25 Creative Camping Party Ideas: Food, Games & More!
Planning a birthday party and looking for a theme that combines adventure, fun, and the great outdoors? A camping-themed party is a fun option! These camping party ideas are great whether you are hosting it in your backyard or at a favourite campsite. We have gathered some of the best camping party ideas to help you create a memorable experience for guests of all ages.
We especially love the camping-inspired cakes and S’mores galore and of course, fun camping party games are a must! Get ready to pitch your tent and start planning an unforgettable camping celebration!
Celebrate With These Fun Camping Party Ideas
If you’re ready to plan the ultimate camping birthday party or just turn your campsite into a celebration for anything else you please, you will no doubt love the ideas below.
Make sure you check out our huge camping game bundle too, with 38 printable games!
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Camping Theme Party Food
What’s a party without yummy food? Of course, we’ve got to start with the food! Some of these camping cake and dessert ideas are so clever and so well themed too! Start planning your camping party menu:
1. Camping Cake
How great does this camping birthday cake look? I love that it’s fairly simple yet looks so good with the chocolate pretzel trees and little campfire holding the birthday candles. In fact, the candle campfire might be my favourite part!
2. Campfire Cake
This simple-to-make campfire cake for a camping birthday party is super cute and perfect if you want something that’s relatively easy to create. If you’re taking a cake on your camping trip, this one would be easy enough to add the finishing touches just before serving.
3. Giant S’mores Cake
A camping party is a good excuse to go overboard on the S’mores and this giant S’mores cake takes it to the next level! This is a little more advanced as far as cake-making skills go but it looks awesome.
4. S’mores Charcuterie Board
S’mores are great but they can be a bit of effort to prepare if you’ve got a lot of people to entertain and feed. That’s what makes these S’more charcuterie boards such a great idea! Make a huge picnic table S’mores spread like this one or a S’mores grazing board with ice cream cones like this one.
5. Campfire Cupcakes
How cute are these campfire cupcakes! I love that the grey icing looks like hot coals. These are so fun!
6. Fishing Cupcakes
These fishing cupcakes are another fun idea for the outdoor enthusiast you’re celebrating!
7. S’mores Trail Mix
If you want a simple finger food you can throw together in no time at all, this S’mores trail mix is a super fun sweet snack that is perfect for kids’ camping parties.
8. Hand-Drawn Camping-Themed Sugar Cookies
These camping sugar cookies are hand-drawn with a food writer (there’s a tutorial) and would make cute party food or camping party favours. There are even free printable camping gift tags you can grab too.
9. Campfire Banana Boats
Move over s’mores, these easy campfire banana boats might be your new favourite! A warm, soft banana full of marshmallows, chocolate and our favourite toppings, wrapped in foil and placed on the campfire or grill. The banana gets all gooey and you can eat this treat right out of the foil for a fun dessert that you can prep ahead in bulk to suit the number of guests you have.
10. Campfire Cupcakes
Here’s another entry in the campfire cupcakes category and how cute they are. Love the little pretzel twigs.
11. Camping Sangria
Sure, any cocktail could become a camping cocktail for your adults camping party menu but this camping sangria is a fun option, perfect for Summer camping trips.
12. Smores Pies
These mini s’mores pies are so cute and delicious, and look great for your camping party desserts table.
Camping Party Games
There are so many fun games to play while camping that are perfect for groups. These are the perfect entertainment for your camping party, whether at the campsite or in your own backyard. You don’t actually have to go camping to enjoy a camping theme party, after all!
13. Glow In The Dark Bowling
Who says you can’t have fun after dark? This glow in the dark bowling is perfect for camping using upcycled empty water bottles and glow sticks to light them up.
14. Camping Charades
Charades is a great party game no matter the occasion and it can be played with small or large groups, making it perfect for a camping-theme party. Get our free printable camping charades game to save time coming up with your own word list.
15. Camping Taboo Game
Grab these free printable camping taboo cards for a fun and hilarious game to play while camping with a group. This game has words you can’t say while trying to describe to your teammates what the main word is. This is harder than it sounds but so funny.
16. Saran Wrap Game
The saran wrap game is hilarious fun and there are a few ways to make it harder when you’re planning with teens and adults. It’s essentially like a fast-paced version of Pass the Parcel, except the parcel is wrapped in plastic cling wrap and you have to keep unravelling until someone rolls the right number on a dice, sometimes detailed by action cards along the way.
We love this game for parties! It can get messy though so make sure you have a trash bag for all the wrapping.
17. Camping Scavenger Hunt
A scavenger hunt can be fun no matter your age and you can get our free printable scavenger hunt bundle which includes 4 different lists – camping, road trip, nature and living creature scavenger hunts.
18. Yard Games
Bring a few of your favourite yard games with you to entertain your group, like giant noughts and crosses, cornhole, bocce and Twister. These are great outdoor party games that will get everyone having a great time!
19. Camping Word Scramble
This camping word scramble printable game is a quick and easy one to play with kids or adults, challenging your group to solve the camping-themed words the fastest.
20. Camping Bingo
Grab these free bingo boards for a round of camping bingo at your camp party! Always a simple and fun game for a group.
21. Printable Camping Game Bundle
In case you want even more fun ideas, we’ve got a huge printable camping game bundle you can download and print at home, ready for your camping celebration. The games are family-friendly (but equally fun for adults) and will definitely make your party fun!
Camping Party Decorations
When it comes to setting up decorations for your camping party, you can go all out or keep it really simple. If you’re celebrating at a camping ground, you might not want to bring too much extra stuff or risk decorations blowing away into the wilderness. But in your backyard, you might like to go all out with some of these cool camping party decorations.
22. Bandana Party Banner
This DIY bandana banner gives off summer camp vibes and its easy to make, easy to hang and easy to pack too!
23. Hanging Decorations
These cute hanging decorations are a fun and simple option to add a little flair to your party.
24. DIY Camping Banner
No need to get fancy. Add some DIY rustic touches with your own homemade camping banner.
25. Water Bottle Wind Spirals
These colourful wind spirals are made from recycled plastic water bottles and look great as decorations for your campsite. They are also a simple camping craft idea for kids too.
And that’s a wrap on these creative and fun party ideas. How many of these fun camping theme party ideas will you be adding to your outdoor celebration?
