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I live by my printable checklists, they make preparing for trip or vacation a breeze. That means I don’t have to come up with a new list every single time we get ready to go somewhere. Camping is a little more involved than a vacation, so I print out this Camping Supplies List about two weeks before our trip and start planning.
I grew up going camping with my Girl Scout troop and Hubbyman went a few times with his family as well. So it seemed fitting that we would start camping when we got married and had kids of our own. We started camping before we had children, but once we had our daughter we did a practice run in our backyard. She had to make it the whole night with daddy in the backyard before we would go “real” camping. We’ve been dozens times now with both kids and they are camping pros. The kids are older now and do a lot of the “work” around camp with us which makes things go faster.
Want to go camping? Here is my basic Family Camping Supplies List to get your family started.
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That is some good list to follow! I used to camp solo, but I am planning for camping with my wife and kids for the first time, any advice for that would be helpful. I have bad experience with fire safety, so, I am already giving them tips for practicing fire safety. checking the list I am also thinking of getting walkie talkies, great information, Thank you for that!
I’m wanting to really get into camping this year and found your article super helpful. I like how you pointed out that you suggested packing two kinds of fire starters, in case one of them doesn’t work, you have a back up. I’ll be sure to take this list with me to the store as I get everything prepped for my camp filled summer!
We may or may not have had an issue on one camping trip with our firestarter not working. lol w-