• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Elle Olive & Co.

Lifestyle, Food and Family

Menu
  • Home
  • Lifestyle
    • For the Home
    • DIY
    • Beauty & Style
    • Health
    • Travel
    • Technology
  • Entertaining
  • Food
    • Recipes
  • Parenting
    • For Kids
  • About
  • Partner/ PR
  • Disclosure
  • Contact
Home ⇒ Entertaining ⇒ Backyard Birthday Campout & S’Mores Favor

Entertaining For Kids

Backyard Birthday Campout & S’Mores Favor

Jul 26, 2016 Stephanie

This post features a camping themed birthday sleepover and an easy s’mores favor idea. It has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CelebrateAmazingBDays #CollectiveBias

21st Birthday

My son loves all things camping and outdoors – being around the campfire, smores and sleeping in a tent. So, it came as no surprise that he wanted a campout birthday party. I was happy when he was okay with a sleepover in the backyard – camping style – instead of the real deal. There’s a lot I do for my kids, but camping in the woods just isn’t this mamma’s thing. To make his backyard campout a reality, I picked up some essentials at Walmart. Everything from the tents, to birthday cards, supplies for S’Mores, favor bags and more.  

Smores Favors 4

I decided on s’mores for the favor and with American Greetings supplies, it was an easy and simple diy project. 

Smores Favor2

To make, you’ll need:

Marshmallows (the flat kind work best)

Chocolate Bar

Graham Crackers

American Greetings Cellophane, Tissue Paper and Gift Bags (the ones without the handles are fine).

I also printed up a cute label with ‘S’More Fun’ (get yours here)

Smore Fun Favors

Simply stack your s’mores ingredients — I like to use a cardboard disc at the bottom to help everything sit nicely. 

Camping Favors

I put the package of s’mores into a larger bag with some tissue paper (so little hands didn’t cause anything to melt) and also included some other little camping themed gifts (i.e. a whistle, play compass, trail mix,  and scavenger hunt game). 

AmericanGreetings

With my son turning 7 – I also picked up a birthday card for him. He already got a new bike, but I wanted to be able to give him something at his actual party. We put a few gift cards in his card to some local places he likes – the toy store, arcade and ice cream shop.  Since he’s a fluent reader, I  have loved being able to write him messages in his birthday cards and hearing him read them.

Cards can convey the best messages; written words sometimes meaning more than the best tangible gifts. While he loves his new bike, I also hope that he learns to treasure cards and messages from his parents and family. 

Cards 1

If you’re looking for cards that convey just about any message you’re looking for, look no further than American Greetings birthday cards. I  can always find the message I want to convey. I even picked up a few more for some summer birthdays we have coming up for friends/family. 
In Store -compressed

At Walmart, there’s such a huge selection of any kind of card you could want. The entire American Greetings section has everything you need for gifts, parties and cards for any occasion

How it Came Together 

HERO

There are no kids present because we want to surprise him with the set-up. I had to work quickly on this day while he was at camp. We have tents for each of his 3 friends he has invited and the faux fire will be replaced by a safe campfire manned by Dad. 

 

Campfire Faux

 It was good to do a dry run, as it gave me some more ideas for some things we needed. 

Camping Setup1

We’re excited for him to have his campout and hope he’ll enjoy it as much as we enjoyed planning it! 

 

Get Connected

Follow American Greetings:

FACEBOOK | PINTEREST | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER 

 

Do you have any special summer birthdays coming up? Find your perfect greeting card and other ideas with American Greetings. 

 

Share this Post
Pin on Pinterest
Pinterest
0Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter
Share on Facebook
Facebook
0Share on StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon
0Email this to someone
email
Share on Tumblr
Tumblr
0

Tags: birthday parties

Related Posts

  • Under the Sea Mermaid Theme Party Invitations | Design Made Easy
  • 5 Adorable,Birthday Themes for Kids
  • Twins’ First Birthday Theme: Tweet Birdy
  • Learning Resources ; Farmers Market Sorting Set
Previous Post
Back to School with Gymboree #OneBigHappy & $50 GC Giveaway
Next Post
Printable Daily Planner Sheet: 3 Tips for Getting It All Done

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Alaina Bullock says

    July 26, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    What a great birthday party idea! I love the tent and “fire”! It really is so special to be able to hear our kids read the messages in the cards we give them! I hope he had a wonderful birthday!

    Reply
    • Stephanie says

      July 27, 2016 at 10:12 pm

      Thanks, Alaina! You’re too sweet. It was certainly fun to set up for him!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Primary Sidebar

Welcome!

Stephanie Caruso

Thanks for stopping by - I'm so glad you're here! I'm Stephanie and I love sharing simple ways to live -- at home, in the kitchen, on-the-go or with the family. So grab a cup of coffee and stay a while - I hope you find something that inspires you. 

Read more >

Let’s Connect

Facebook google-plus instagram pinterest Twitter YouTube email

Get Inspired

Have all posts and newsletters delivered to your email inbox!

Latest Posts

  • Printable Holiday Gift Tags with New Jersey Lottery Holiday Games
  • Tips for Hiring Tutors or Pod Teachers
  • Easy Guide for Decluttering Your Home
  • 10 Packing & Moving Tips
  • Increase Your Blog’s Traffic : 5 Quick Steps

Blog Archives

Lost & Found

 




 

Everywhere
 


Ahalogy Badge

Copyright© 2021 Elle Olive & Co. | Lifestyle, Food and Family