I'm always looking for easy and fun ways to entertain our kids while we are camping. Sometimes we travel to amazing destinations that provide the entertainment and activities but there are times when we need a little something to keep our kids happy, occupied and out of the fire pit ashes...lol
Here are 5 fun crafts that you can do with kids at camp.
Rock painting
Grab a back of river rocks from the Dollar Tree or craft store OR find your own rocks at the site. Use these paint markers to decorate your rocks. I love using these markers because there is no need to wash brushes or messy paint and they go on much nicer! You can use a simple acrylic spray to help seal in those beautiful designs.
Tie Dye Shoes
This activity was so much fun and the girls loved personalizing their own shoes!!! You just need a blank canvas (white canvas shoes), sharpie markers, and a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol.
Check out my tutorial on how you can make them here: Tie Dye Art
Nature Art
Have the kids collect natural treasures such as pebbles, sticks, flowers, leaves. Use tacky glue to create art and glue onto a cheap frame from the dollar tree. Have them spell out their name with their findings!
Pine cone Owls
How adorbs are these little guys?!
Fairy House
Remember those paint pens for the rock painting? They work on these wooden fairy houses, too! You can find these hanging fairy houses for as low as $.99 at Michaels Craft Store. You can also use tacky glue and decorate the house with leaves or moss found around the campsite. Add on a cute butterfly and these will be a hit!
Magic Dough Pottery Bowls
Bust out the model magic and have them create some pottery! This works perfectly with the Brownie Potter badge! Have them create a pinch pot or coil pot or whatever their creative minds can think of. No need to bake. Model magic dries on it's own.
