First Guide camp- packing tips

I would also show her how to repack items - such as stuffing her sleeping bag back in its little bag and how to roll up mats. Plus making sure she doesn't lose things like straps etc and puts them somewhere safe as she unpacks.

Is she using a rucksack or holdall?
Does she find it easier to organise if she can see everything?
You can get rucksacks which open differently if this is the case - as top opening ones are much harder to see into.
I would pack items at the top that she will need first. Like PJ's. At the bottom things she needs last/next day/in daylight.
Plus have a system for what you do with worn clothes (bin bag maybe) so they don't get mixed in with clean.
Is she taking a day sack too? Use this for drinks bottle, snacks, waterproofs, headtorch and an extra warm layer.
Use main rucksack pockets for toiletries so she can find them easily. I tend to use a small drysack for underwear, these are usually bright colours so easy to spot and keeps your smalls dry. Have a dry pair of socks in an outside pocket too for quick and easy retrieval if she gets wet feet.
My DD is in Rangers now and she tends to pack a whole outfit together and roll it. So leggings, top, pants, bra, socks, roll up.
Tick off the kit list as you go and put it in the rucksack for a checklist on the way back.
Don't do it all for her, Guides need to learn to do this independently.
Our unit also recommends one of those big blue IKEA bags for all the sleeping gubbins - sleeping bag, mat, boots, etc. Also good when you strike camp to put all your overspill stuff in as it seems to expand over camp and won't fit in the rucksack..
I find the IKEA bag useful as I'm gathering items before packing so you can see everything you need is there and then pack.

Don't forget to name what she is wearing when she leaves the house!
And name underwear too. On cub camp I always end up with a pair of un named pants! No one will claim them. Ever!

Goodness, sorry.
It’s always eaten the first ten minutes of the first evening at Scouts. Handed round to everyone, of course.

No ants get a look in.

Oh well, NO SWEETS soz.

Please don't do this! It causes arguments, and is really hard to get them to go to sleep. I'm sure you wouldn't feed your child 3 packs of sweets just before they went to bed, so PLEASE don't do it to volunteers who have given up hours and hours over many months to plan and prepare the camp for your child to enjoy. It makes the kids, and the leaders, very tired. Nobody wins.

No sweets in tents! It causes ants, its not being spoilsports... (if you have ever had to try and sort out 100s of ants in a tent you would understand...)

She needs to pack or at least pack with you. This helps her know what is there, where everything is and is an important stage of independence.

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Make sure she knows how to pack up her kit at the end (sleeping bag, roll mat, SIM etc... ) I spend a lot of time showing my Cubs how to do this!

1. Involve her in the packing, so she knows what she has
2. Separate carrier bags (in the main bags!) Labelled with each day
3. Name everything!
4. Bag for dirty stuff.
5. Read the kit list carefully.

-Large plastic sandwich bag- whole outfit in each
-empty pillow case for dirty clothes
-pack wash things with pyjamas and book in separate section
-label everything
-clinell wipes for cleaning hands