Camping Art Activities for Preschoolers
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Get kids excited for your upcoming campout with one of these camping art activities for preschoolers.
On the list below, you’ll find a great collection of art projects for kids with a camping theme. There are art projects and process art experiences that your kids are going to enjoy.
Which of these adorable projects will you try first?

Camping Art for Preschoolers
These projects are perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners. They can be made at home before/after a campout or in your daycare/preschool room as part of your camping theme.
Most of these art projects include paint so keep that in mind when planning. However, the mixture of art tutorials and process art ideas will help ensure there is something on the list for everyone.
Painting with Marshmallows
This fun process art project capitalizes on every child's love of marshmallows. Your little ones will have a blast painting with marshmallows!
PAINTING WITH NATURE
Here's another fun process art idea. Have your child search around your campsite for pinecones and acorns. Use their findings for a fun "painting with nature" activity.
Rolling Rock Painting
Similar to the painting with nature activity featured above, they can gather smooth rocks to use for their painting tool.
Autumn Leaf Painting
This project is a great way for kids to create one-of-a-kind art to hang on the wall. Have them look for big leaves to use as the base for this resist art project.
Hand Print Campfire Craft
This multimedia art project is a great way to commemorate your child's first campout.
Decorated Tree Branch Art for Kids
Have your kids gather sticks and twigs on your next hike. Let them decorate those sticks with paint, stickers, glitter, string, and more. Then, gather the sticks in a jar for a fun table decoration at your campsite.



Camping Art Projects
Nature Hearts Art
If you like nature and art, you'll love these nature hearts. Kids can make them with nature bits they find around your campsite.
Nature Suncatcher Craft
Leaves, petals, and blades of grass. If those items can be found around your camping area, your kids can make gorgeous nature suncatchers to hang in your windows back home.
Leaf People Art
If your campsite is surrounded by a variety of trees, your kids can gather many different types of leaves to make adorable leaf people of all shapes and sizes.
Camping Craft: Art Weaving
If you've never tried weaving with your preschoolers, here's your chance. All you need is a y-shaped stick and some yarn. This is also a great way to strengthen motor skills!

PRESCHOOL BOOKS ABOUT CAMPING
Fill your book basket with a great collection of camping picture books. Most of these books can be found at your local library or used bookstore.
If you have a hard time finding them, you can order them through my Amazon affiliate links by clicking the images below.
Good Night Campsite – Get your little camper ready for your next camping trip. Your toddler will explore their favorite campsite and all the fun outdoor activities that come with it, like hiking and swimming. They’ll even find chipmunks, frogs, and fireflies! Roasted marshmallows by the campfire included!
Curious George Goes Camping – George tries to be helpful, but he of course just ends up upsetting a nearby camper. As he’s hiding in the woods, he meets a forest creature who catapults the mischievous monkey into a chain of even more outrageous events!
Llama Llama Loves Camping – Llama Llama goes camping for the very first time and learns a valuable lesson: what seems scary can actually be super-duper FUN!

More Camping Fun for Preschoolers
Camping never felt so cuddly! Set up camp in the playroom with this adorable, personalized campout kit, complete with a smiling marshmallow, water flask and campfire.
This fun interactive game of Camp Charades will keep your camping trip fun. With 17 pages (8 cards per page) of exciting charade cards, your campfire moments just got more fun.
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