Great Gifts for Campers Parents and grandparents can use the holiday season or a birthday to help campers prepare for a wonderful adventure next summer. Preparing to send a child to camp is an undertaking not unlike sending troops off to war. Below are a series of great holiday gifts that will make overnight camp even more enjoyable. A good trunk .
Every child loves to get a big trunk for a gift.
Well, not really. But a trunk is the most important piece of equipment you can take to camp. It needs to withstand use as a card table, a ladder, a trampoline, and the walls to a really cool fort. Find one sturdy enough to stand on. Be careful of trunks made from cardboard.