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Kids Camping Themed Party

November 9, 2021 By Kari Leave a Comment

A whole bunch of ideas for throwing a cool Kids Camping Themed Party! Activities, food, campfire cupcakes, and an awesome take-home gift!

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If you’re anything like us, picking out the theme for the birthday party is a big deal! 🙂 We usually narrow it down to a few options as a family and then our little guy makes the call. This year I was thrilled with his camping theme decision (there’s so much you can do with this one)!

In this blog post, I’ve detailed everything from Wyatt’s camping themed sixth birthday party. If you’re looking for other ideas can also check out How To Throw An Awesome Truck Birthday Party and How To Throw A Super Cool Buzz Lightyear Birthday Party!

If you have any questions, please ask in the comment section at the bottom of this post. Just a heads up, there are a few affiliate links here meaning if you click on the link and end up buying the item, I get a small commission (at no extra cost to you).

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Campfire Cupcakes

Use a simple chocolate cupcake recipe and whip up some buttercream icing. Separate the icing into two bowls and dye one orange and the other red. Alternate mixing the colours into a piping bag. Pipe onto the cupcake and top with pretzel sticks.

Use a lighter to roast mini marshmallows on a toothpick and stick them into the side of the cupcake.

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Party Food

Keep it simple and go with quintessential kid-approved camping eats! Hot dogs, mac’n’cheese, Hickory Sticks, and a variety of chips. Fresh watermelon is always a nice touch and can be used as a centrepiece for the table.

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Decor + Table Setup

Look for natural fabrics, wooden chargers and risers, and checkered tableware. Add in a few camping lanterns and potted evergreens. These mini faux evergreens are a nice filler too. I used sticks tied with jute and a Midi Square leather playmat from Gathre to make the “Camp Wyatt” backdrop for the food table. You could just as easily use an old bedsheet cut into a square.

Mini camping mugs are a cute addition for the kiddos drinks. Plus, you can include them as part of the take-home gift! Go here to shop the mugs.

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Free Printables

It’s a fun idea to add in a few camping signs at the party! Some of the ones we used are included here. Click on the images below to open these up in a new browser tab as a PDF file. Print out using regular printer paper or cardstock.

You can cut and frame the printables to place in different areas around the party. These blue frames are from Ikea. 

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Present Station

Use a kids play tent or even a small regular camping tent to store the presents. If the tent is big enough for all the kids, they could all hop in there for the present opening!

Activity

Keep the activity simple and optional. The fact is, not all kids will be into it! To tie in the wilderness theme, we made silly rock creatures. Paint the rocks ahead of time and have the kids decorate them using pipe cleaners, pom poms, feathers, yarn, googly eyes and adhesive foam sticker sheets. Keep costs low on the one and pick everything up at The Dollar Store.

Some other camping themed activities: outdoor adventure hunt, fishing in the kiddie pool, or DIY rainsticks.

Hot Tip: Whatever craft you’re doing, make an example ahead of time for inspiration for the kids. If you have a kid who isn’t into it or didn’t have time to do the activity, send home some supplies for them to do it on their own time.

Take-Home Gift

If you’re doing a take-home gift or goody bag, it’s nice to give the kids something of quality they’ll actually love and use! It can still be inexpensive and simple but just not a bag filled with stuff that will just get tossed. For example, each of the kids could get one hot wheel or a sheet of stickers. In this case, we did a Trail Mix Bar and a mini camping lantern. They could use the lantern as a night light or take it on their next family camping trip. We picked up our mini lanterns from Canadian Tire. These ones would be pretty cool too!

For the trail mix, use brown paper lunch bags rolled down (do this carefully so the bags don’t rip), with wooden stick labels and mini scoops or spoons. Have each of their names written out ahead of time on the treat bags. When the parents come for pickup have them take their kid to the station and fill up a bag and grab a lantern!

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Pin this to your Camping Birthday Party and Kids Party Ideas boards and follow me on Pinterest here!

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Other Posts You’ll Love:

How To Throw An Awesome Truck Birthday Party

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Lifestylist + Blogger: KariSkelton.com
Mom to Wyatt, Moses🐾 + Monroe🐾
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when you feel like you've hit your max bump but th when you feel like you've hit your max bump but there's still nine weeks to go. 😳

It's truly amazing what our bodies can do. 💛

#31weeks #sunsoutbumpsout #beachball
Life update. ❤ I’ll be keeping this piece of Life update. ❤

I’ll be keeping this piece of art forever. Wyatt painted this for me back in January, when I was isolated with Covid. I taped it up on the wall beside the bed during my stay in our guest room. If you zoom in, you’ll see me in the front with the big baby belly. (Wyatt calls me ‘big belly’ these days!)

Rainbows represent promise, hope, and new beginnings. 

It's been a rough past few weeks for our family, hence my absence online. Thank you so much for your messages of love, concern, and support. They mean so much to us. I know I share a lot with you on here, but I’m not going to get into details this time. Just know we're doing alright. Junebug is great (and kicking and rolling around non-stop!), Wyatt is awesome per usual, and Ryan and I are rock solid.

I had to take a break from work. My main focus has always been (and will
always be) protecting the peace, health, and well-being of our family unit. 

Social media can be a beautiful place where connection and inspiration happens. Unfortunately, it can also foster hurtful and harmful attacks. I’ve learned so much over these past few weeks, and have deeply reflected on my presence and future plans online. I’ll share more soon, but for now, I just wanted to check in, say a sincere thanks, and let you know we’re all good. ❤️
The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll The moment I found out. September 22, 2021. I’ll be honest - the first trimester wasn’t great. There were moments of joy (like this one) but it was filled with anxiety, scary moments, and a few hurdles. 

🤰I’m playing catchup on some pregnancy blog posts but I wanted to make sure this was up, especially for those who have been following our journey. 

👉 Head on over to KariSkelton.com for ‘Pregnancy Q&A: The First Trimester’ where I get into all of it. Link is in my bio.

❔️Please ask any questions. That’s the whole reason why I share about this. I believe sharing our experiences and personal stories helps all of us feel less alone and often validates what we’re going through. 

(If you can believe it, I took a video of the exact moment I found out but it disappeared from my files. Poof! Gone.💨 Of all the videos to lose…. 🙈 But very happy to have this photo).

#pregnancystories #motherhoodrising #motherhoodunites #Canadianblogger #Canadianmom
Contest Closed. Congrats to our winner @michelle_q Contest Closed. Congrats to our winner @michelle_quay! Thanks to all of you for entering! ❤

➡️ Giveaway! To celebrate @fresonbros first birthday tomorrow (Saturday, March 5), we’re giving away a $250 Freson Bros. GC! 🥳

You’re invited to pop down to the party between 11-5 to celebrate with us! 🎉There’s birthday torte, a whole bunch of perks, specialty tastings, and additional in-store giveaways, including a beautiful Camp Chef XT Wood Pellet Grill! 🙆‍♀️

To enter our $250 GC Giveaway:

👉 Make sure you follow me @kariskelton and @fresonbros.

👉 Like this post.

👉 tag some friends who would love this!

✨️ Bonus entry: Head to KariSkelton.com and leave a comment on my ‘Freson Bros. Turns One’ blog post (make sure to add your IG handle in that comment so we know who you are). 

*This giveaway is open to Canadian residents only and is in no way endorsed or supported by Instagram. The winner must be able to pick up the $250 gift card prize at Freson Bros. Edmonton 5139 Mullen Rd. Contest closes Friday, March 4 at 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced on this post before 9 a.m MST Saturday, March 5. 

🚨*PLEASE watch out for impersonation accounts that unfortunately sometimes pop up during giveaways. I will only reach out to you via DM from my account (@kariskelton) to confirm your win and then we’ll coordinate details via email only.
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