What are your fun family activites while camping?

[GreenBananas]

I thought I would ask this question two fold… What are your family camping traditions? And what activities do you find yourself doing the most with younger children?

[mister_d]

tragusa3 wrote:
Can someone explain "washer toss"? Thanks!

washers clicky

Throw the washers and try to land in the hole. Points for in the hole, closest to the hole, and on the rim. The game originally was played with a coffee can and a sandy pit I believe.

[tragusa3]

Can someone explain "washer toss"? Thanks!

[Car_Guy]

We didn't start camping til we were older. Folks are retired farmers. We have gotten the entire family together once a year, every year for the last 13 years. Alot of our activities revolve around eating and then working it off... 😉
Annual events include a nature hike/canoe ride hosted by my sister. Kayak/canoe tag on the lake in front of our sites. If you can picture 8 to 12 canoes and kayaks chasing each other. We actually draw a cheering crowd from across the lake.
I usually come up with huge grill/deep fried hors' doerves spread before dinner. Ladder ball and then round out the evening with guitar and Mom's 'button box' Concertina singing songs around the fire. Lots of remisching and story telling too.

[noe-place]

My grandson is 12 and he thinks he's grown. But we do a lot of hiking and biking while on rv trips. Also a lot of cultural activities especially museums, living histories, etc.

[tll]

My DD can spend all day making pictures with colored chalk on the campgrounds roads. If it is a private campground, ask it is ok first. It is amazing how many people stop to chat with her, often as kids ride there bikes by they will stop and color too. My DD has made many campground friends this way. She is getting good too!

[SLSAntigua]

If we are not fishing, we are Kayaking and we have water wars on the Kayaks like 2 warring vessels on the open seas. I have 2 daughters (12 and 15, so me and the 12 Y/o vs wife and 15 y/o and we "broadside" with water guns until empty they try to evade.

Happy hour is washer toss and/or ladder toss.

At night we have a campfire, make s'mores and popcorn. for good kettle popcorn get an "over the campfire popcorn popper" tastes ten time better than Microwave and not too much work. Sister-in-law got me one for Christmas a couple of years ago and is very good. If we make a lot we will usually play poker and the extra popcorn is the ante. Otherwise it is crazy 8's until bedtime.

[Mike__Rose]

Infrared Game-Camera
I received one of these cameras as a Christmas present from my kids to bring camping. I hook it to a tree or the RV ladder and let it do it's thing. In the morning my grand son loves to see what critters visited our site during the night. Now I know why my 2 dachshunds Hansel and Gretel want to go out in the middle of the night. One night they keep crying to go out and in the morning we discovered 2 bears had visited our site!

[Goldstalker]

Wow that rocket stomp looks awesome! My son will love it. We also like to play washer toss.

[mister_d]

We love many of the activities mentioned so I won't repeat(:

This cheap toy always gets the neighbor kids to come down.. pretty soon they're off having adventures together.



Clicky

[Kittykath]

Metal detecting on the beach for the teens. Small sand shovels for the little ones. Be sure to pre-hide a bunch of coins first.

[Ragin_Cajun]

Nightly hikes for Sasquatch sightings!

Started this since our two kids were just out of diapers ( now 5 & 8), I have a blast getting them revved up for it every camping trip...one day it'll be over as they get older, but oh the memories & amusement!

[4monkeys]

Check out frisbee golf courses at many of the State Parks.

[Mark9090]

We always take books, sparklers, & magnifying glasses and butterfly nets. If there is a stream, river or lake, we make "war paint" by finding colorful rocks, wetting them and grinding them on a flat, plain rock.

Cooking over campfires (in pie irons), roasting marshmallows, and card games are also always a part of our trips.

[NewMexicoCamper]

We have a number of girls in our camping circle and they love to make Fairy houses out of twigs, bark, rocks, etc. As the girls get older (11 and 12) they still make the houses but now they have thatched roofs out of pine needles and picket fences. We also like the little question cards like "Table Topics" around the campfire. They are nice conversation starters for both kids and adults.

[jacobj]

My wife, kids and I love to go fishing and ride bikes together.