This Family Camping article about eight awesome, after-dark activities that are fun for the whole family was first published in the Summer/Fall 2014 issue of Canoeroots magazine.
Creepy Crawlies
Get up close and personal with your local creepy crawlies. Drape a thin white sheet over a taught line or tie it up between two trees, then point a bright light at it. Sit on the other side of the light and see the silhouettes of all types of nocturnal insects, including moths, beetles and crane flies that come to visit—can you identify them all?
Glow Bowling
Fill five to seven plastic, re-useable camp bottles with water and take them to an open area. Line them up in bowling pin formation, drop a differently colored glow stick in each one and screw the lid on tight. Stand back 15 feet and try to knock them all down with a ball—strike one! Use a glow-in-the-dark ball so you can locate it if it rolls away…
Get six more awesome after-dark activities in the full article in the digital edition of Canoeroots and Family Camping, Summer/Fall 2014. Get it on our free iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch App or Android App or read it on your desktop here.
