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AcademyRoad
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Jan 22, 2014

List of camping gear?

What is on your list of much needed/appreciated gear when you are camping with young children?

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  • Beer or what ever you drink!
    No really you will need about what you will need a home but less of it.
    You will need enough stuff to keep them happy, feed and sleeping. the length of the trip or stay will determine how stuff you will need.
    Our daughter and SIL takes our 2 year GS with them and us to camp. they have their own camper. BUT they take toys, pack&play, his food, diapers, and lots of clothes. MORE clothes than I would take. BUT we have in our camper a pack&play and some toys. the rest they bring if we need to keep him overnight. Same as we have at our house.
    randy
  • ddndoug wrote:
    Things that they can do outside, depending on age....

    I'm sure there is much more that we bring along that I just can't think of right now. What are the kids ages?

    Doug


    6, 3.5, and 9 months
  • Things that they can do outside, depending on age....

    Bicycles, scooters, balls to play catch with, or start a kick-ball game. Butterfly nets and/or binoculars, fishing gear. Cheap LED flashlights that you don't mind losing (you can usually find a pack of ten for around $10-15), kids love to have their own flashlights at night. Glowsticks, another thing that they ablsoutely love.

    For safety, we require our daughter to wear a whistle incase her and her friends are out exploring and find themselves in any kind of trouble.

    DVDs or video tapes for rainy afternoons. Lots of bug repellent and sunscreen. Flip-flops for the shower house double as sandels around the campsite.

    I'm sure there is much more that we bring along that I just can't think of right now. What are the kids ages?

    Doug
  • We found having our own little port-a-potty a huge help with little ones when we were tent camping! Often they had to go and couldn't wait to get to the bath house.
  • DutchmenSport wrote:
    Tent camping? Pop-up camping? TT / 5er / Hybrid? or MH? Each demands something different.

    The items for any camping experience ALL require these items. The specifics of these items are as individual as each one of us: Transportation, set-up, food, clothing, personal hygiene, cleanliness, sanitary systems, safety, communication, and toys-hobbies-entertainment.


    5er or TT
  • At some point you will be near water....life jackets!!!!! ! Not those little plastic rings or arm bands but properly fitted for weight life jackets.
  • Tent camping? Pop-up camping? TT / 5er / Hybrid? or MH? Each demands something different.

    The items for any camping experience ALL require these items. The specifics of these items are as individual as each one of us: Transportation, set-up, food, clothing, personal hygiene, cleanliness, sanitary systems, safety, communication, and toys-hobbies-entertainment.