Camp Kid's Night In

Last month’s Kid Night In box was a huge hit so I was excited for this month’s to be delivered, even more so when it turned out to be a camping themed box! We love traveling and outdoor activities, I knew this was going to be right up our alley. As soon as I showed my oldest son the box, he couldn’t wait to see what we inside!

If you are new to following along with us, Kids Night In boxes are part of a monthly subscription service from Night In Boxes. Each month you are sent a themed box in the category that you are signed up for (Kids Night In, Date Night In, or those with faith options). The boxes include just about everything you need for your night in, except for [most] food items. Last month’s Kids Night In box review can be found here. Let’s take a look at the camping box!

What’s Inside?
night in itinerary*
book related to topic (Tiny Goes Camping)
ingredients for 2 s’mores: marshmallows, graham crackers, chocolate
foil for a solar oven
tape
paper plate
materials for 2 harmonicas: straw, rubber bands, tongue depressors
materials for camp binoculars
stickers
*within the itinerary you would find recipes for your night in, games, and how-to instructions for the solar oven, harmonica, and binoculars.

Camp Themed Menu
Pigs in a Blanket
Homemade Lemonade
S’mores Enhancement
*the menu gives a list of all ingredients needed and preparation directions.

We made some adjustments to last month’s menu, but my kids love hot dogs so I knew the Pigs in a Blanket recipe would be perfect! We did use Pillsbury Crescents rather than a puff pastry as the recipe calls for, but it is the same idea. Once I had the hot dogs cut in half and the strips of the crescents rolled and cut, it was an easy enough task for my kids to help roll them up. They really enjoyed helping out in the kitchen and cooking! We made these for lunch so my kids enjoyed them with fresh peaches on the side.

One of the main activities is creating a solar oven to make the s’mores. My husband and son made the solar oven together using the box the materials came in and the included foil with tape. Luckily, I picked a sunny time of day to do this, so we were able to use the heat of the sun to make the s’mores, but in case it’s cloudy there are alternative directions in the itinerary. I did let my kids place the bottom graham cracker in the solar oven after warming for a few minutes (it wasn’t hot, just warm) and place the marshmallows on top. They enjoyed the extras too! Once the marshmallows were squishy, they placed the chocolate on top, and it didn’t take long at all to melt…hello Florida sunshine! Dinner was cooking while making the s’mores, so they enjoyed these as dessert following their meal. There are points of discussion in the itinerary to talk about solar energy and how the Sun heats up the Earth, they even have fun facts for “Little Campers”, and more advanced facts for “Older Campers”. We make s’mores over a fire quite often, so it was fun to make them another way!

My kids really enjoyed the included book, Tiny Goes Camping, and being a Penguin Young Readers book, it was really geared towards my young kids. It’s about a little boy and his dog who go camping and all of the fun things they do and find. We have read it multiple times SINCE doing the camping box! This is great to go along with the included activities inside the itinerary. Some of the activities include writing the steps on how to make s’mores, making a harmonica and some binoculars, and going on an outdoor scavenger hunt. My oldest really enjoyed taking his newly made camping binoculars out in the backyard to do the scavenger hunt, we almost found everything on the checklist and even after we finished he kept running back to tell me what else he saw. I love that there is always an educational sense to the lessons, even in the scavenger hunt we were looking for objects of a certain shape or color, and even though that is nothing to older kids, it is perfect for my little ones.

There were so many fun things about this month’s box and we even spanned the activities out over a couple of days, although it could be completed in one. We really enjoyed the camping theme! Ready to try out your own Night In Box? Click my affiliate link here to find the perfect night in for you!

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*I received this Kid’s Night In box for free in exchange for a review, all opinions are my own. This post DOES contain affiliate links, which means if you click on them and purchase your own Night In Box using the links posted, I may make a commission.