Camp At Home, Nebraska Challenge Details

Camp At Home, Nebraska Challenge Details
Courtesy of Ponca State Park. Updated Facebook page photo cover.

LINCOLN – Even though overnight camping is being prohibited due to COVID-19, nothing is stopping from backyard camping at home and having some fun.

According to a release from Ponca State Park and as well as the Game and Parks Commission, camping enthusiasts need only look to their home or backyard for the ultimate “getaway.”

With camping being one of many people’s favorite activities, parks are encouraging families to create memories by doing this at home.

Until conditions allow for overnight camping at its state park and recreation areas, the Commission is encouraging people to pack up and pitch a tent at home as part of a new campaign: Camp at home, Nebraska.

Those who participate can share photos of their “at-home” adventures by using the hashtag #CampAtHomeNE in their social post, or by sending photos via direct message to the Game and Parks Facebook page. Those who do automatically will be entered into a drawing for prizes, including miniature camp lanterns and a grand prize two-night camping stay at one of the state parks following the threat of COVID-19 has diminished.

For more ideas, visit OutdoorNebraska.org/CampAtHomeNE.

Below are 10 tips for creating #CampAtHomeNE:

 

  • Get everyone in your household involved in the planning and work together to design your ideal camp-at-home experience.
  • Pitch your tent or make your own out of materials around the house wherever you have space — even if that means your living room.
  • Gather around the campfire, built in an appropriate and safe location, such as a fire pit, fire ring or even a clay flowerpot or metal bucket. Don’t have a safe place? Skip it!
  • Focus on food. Roast hotdogs or tinfoil dinners. Whip out your cast-iron skillet or Dutch oven and make one-pot campfire meals. Or put all your energy into s’mores. The microwave, oven, barbecue grill and camp stove are all acceptable alternatives to cooking outdoors.
  • Invent “camping” games using everyday household items.
  • Go on a backyard scavenger hunt tailored to your interests. Moonlit scavenger hunts can add to the fun.
  • Make your backyard a movie theater. Project a movie onto a white sheet or side of the house, or just huddle behind a tablet or other electronic device for a quaint viewing experience.
  • Practice outdoors skills. Make a slingshot out of stick and rubber band, build a birdhouse, or practice casting.
  • Fix gear. Replace fishing line on reels, patch holes in tents, or season cast-iron cookware.
  • Light up the yard. Play hide-and-go seek while wearing glow sticks, or make your own camp lantern using an empty peanut butter jar and a battery-operated candle.
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