camping newbie needs help please

[shelley72]

ok so this is probably a daft question, but when camping (in tent) - where do you sit to eat, or do you eat out every night?

we have been camping twice before, once when DS was under 2 and once when DD was under 2 so seating for meals wasnt an issue - we ate off our laps and the children sat on the mat and didnt really eat that much - too excitable. now they are 4 and 2 and much more wriggly (and messy) i am thinking that when we go camping in the summer we need some kind of table arrangement or something at least for them so that they dont have to balance hot food on their laps. so can anyone recommend anything suitable?

we dont want to spend loads, as we only camp for a couple of days at a time - i like the idea of camping but i'm not a natural camper . i would love to get better at it so one day we could pack up our little tent and head off somewhere hot and sunny...

I guess your choices are:
Eat picnic style on a rug
Ditto - but with the improvement of one of those v low tables
Buy a folding table and folding chairs or a bench arrangement and use that.

IME the litttle camping stools are disastrous for kids under the age of 7 as they seem to fall off them and tip them over.

Someone really needs to invent a good folding camp chair with a side table extension that comes in front of you for meals - this would be idea for kids, camping.

Some sites have picnic tables by the pitches.

Thank you for your reply blu - sounds like a good idea you have there, you should market that! Have decided to try and find one of those low tables for the children - i think they would fall off one of those folding table/chair arrangements!