We started tent camping with our daughter at about 1 year old. As said, things weren't much different than at home. She had her own air mattress and sleeping bag. We'd bring a few toys, but our attention was focused mostly on her. As the years went on her favorite activities were hiking and sitting by the fire at night. When she was a teenager she bought her own tent and used it when we had our pop-up camper. She's almost 35 now, married, and both of them love the outdoors and she's still tenting.