How do you make your tent cosy?

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So - main holidays this year are going to be camping - 3 separate trips.

We're seasoned campers, but in more recent years we've mostly camped at festivals ie never in the tent.

What can I do to make the tent cosy and lovely to be in? Prepared to invest in either infrastructure or fripperies!

Always take a heater which we can use in the evenings and acts as a fan during the day.
Take a pillow.
Ridiculously over the top but we do take a tv and now tv stick. Perfect for the kids to chill out to after an action packed day outside. Allows a breather for the parents too.
Hand held vac to keep the tent clean.
Fairy lights essential.

I have a memory foam mattress topper to put on top of our mattresses and a duvet for on top of the sleeping bags. I got little folding steps as side tables and lightbulb shaped torches to hang

@Dangermouse80 how on earth does a tv stick work? Does it connect to a phone hotspot?

Fairy lights add a certain something of an evening

Piles of blankets/throws, makes the beds look nice during day and lovely to cozy up with around fire. Fairy lights. Painted crates - storage to get to camping, make great little tables upturned.

Last time we went, a woman next to us had proper pop up beds, tent carpets and a little kitchenette and hanging lamps. Looked lovely in her tent.

Tent carpet makes a massive difference.

We have a tent carpet (came with our tent but you can buy them separately) for the living area. Does make it seem cosier and less cold.

Fairy lights

Fire (if allowed) obvs outside!!

Plenty of blankets etc

Lanterns

Each child gets an under the bed storage box which I put toys and books etc in which lives at the end of their bed. Makes it feel like their space.

I camp too and loathe the people who take a TV camping. The noise disturbs everyone nearby. And what is the point of camping if you’re just going to stare at a TV screen?

Oh, we do proper DIY glamping. DP isn't one for no electricity or showers!!

We have a mahoosive tent air tent which is pitched in minutes, with carpets. We also have an inflatable air bed which is a full size queen bed, and a normal height eg not on the floor. We take foam tiles for underneath it, and we put a duvet under us and on top of us too! We have a lovely camping kitchen with organised cupboards etc. We take a little portable speaker for music which I think helps with coziness, and we have a doormat for muddy shoes! We also have moon chairs which are amazing and I wouldn't be without, and a fold up table as I don't like eating off my lap!

Yeah I totally don’t get the TV idea. If you desperately need the kids to zone out (and for whatever reason not with a book, etc?) wouldn’t a phone/tablet and headphones be so much easier?

I could not be bothered to lug a TV about. And I would feel bad for inflicting TV noise on the campsite. You camp to get away from that type of noise.

We have a bell tent. We have a wood burning stove, carpets and a hanging tealight holder. If we go out high season we don’t take the stove but the tea light holder makes a huge difference in terms of ambience.

If you mean warmth and we don’t have the stove we take a hook-up and electric blankets! Way better to warm the beds toasty rather than the air which just dissipates. 8 hour timer. Warm as anything!

We always take a duvet instead of sleeping bags and our own pillows....and the heater us an essential - we even used it (as a heater!!)in the heatwave of summer 2018!

Another one who wouldn’t be happy with the noise of tv from a nearby tent!!!!

Nice thick fluffy onesies for the kids (and is) helps to feel cosier

I wouldn’t take tealights for inside a tent - I would be paranoid about them being knocked over or causing a fire

Heater
Carpet
Good lights
Inflatable sofa
Blankets
bedding rather than sleeping bags

What are the best camping chairs, do you think?

And what lights would you recommend?

Have got tent carpet. Will deffo get a trug for shoes.

Loads of cosy blankets, fairy lights and bunting a must

Ooh, and a portable campfire

We do this by not camping

www.gooutdoors.co.uk/15905112/airgo-inflatable-avocado-chair-15905112

We love these, use up hardly any room in the boot as they're inflatable

Sorry, no pic there. Can't seem to attach

@raspberryk that made me chuckle a lot!! I know where you're coming from though - I've got an an old VW camper which is the closest to camping I'll ever get now!

I take cushions and blankets, fairy lights, sometimes I take a duvet instead of a sleeping bag. I have a carpet for my tent but don't really like it - bits of grass and leaves etc seem to stick to it like velcro, making it difficult to sweep. I much prefer a couple of the small, cheap rag rugs from ikea, they are easier to shake out and much more colourful!