Camping / Campout Birthday Party

Camping is a favorite tradition of many families. Make camping out even more fun with a camping themed birthday party. You can set up a tent in the yard or have a camp-in the the living room. Either way, your child will love a camping birthday party with friends!

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Camping party invitations
Camping party decorations
Camping party tableware
Camping party food & snacks
Camping birthday cakes
Camping party games & activities
Camping party favors

Camping Birthday Party Invitations

Birthday Express has these fun Let's Go Camping invitations (see image at right).

Or try personalized camping party invitations from Birthday in a Box (see left).

Looking for a party invitation you can make yourself? Download this free camping party invitation (450KB PDF), then print it yourself on colored paper. You can add whatever details you like to the inside.

 

Camping Birthday Party Decorations

Turn your home into the great outdoors! Move any house plants you have into the party room. Decorate with vines (made by twisting green streamers) along with plastic bugs and toy snakes.

You can also set camping gear out in the room - backpacks, sleeping bags, lanterns, etc. Set the mood with a campfire in your living room (see below).

Make an artificial campfire

Things you need:

• Mini Fan (this one is battery operated)
• Red & yellow cellophane (for flames)
• Logs (real, or you can make your own with rolled cardboard or brown construction paper)
• Rocks (optional)
• Red rope lights, or other lights

How to make it:

• Cut cellophane into triangles to make flames
• Arrange rocks in a circle for a firepit
• Tape some of the flames to the fan
• Put fan in the center of the firepit
• Arrange lights around the fan
• Arrange sticks or logs in a teepee shape over the fan and the lights
• Tape the rest of the flames to the underside of the logs
• Turn on the lights to make your fire glow
• Turn on the fan to make your flames flicker

Butterfly in a jar

This beautiful toy butterfly in a jar makes a great camping party decoration, and a fun keepsake for the birthday child!

 

Camping Party Theme Tableware

Green plates and colors look great for a camping party. Or get these Let's Go Camping Dinner Plates from Birthday Express (see right).

Campout Party Food & Snacks

Hot dogs
Chips & dip
Lemonade
Smores (easy to make in the microwave for an indoor party!)
Potato salad

Camping Party Birthday Cakes

Camping in the Woods cake
Bake a regular sheet cake, then decorate it with camping items for a 3 dimensional look:

• Tent
  Put 2 graham crackers together to make a tent. Frost them if you like. Or, use Hershey bars for this.
• Sleeping bags
  Fruit rollups rolled up make great sleeping bags. You can also roll one out inside your "tent"
• Campfire
  Use pretzel sticks or Tootsie Rolls for logs and candy corn for flames. You can also use the birthday candles for real flames.
• Pine trees
  Upside down sugar cones coated in green frosting
• Rocks
  Add a few jellybean rocks around the campsite

Camping cake kit
Need a quick and easy camping party cake? Try this Camping Cake Kit with Light up Tent (see left)

Camping Party Games & Activities

Hide & seek
Foam Smores Activity - Let party guests make their own smore character with this fun activity kit (see right).
Let's Go Camping Activity Placemats - these camping themed placemats have games on the back.
Frisbee
Bubbles

Camping Party Favors

Uno -
Uno is a favorite game on many family campouts. Send camping party guests home with their own mini deck of Uno cards!

Flashlights
All campers need flashlights - give them as party favors that guests can enjoy during the party.

Plastic bugs

Toy snakes

Frisbees

Bubbles

Binoculars

Compasses

Camping themed rubber band bracelets