Comments on: Gear for Camping with Kids

By: Roy Scribner

Roy Scribner — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:14:16 +0000

I’ll bet it’s nice and cushy, Sherry. Where do you get a moving blanket?

By: Sherry Fisher

Sherry Fisher — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:47:15 +0000

We found that the best mat is a moving blanket–it’s cheap, easily washed, and we aren’t upset should spills and so on occur.

By: Roy Scribner

Roy Scribner — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:19:02 +0000

Oh, absolutely! Our kids love those things and I always keep a few in my pack for emergencies.

By: in-a-tent

in-a-tent — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:16:33 +0000

One thing our kids love are glow-sticks, the kind that you crack to get the chemicals to mix and they then glow for a few hours. We get the ones you can make into bracelets or necklaces, they are great fun to play with in the evenings.
When we go to bed we put them in a pocket in the top of the middle of the tent and they give off enough light to see what you are doing if you need to get up in the night and lets face it if you have kids you’re going to have to get up in the night.

By: Roy Scribner

Roy Scribner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:57:08 +0000

Very true, Heidi! But, these RV-type mats (at least ours) is a woven plastic material (probably polypropylene?) and cleans-up quickly with a couple sweeps of the whisk broom. A big bonus, though, is that most of the dirt gets trapped on the mat, instead of getting tracked inside the tent. It’s a lot harder to sweep-out the tent, because you have to take all the gear out.