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14 Budget-Friendly Ways To Keep Your Kids From Boredom On Your Next Camping Trip

6.  Plan a scavenger hunt.

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My Unwritten Life

Games on your iPad may keep them entertained for a little while, but they’ll never forget going on a scavenger hunt with you and/or their siblings.  Here’s a great list you can print out and give them for around the campsite. They’ll be thrilled to check as many off as possible.

7. Make shadow puppets.

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Old Book Illustrations

This classic hand and flashlight combo has kept young and old campers entertained for years. Check out these hand positions to create the wildlife shadows.

8. Play a card game.

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Camp Mosh

Kids are always up for a game, and all you need to play one is a deck of good old-fashioned playing cards. Teach them Go Fish, Crazy Eights, Rummy, or Old Maid. It’s OK if you don’t know how to play a game either, learn together with these directions.

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9. Teach them how to pitch a tent.

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Money Crashers

Not only is learning how to pitch a tent a valuable life lesson, but you’ll enjoy the experience of setting up the campsite together.

10. Create beautiful leaf artwork.

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The Imagination Tree

Find a variety of colored leaves around your site, and use them to create magnificent works of art. You can arrange them and glue them to create a collage, trace around them, or even break a leaf in half and have them mirror it in on the other side. Let their creativity and imagination run wild.



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