Packing for Summer Camp – The Ultimate Guide

Packing for Summer Camp – The Ultimate Guide

Are you sending your child to summer camp this year and feeling overwhelmed about what to pack and how to go about packing? We'd like to present the ultimate packing guide filled with useful tips and tricks.
December 18, 2023 — AJ Jacobs
The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Soft Trunk

The Ultimate Guide to Buying a Soft Trunk

This short guide tries to breakdown the basic elements involved in choosing a soft trunk and provides 3 simple questions you should ask yourself to help you make an informed decision.

December 17, 2023 — Gaby Fachler
How Early Do I Have to Start Packing for Camp?

How Early Do I Have to Start Packing for Camp?

While it may be too early in the season to have an open trunk on your kid’s bed, you don’t want to wait till the last minute to go through the camp packing list and determine what you need. Here’s how we recommend you go about it.
December 16, 2023 — Hadassah Levy
The Ultimate Guide to Buying Name Labels for Camp

The Ultimate Guide to Buying Name Labels for Camp

"I need to label E-V-E-R-Y piece of clothing and accessory that I send with my child to camp. Where do I start?" Presenting, the ultimate guide...

December 15, 2023 — Gaby Fachler
Packing Hack - Using Packing Cubes to Pack in Categories - Video Blog

Packing Hack - Using Packing Cubes to Pack in Categories - Video Blog

Melissa Goldwag from Pack for Camp and Rebekah Saltzman from Balagan Be Gone demonstrate how you can use packing cubes to organize your items neatly and efficiently into categories while you pack for camp. 
December 14, 2023 — Gaby Fachler
The Ultimate Guide to Maximizing Living Space at Camp

The Ultimate Guide to Maximizing Living Space at Camp

All space on earth is limited... Especially at camp, where you share your space with many people. So how do you make the best of the space you have? Enter storage products. Those handy little solutions that can turn a potentially messy disaster area into a spacious and organized palace.

December 13, 2023 — Gaby Fachler
17 Cool Camp Care Package Ideas to Make your Child's Day

17 Cool Camp Care Package Ideas to Make your Child's Day

Even though your child is having a grand old summer, you're probably missing them a little (or a lot). The Pack for Camp team have collected 17 awesome ideas for Cool Camp Care Packages to make your child's day!

June 20, 2023 — Gaby Fachler
This is what Melinda Strauss recommends you order for camp

This is what Melinda Strauss recommends you order for camp

Instagram influencers Melinda Strauss and Elisheva Taitz are sending their children to camp this year and they shared with us their list of must have items for summer camp!
June 04, 2023 — Gaby Fachler
The Unofficial Camp Packing List for Newbies, by an Experienced Camp Mom

The Unofficial Camp Packing List for Newbies, by an Experienced Camp Mom

A veteran camp mom shares her unofficial camp packing list - the items her kids needed at camp that really made a difference to their camp experience.
June 04, 2023 — Gaby Fachler
Swimming at Camp: Do you Need Anything Besides your Bathing Suit?

Swimming at Camp: Do you Need Anything Besides your Bathing Suit?

There’s something simple and nostalgic about swimming at camp. Splashing in the water with your friends, lounging next to the pool…This guide looks at the items you may want with you at the pool, in addition to your bathing suit of course. 

August 01, 2022 — Gaby Fachler
Camp Letter Writing 101

Camp Letter Writing 101

We spend all this time finding the perfect camp stationery, making return address labels and packing the perfect assortment of pens but we never really stop to see if our kids actually know how to write a letter.  Here are a few of our tried and tested tricks for getting letters from your kids over the summer.
May 29, 2022 — Gaby Fachler
Join Our NEW FB Group - "Pack for Camp with Melissa"

Join Our NEW FB Group - "Pack for Camp with Melissa"

Join our new FB group and answer all your questions about packing and preparing for camp! The group will comprise a community of camp parents coming together with questions and answers to help make summer camp prep as seamless as possible. Join the group now!

May 01, 2022 — Gaby Fachler