30 Fun and Easy Camping Crafts for Kids

This project captures the essence of campfire fun. Kids can use colored cardstock or construction paper to create this campfire craft by tracing and cutting out their handprints in bright reds, oranges, and yellows to make the flames. There's a free printable log template included to make it super easy. Once everything’s assembled, it becomes a cute campfire scene—perfect for summer activities for kids.

This interactive project transforms a simple paper plate into a little campsite scene. Using two paper plates, children paint a sky background. The magic unfolds as they attach a rotating top plate that transitions the sky from day to night, complete with a shining sun and moon. With the help of a free printable template, this craft turns into a fun and hands-on activity that’s perfect for bringing all the fun of camping right into your home.

Transform simple jumbo wooden craft sticks into a cute s'mores character with a smiling face. Children can assemble this using affordable materials like craft foam, wiggle eyes, and acrylic paint. The tutorial includes a free printable pattern, making creating this craft in about 30 minutes easy. It's a perfect indoor activity that brings the joy of camping to your summer crafting session. ​

These DIY summer camp necklaces are a fun way for kids to commemorate their camping adventures. Using oven-bake clay, children can shape pendants representing their favorite camping memories—be it a campfire, tent, or s'more. After baking, the pendants are painted and strung onto twine, adorned with pony beads for added flair. This project makes a great personalized keepsake of your camping adventures.

This glowing campfire craft brings the fun of a campfire indoors. Children decorate a clear plastic cup with red, orange, and yellow tissue paper to mimic flames. Placing an LED tea light inside the cup creates a safe, flickering glow reminiscent of a real campfire. Accompanied by crafted "marshmallow roasting sticks" made from twigs or craft sticks and cotton balls, this craft offers a fun and imaginative camp experience without leaving home.

Transform recycled containers into cute camping lanterns. Kids tear yellow tissue paper into small pieces and stick them onto a clean plastic bottle using Mod Podge. Once you place a light inside, the bottle lights up like a lantern. Green tissue paper conceals the bottle's threads, and a pipe cleaner handle with optional beads adds a decorative touch. Personalized with silhouettes like bears or other camping images, these lanterns make for a fun and eco-friendly project.

This foil-painted campfire craft is suitable for young children. Utilizing aluminum foil as a painting tool, kids create textured flames in vibrant hues atop crafted logs. This activity not only encourages creativity but also helps develop fine motor skills, making it a perfect addition to camping-themed activities for preschoolers and toddlers. ​

This glow jar craft is perfect for camping nights. Children paint the interiors of jars with glow-in-the-dark paint, creating luminescent lanterns that can light up their tents or paths. You can decorate the jars with various patterns and add wire handles. This quick and fun project adds a magical touch to any camping experience.

Create miniature toy teepees that are perfect for imaginative play. Using a printable template, children can cut out and assemble cardstock teepees, customizing them with colors and patterns. This craft also offers an educational opportunity to learn about different shelter types used in various cultures.

This one combines name recognition with a camping theme. Children create a campfire scene using a paper plate, yarn, and printable marshmallow letters to spell their names. The activity enhances fine motor skills and helps preschoolers and kindergarteners learn to recognize and spell their names in a fun way.

Bring the camping experience indoors with this pretend campfire and s'mores play set. Using paper and upcycled cardboard tubes, children can craft a realistic-looking campfire complete with wood-grain logs and a stone 'safety' ring. The set also includes paper marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate for assembling pretend s'mores, providing endless imaginative play opportunities.

This simple and educational craft teaches children about navigation. Kids can create a compass by painting a paper plate and adding construction paper elements. This activity is a great way to introduce children to basic compass reading skills during your camp adventure.

Create your own camping lantern using a paper bag and construction paper with this project. By assembling and decorating the lantern, children can simulate the look of a real camping lantern, adding a fun and decorative element to their camping experience.

These camping story stones make a great storytelling activity. Children can paint various camping-related images onto stones, such as tents, campfires, and animals. These stones can then be used to inspire and guide imaginative camping stories, helping kids to improve their creativity and narrative skills.

Recreate the magic of fireflies with this summer craft. By placing a flameless LED tealight into a plastic Easter egg, children can craft glowing fireflies without the need for glue. This simple project captures the fun of summer evenings!

This one combines literacy with creativity by pairing a camping-themed craft with a list of children’s books about camping. The craft is a fun, foldable sleeping bag activity where kids can write an acrostic poem or a short story inside the bag. The template includes lined sections for writing and space for illustrations.

This activity transforms ordinary toilet paper rolls into imaginative binoculars. By taping two rolls together, wrapping them in decorated construction paper, and adding a yarn strap, kids can create their own binoculars for backyard explorations or camping trips. This activity encourages outdoor play.

This project allows kids to build and decorate their own cardboard tents. Using a large cardboard box, kids cut and fold it into a tent shape, secure it with packing tape, and then personalize it with paint and designs. This craft provides a cozy spot for pretend camping adventures indoors or in the backyard. ​

This nature craft combines the beauty of the outdoors with the colors of the rainbow. Collect leaves and use washable markers to color them in a rainbow of different shades. By pressing the colored leaves onto paper, you can create beautiful rainbow leaf prints. This project encourages exploration of the outdoors and artistic expression.

Hop into crafting fun with this cute frog project, where kids paint a paper plate green and cut it in half to form the frog's body. They then create eyes from additional paper circles and add a curled red paper strip for the tongue, which can be inserted through a slit in the plate to mimic a frog catching flies. This fun and educational craft is perfect for you to keep your kids entertained on your camping trip and also complements lessons about amphibians

Transform a simple brown paper lunch bag into a cute bear puppet with this one. Children use a fork to apply brown paint, creating a textured fur effect on the bag. After the paint dries, they can attach cardstock cutouts for the bear's ears, paws, and facial features, bringing their cuddly creature to life.

Encourage kids to explore the outdoors and collect natural treasures like leaves, flower petals, and twigs for this beautiful suncatcher craft. Using colored popsicle sticks to create a frame and Press ' N Seal to encapsulate their findings, children can design vibrant DIY summer decorations that capture the essence of nature.

Enhance your child's hiking experience by crafting a personalized walking stick. Start by finding a sturdy stick during your outdoor adventures. At home, kids can paint their sticks with vibrant designs and add a leather cord handle for a comfortable grip.

Bring the excitement of a campfire indoors with this one. Using cardboard tubes painted to resemble logs and tissue paper flames, you can assemble a cozy campfire replica. This activity is perfect for indoor camping play and storytelling sessions, allowing kids to experience the fun of a campfire safely and creatively.

This footprint craft captures the joy of camping and makes a great keepsake. Using a free printable template, children stamp their footprints to form a tent shape and then decorate it to complete the scene. This craft is a wonderful way to commemorate camping adventures and see how much their little feet have grown over time. ​

​Looking to keep your kids entertained during your next camping trip? This activity encourages children to explore their surroundings by searching for common camping items like pinecones, animal tracks, and firewood. Not only does it provide fun, but it also helps kids become more aware of nature and their environment. You can download this free scavenger hunt from their website and print it out before going on your camping trip.