



Aside from the natural elements, the color scheme was inspired by this fun orange and blue plaid fabric I found at Hobby Lobby and these great and functional vintage-style blue Lanterns. I got mine on Amazon, but have seen some similar ones at Walmart.



Thank you for this. Just the right amount of rustic camping and party fun without going overboard on the cutesy cutesy. I’m excited to show my birthday guy in hopes that he’ll go for some of these ideas. Great job!
What a great party. Thanks for sharing it.
i love the geo cache hunt. i want to plan one for my daughter’s party in a few weeks, but i’m not sure how. did you use a particular app? all of the research i’ve done says that i’ve have to upload the coordinates to geocache.com, but i don’t want to do that because, it’s not a permanent cache. If you wouldn’t mind sharing your secret, I’d be really grateful. Thanks so much!
Since I’m not familiar with the GPS my husband used as we set up the hunt, I asked him to respond to your comment, Nadia. Be prepared, it may be more than you bargained for:
“In preparing for the geocache treasure hunt, I used the handheld GPS
unit (Garmin eTrex) that I use while hiking and hunting (waterproof,
replaceable batteries) and as we planned the geocache route I
established a new waypoint at the hiding place for each gift (I think
there were 6 or 7 total). With the waypoints programmed into the GPS
unit, I set the GPS to navigate to waypoint #1 handed it to the kids.
They had to figure out how to pay attention to the distance numbers
and direction indicator on the GPS to get to the waypoint (more than
once they walked past it and went in circles for a few minutes until
they got the hang of it). I showed them how to switch between
waypoints on the GPS and once they found the hidden treasure at a
waypoint they headed off to the next one.
Given that I don’t own a smartphone, I’m not sure how you would use a
smartphone as a GPS in the same manner that I described previously,
although in talking with a friend who is a smartphone wiz (iPhone), he
said that there are outdoor or GPS apps that will allow you to program
waypoints and then use the phone like a handheld GPS. In looking
briefly online I found references to apps called “Trimble Outdoors” ,
“Backcountry Navigator”, and “Acuterra”. If you have the Google Earth
app on the phone you should also be able to program waypoints into
that. There may be some limitation to the effectiveness of the
smartphone being used as a GPS depending on location, so be aware of
that also – I am told that some smartphones can’t navigate very well
without strong service signal (probably wouldn’t be a problem in the
city, but might be a challenge in the area we were camping in). Or
find a friend that has a handheld GPS and borrow it for the party…”
I hope that answers your question! Good luck!
Where did you find those adorable blue lanterns???
I *think* I ordered them from Amazon. I have seen some similar ones locally. Maybe even at Walmart in the camping section?
hello…You don’t really have to leave your home to plan a camping party. If you have a backyard you can have a pretend camping experience there, have an evening time only camp at a near by park, pack up before park curfew.
thanx to publish this post……
Howdy would you mind stating which blog platform you’re working with?
I’m planning to start my own blog soon but I’m having a hard
time deciding between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and
Drupal. The reason I ask is because your layout seems different then
most blogs and I’m looking for something unique. P.S Apologies for
getting off-topic but I had to ask!
We are planning a geocache/hiking birthday party for my son Trenton’s 5th birthday next week. I loved your ideas!
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