What we need to pack for camping – our camping list

We’re off on an adventure, we’re leaving right away…

…well, in a few hours, anyway!

We are going camping – so here’s what we need to get together:

• tent – including guy ropes, pegs, inners and ground sheets
• mallet (you can’t use shoes to knock in tent pegs, or frying pans, or camping chairs…)
• air beds and pump
• two duvets, sleeping bags, an assortment of blankets
• pillowcases (can be stuffed with towels, clothes etc to make pillows…)
• towels – twice as many as we think we’ll need
• a camping chair each
• gas stove, extra gas, matches, lighter stick thingy
• frying pan, two saucepans (a small one for milk and water, a big one for pasta and beans)
• spatula, wooden spoon, serving spoon, sharp knife, scissors, tin opener, bottle opener, cheese grater, kitchen roll, chopping board
• plastic plates, bowls, cups and cutlery
• a big plastic tub to keep it all in and use for washing up / bathing kids
• rubber backed picnic rug
• chilly bin
• skewers and marshmallows
• fire bucket / barbecue
• string, duct tape – to use as washing line, broken kite repairer, air bed mender, tent accident solutions…
• wine, beer, Shloer…
• water carrier (we’ve got a foldy one)
• head torch, lantern torch, small led torch, wind up torch
• spare batteries
• a little bit of food (pasta, beans, cereal, ketchup, oil…we like to buy most stuff when we arrive)
• washing up stuff – sponge, brush, gloves, washing liquid, couple of tea towels)
• plenty of change for showers
• pack of cards
• ball
• balloons
• other toys/games for kids
• travel potty, toilet tissue, and it goes without saying we already have a huge mound of baby wipes and hand sanitiser with us anyway…
• sun block
• bin bags
• first aid kit
• wellies
• a good book for me 🙂

And, depending on where we are going:

• gazebo
• buckets and spades
• crabbing / fishing nets
• swimming gear
• windbreaks
• sun tent
• bikes
• solar fairy lights
• bubbles. In fact, carry bubbles everywhere, at all times. Many a potential tantrum has been averted by bubbles…