a couple days in advance to be
sure
they all freeze completely. When ready, pull the cans out of the
freezer and
wipe off any excess moisture from the outside of the cans and tape
paper with
designs to the outside of the cans. Using the hammer and nail, punch
out holes
or dashes along the lines of the design. When finished, allow the ice
to melt
enough to come out of the votive. Dry and then in a well-ventilated
area spray
paint the votive. Place a candle or shine a flashlight in the center
and enjoy.
Make
Candles (ages
8-16)
Have a clean ½ pint cardboard milk container for each guest.
Put a wick in it (weighted at the bottom). Fill it with ice cubes then
pour
melted paraffin wax over the top. The wax will cool very quickly
because of the
ice and leave a pretty fun design with bubble or holes in the wax after
the ice
melts. When the wax is cooled poor out the water, tear away the milk
container
and decorate the sides of the candles with glitter glue. This camping
party activity requires a bit of preparation and caution. But don't be
afraid of it.
Refreshments
Chocolate covered ants – I mean raisins
Gatorade or other sports drink
Granola bars
Tinfoil dinners
Gorp – homemade trail mix
S’mores
Roast hot dogs and marshmallows (cook hot dogs first)
Candy rocks
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Take
home gift ideas
Brown paper sacks with two straps to look like a backpack
Compass
Water bottle
Flashlights
First aid kit
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