33 Fun Camping Activities For Kids

Camping is a fun activity for the whole family, but it’s not always possible to go every time the kids want to. But don’t worry; you can still have a little wilderness adventure at home with these camping activities for kids.

There are lots of crafts, activities, and coloring pages to keep them busy during those rainy days or weekends. We also have worksheets and printables to keep them engaged and entertained here at Simple Everyday Mom.

With these activities, they’ll feel like they’re in the middle of nowhere, even though it’s just in their living room!

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Camping Crafts For Kids

Start your outdoor adventure with a camping craft you can make indoors. These are perfect for rainy days. Even if you can’t light a fire outside, you can get creative with paper and glue sticks inside!

Let’s encourage creativity as we prepare for family trips, summer camp, or a themed unit study in the classroom. These simple ideas will help your little learners develop fine motor strength and hand eye coordination too.

Collage of camping-themed crafts including three versions of paper campfire art, a blue paper background with a campfire, a blue cartoon cat holding a hiking stick, and a green sheet with a smiling s'more illustration and the name "Ellie" spelled in white circles. All crafts are made from cut paper shapes.

Wildlife Crafts for Kids

Want an adorable wildlife activity for kids to do this summer? Before you venture out to catch fireflies at night, engage eager little ones with these handmade keepsakes. They’ll love hanging up their paper squirrels, foxes, and bears for summer decorations in the classroom and at home!

Collage of woodland-themed paper crafts including brown bear figures made from toilet paper rolls, paper bags, and handprint cutouts, two bee crafts with smiling faces, and three fox crafts made with simple paper cutouts and cartoon-style features. Backgrounds include green, blue, and purple fabrics.

Collage of woodland animal crafts featuring a handprint moose with large antlers, a raccoon climbing a paper tree trunk, a simple raccoon face made from grey paper, and a raccoon face made with a paper plate. Backgrounds include blue and purple fabrics.

Camping Theme Classroom Printables

Do you need more easy wins for your camping themed lesson plan or unit study? Then, you won’t want to miss our classroom printables! These pages are filled with puzzles, handwriting practice, color by number pictures, mazes, and more for your little campers to enjoy.

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Collage of camping-themed printable worksheets for kids, including color-by-number pages of a camper and campfire, a do-a-dot activity with an acorn and log, a flashlight connect-the-dots activity, and color-by-sight-word pages of a lantern and mountain scene. Worksheets are colored with markers and accompanied by markers and buttons on a white surface.

Which activity will your kids want to do first? Let us know in the comments below!

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