Prepare for Summer Camp - Expert Tips and Advice

Swimming is a major part of the camp experience, but packing for it is about more than just a bathing suit. This guide breaks down the essential swim items every camper actually needs, from towels and goggles to sunscreen and smart extras. 

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.

"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...

Packing toiletries for sleepaway camp takes a little more thought than simply tossing shampoo and toothpaste into a bag. From shower caddies and sunscreen to quick-dry towels and insect repellent, here’s a practical guide to the camp essentials that make camp bunk life easier.

Wondering how laundry works at camp? From schedules to lost socks, it can feel like a bit of a mystery. This guide breaks it down clearly and shares a few simple tips to help your child stay organized and come home with most of their clothes.

How will your child manage at camp without a phone? It turns out they don’t just cope, they thrive. Discover how camp replaces screen time with real connection, creativity, and meaningful experiences, along with practical alternatives that keep kids engaged and fully immersed in camp life.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.