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Glamping TIP: Milk Crate Side Table
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Glamp up your tent with a MILK CRATE SIDE TABLE:
Pack what your going to use in your tent inside the crate
Flash lights or lantern
Reading books or magazines
Reading glasses
Book light
Box of tissue
Empty small tissue box for trash
Vintage cloth to cover
Stainless steal water bottle
Slipper Socks
After you set up your tent turn the crate on it's side, cover with the cloth and use open side to store you belongings. Ready to go camping tip # 102543.
Camping was both good and well as usual a learning experience. I've come to decide a few things: Bring what makes you comfortable without bringing too much I like my camp kitchen set up and don't need to buy anything bigger I don't like the laundry basket idea, I couldn't find anything and prefer the compartments of a duffel bag I'm not into rainy camping when it comes time to pack up. Everything is wet and dirt is stuck to it Camping with my 5 year old daughter is awesome A truck would make camping easier Bears are fairly harmless but even though I know I don't have to worry about them my instinct says don't sleep the first night I camp. And it's always a thrill to see them. I love my $3 purchase from the thrift store it's very useful as a seat or side table Three days or more of camping makes packing up more tolerable We LOVE smoores with cookies Using a wine box to roll up newsprint for making a fire was a
Rock Art: Draw a line or spiral with a long stick and collect rocks and pine cones - place on the line in a pattern. Show them a picture of “The spiral Jetty” by Robert Smithson. Camp Kitchen: Collect cooking gear from the thrift store, see if you can find items on small scale, find a flat rock, log or camp bench and draw in chalk a stove top (two circles with an “X”) Fill a pitcher of water and tell them to go to town making mud pies and cooking them. (keep mud away from where people walk). Rock & Stick Art: Hunt for sticks and rocks then paint with washable tempera Pine Cone Critters: Glue small rocks, sticks onto pine cones to make different figures. Tacky glue works best. Hide & Seek an old stand by. Bug Hunt with a bug jar. Hopscotch: Use a long sticks to make squares in dirt & small rocks to throw. Beading: $1 store good for this, I like using a tray or baking sheet to contain everything. Journal: Glue, t
Taking it up a notch with unbreakable dishware. Great for first night at the campground appetizer plate. Talavera Melamine Platter Anne Taintor Flask, Open Bar A flask is perfect for camping, instead of bringing large bottles "I Love Not Camping" Paper Cocktail Napkins Though I make cloth napkins, I tend to use paper napkins when camping Click Clack Shake & Serve Unbreakable Shaker What a great personal shaker that's unbreakable Enjoy our last months of easy camping weather while it last SEE Sisters On The Fly SEE Vintage Camping Coolers SEE Vintage Teardrop Camper
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Like your blog a lot!
http://campinginstyle.blogspot.com/2010/06/first-camptrip-of-year.html
For me it's about simple and practical camping with GREAT food, comfort and a few good ideas to make it work.