Rainy or Quiet Day On Camp....

No Problem! 

We have done four camps so far this year with one more to come. Next year we plan to do more and as our lovely British weather is rather unpredictable we need activities for little man to do on the rainy or quiet days on camp. (Little miss is older and is easily occupied with a book or magazine)

A simple activity to take with you is a small colouring book and some pencils. For us little man isn't occupied for long by this as he is very much an outdoor child and being stuck in he gets bored easily. 

If you are feeling more adventurous you could make a small wooden sword like the one Pete has made. Little man loves this and spends lots of time when we are on camp running around with it pretending to be a knight or bopping away using it like a guitar! 

The activity that has proved the best is taking a small tub of Lego with us. I selected various people, some blocks and some small base plates. We all had lots of fun making different vehicles and buildings and was great when we were stuck inside for most of the day due to rain. The tub is small enough to fill a gap in one of our rucksacks but contains enough pieces to be imaginative and make different things. 

 Little man took his tub outside on a mat when it was dry, this allowed us to start our campfire whilst he was having fun building another space ship! (Little Star Wars fan!)

We have the power bank so if it is going to be a long rainy spell we do allow little man to play some games on my phone as it can get boring and frustrating being stuck in for a number of hours, especially when you want to go exploring or toast some marshmallows! 

As you have seen we don't spend much time around camp during the day and as such don't need to carry extras, we aim to be able to carry all of our equipment as we don't drive. This year we have been lucky and have been dropped off and picked up however we do want to go on more wild camps in the future so want to keep the weight down in our bags.

With little man now in school we will be encouraging him to read more, at the moment I am on the look out for children's books about camping that we can read together and hopefully this might sway him away from using the phone as much for games!

Our next camp is in October Half Term and we have been busy buying some Autumn/Winter clothes to make sure we stay nice and toasty, we are hoping for some good weather so that we can have a few more campfires before closing our season for this year. Keep a look out over the next few weeks for reviews on our new sleeping bags and how well the tarp performed! 

Happy Camping, hopefully you can still get to explore some more this year, even if it it is just for a day out :-)