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Camping Party

Camping Party Activities

Make Some Edible Campfire -- A fun activity to try is making an Edible Campfire. For each child, you will need:

• 1 graham cracker
• pretzel sticks
• red frosting
• 1 Hershey’s Kiss

To make the campfire, put a glob of red frosting in the center of a graham cracker base. Stick a Hershey Kiss in the middle of the frosting and you have your fire. Now, build a "log teepee" by breaking up small pretzel sticks and leaning them against each other over the fire to represent the tinder. More frosting can be added on top for a bigger fire. Finally, put the whole thing into your belly!

Design a Walking Stick -- Buy a long thick dowel for each of your party guests (available at home improvement stores). Set out paints or colored Sharpie markers and have your campers design their own personalized walking sticks.

Camping Party Games

Wildlife trail -- In advance of your camping party, hide a variety of cuddly toys, plastic animals, natural objects (e.g. a shell, pine cone, homemade straw birds’ nest) around the camp area. Split the kids into teams and give each team a list of items to find plus a sack to put them in. The first team to complete the list is the winner.

Bug Bites -- Issue each child a strip of stickers and then it's each bug for himself! The aim of the game is to 'bite' someone by placing a sticker on their back without them noticing. At the end of the game the person with the least stickers is declared the champion bug, but the person with the most stickers on their back gets a prize!

Flashlight Tag -- When it gets dark, give each child a flashlight and split them into two teams. The aim of the game is to tag as many players as possible from the opposing team by shining a light at them. Once caught, they are taken to base and need to be watched over by a chosen guard. However, they can be rescued by their teammates, so the guard needs to be on the lookout with his flashlight. If the guard spots the rescuers, they too are put in the base camp.

Campfire Stories and Songs -- Have your campers make up their own campfire tale by sitting in a circle and asking one person to start the first two sentences of a story. Then have each person build on what has been said by adding his or her own two sentences. Keep going around the circle until the story reaches its invariably zany conclusion!

Shadow Puppets -- As your campers head off to bed, send them with their flashlights have them come up with their own creative ideas for shadow puppets. Who can make the most? The most realistic? The silliest? Guaranteed laughs and creativity!

Camping Party Menu Ideas

Nothing says campout like campfire cooking. Whether your party is inside or out, there are lots of camp themed menu items to choose from.

Snacks:

• Edible Fire (from activity time)

• Trail Mix (any combination of Nuts, chocolate chips or M+M candies, raisins, Goldfish crackers, mini pretzels, granola clusters, dried fruit, mini marshmallows, or gummies.)

• Fruit Leather

• Jerky

Main Courses:

• Hotdogs, baked beans, and potato chips or potato salad

• Chili and cornbread

Drinks:

• Bug Juice (red fruit punch)

• Gatorade

• Lemonade

Desserts:

• Toasted Marshmallows

• S’Mores (Graham crackers with a piece of chocolate and toasted marshmallow in between)

• Dirt Cups (Cups of chocolate pudding with Oreo crumbles on top and gummy worms stuck inside and peeking out)

Breakfast (For sleepovers):

• Flapjacks

• Eggs, Bacon, and toast

• French Toast

• Cereal

Camping Party Favors

• Water Bottles or Canteens

• Flashlights

• Plastic Bugs

• Compasses

• Bandannas

• Walking Sticks (from the walking stick activity)

If you enjoyed these camping party ideas, you might also enjoy these parties:

Bigfoot Campout Party

Outdoor Movie Party

Jungle Party