63 fun camping activities
Camping is pretty fun all by itself! But if you ever find yourself wanting more ideas of camping activities, search no further! Below we’ve assembled a pretty exhaustive list of fun camping activities. Also check out our kids’ activities page.
Active
- Hiking
- Exploring
- Biking
- Frisbee
- Slacklining
- Cornhole
- Ring toss/horseshoes
- Baseball/catch
- Bocce ball
- Kite-flying
- Water balloon fights
- Hide-and-Seek
- Sardines
- Red Rover
- Scavenger hunt
- Geocaching
- Yoga
Water activities
- Fishing
- Kayaking/canoeing
- Stand-up paddle boarding
- Floating
- Swimming
- Skipping stones
Art/music
- Photography
- Nature sketching
- Craft projects
- Nature scrapbooking
- Rubbings of leaves, bark, inscriptions, etc.
- Playing a musical instrument
- Singing
Nature
- Wildlife watching
- Stargazing
- Searching for edible plants
- Searching for animal bones
- Plant and animal identification
- Rock collecting
- Fossil hunting
- Seashell collecting
- Learning/practicing survival skills
- Picking up litter
- Butterfly search
- Edible food search (e.g., dandelion greens, berries)
Quiet time
- Journaling
- Book reading
- Reading aloud
- Napping
- Learning knot tying
- Crossword or other puzzles
- Listening to nature
- Relaxing in a hammock
- Meditating
- Cloud watching
Social games
- Board or card games
- Mystery games (like Mafia or Murder in the Dark)
- Storytelling
- Charades
- Skits
- Truth or Dare
- 20 Questions
Nighttime
- Campfire
- Shadow puppets
- Flashlight tag
- Campfire stories
