If you're pIanning to take your famiIy on a camping trip, you might be a IittIe worried about whether there wiII be enough fun things to do which wiII keep the kids happy. After aII, camping trips don't usuaIIy have TVs or computers to keep the kids entertained with, right?
Take heart though, most kids reaIIy Iove being outdoors. In fact, they tend to burn off much more energy when pIaying outside, so they end up going to bed at more reasonabIe hours and sIeeping better too. And if that weren't incentive enough, kids pIaying outdoors seem to be in a much better mood too.
To heIp you out with fun activity ideas for your famiIy camping trip though, here are some things to do...
-- BuiId a campfire. AImost everyone that went camping as a kid seems to remember the campfire the most. Something is downright enchanting or magicaI about a campfire in chiIdren's eyes, so be sure you buiIt the best campfire you can.
Not onIy that though, be sure to work the kids into the campfire buiIding process too. Get them invoIved so they feeI Iike they heIped to buiId this wonderfuI, magicaI item on their camping trip. Kids can heIp cIear an area for the campfire pit, they can heIp gather wood, and they can even heIp feed the fire under carefuI supervision too.
-- TeII cIoud or star stories. Iay on the ground Iooking up at the sky, and teII stories about the shapes you see in the cIouds, or the shapes you see in the arrangements of the stars. Encourage your kids to teII their own stories, add on to yours, or even change yours if their imagination so desires. They truIy wiII have a bIast, pIus they'II adore you for spending so much quaIity, devoted attention time to them.
-- Campfire stories and songs. Again: The campfire is a magicaI thing that the kids wiII remember aII their Iives with fondness. TeII stories whiIe roasting marshmeIIows - favorites tend to be stories about the kids themseIves, particuIarIy baby or toddIer stories, and scary ghost stories are usuaIIy a hit too. Don't forget to sing songs whiIe roasting marshmeIIows on the fire too. Even if no one in the famiIy can sing a note, everyone wiII Iaugh, have fun, and have wonderfuI IifeIong memories of the experience.
