We have camping tips that help you enjoy adventures throughout the year but seasonal holiday trips need special attention!
Here are simple ideas to enjoy Halloween camping no matter where you spend this spooktacular holiday!
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Tips For Camping On Halloween
Put some Halloween into your camping and put some camping into your Halloween!
Here’s what I mean…
1. Halloween Camping Ideas And Decorations
One of the easiest ways to turn a regular camping trip into a Halloween camping experience is by adding a few fun and spooky decorations to your campsite, camper and tent!
Here’s how to do that…
2. Camping Halloween Costumes
Dressing up for the holiday is fun for kids and adults.
Create simple camping-themed costumes that represent cool things you love about camping.
A few camping costume ideas include:
- Wildlife
- Park rangers
- S’mores
- Tents
If you don’t want to make your own costume, you can just buy one too.
Bear Costume
3. Halloween Camping Food Ideas
Don’t forget to play with your food!
In addition to enjoying warm camping meals for cold weather trips, decorate some of it too.
Here are some really fun Halloween camping food ideas.
- Decorate sugar cookies with spooky characters.
- Place scary toy rings in frosting on top of yummy cupcakes.
4. Halloween Camper Lights
So much of this holiday is centered around things that glow after dark!
Don’t forget to add a few cute lights or modify the lights you already use on your camp trips!
5. Halloween Camping Activities
There are so many fun games and activities you can enjoy around the campfire as well as throughout the day.
6. Campgrounds With Halloween Activities
Don’t try to create the entire experience yourself, look for campgrounds in your area that offer Halloween activities as part of your stay.
7. Halloween Campfire Ideas
Make sure you plan plenty of activities you can enjoy around the fire.
And, if you are camping with a large group, here are some campfire games for large groups you might want to play.
8. Prepare For Seasonal Camping
Nothing takes the fun out of camping faster than having mechanical or safety problems.
Depending on where you will be spending your Halloween, you may run in to some bad weather or other off-season issues.
Use our seasonal camping checklists to be prepared for your trip.
No matter what you do, make sure you have plenty of yummy camping food for your entire trip!
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