Camping Fun for You!

Campout Cooking

Smores
Put a marshmallow and a Hershey kiss on a
 graham cracker and melt it in a toaster oven.

Ants On A Log
Spread peanut butter or softened cream cheese
on celery sticks, and put raisins on top.

Popcorn
Measure it before and after it's popped, and guess
how much it will make. Write predictions and results.

Happy Camper Fruit Salad
Everyone brings a piece of fruit to share.
Talk about fractions as you cut the fruit up.
Mix with orange juice or pineapple juice and serve. 

Camping and Hiking Gear to Make

Paper bag vests & paper hats

Binoculars
Cover two tissue rolls with black paper and glue together.
Add yarn to wear around neck.

Star Gazer
Glue a circle of aluminum foil over one end of a tissue roll.
Cover with colored paper, leaving both ends free.
Using a toothpick, punch a few holes in foil end.
Look through the other end and you'll see stars! 

Science & Art Activities

Leaf and bark rubbings

Rock collections

Mystery hike -- follow clues or a mystery map

Sock walk -- walk outside in just your socks,
then shake the seeds out and see what grows!

Collect sticks, seeds, leaves, nuts, pine cones, etc.,
and glue them together to form bugs and animals. 

Make Nature Wreaths by gluing found objects to a 
tag board circle with a hole in the middle.