DIY Camping Hacks Part 5

21. Use Crumbled Clothes to Dry Your Shoes

There’s nothing more infuriating than getting your shoes completely wet. To dry them out, remove the insoles and stuff them with some newspaper or a dry shirt.

22. Use Bread Tags to Hand Up Your Clothes

You want to lighten your load as much as possible when you are going on a camping trip. Bread tags make better clothespins than actual clothespins as they are lighter and take up less storage space.

23. Hanging Storage

Using a paracord and some carabiners is a great way to keep things organized inside your camping tent. To keep the carabiners from slipping, you can simply tie loops in the cord or tie knots at intervals.

Hang your water bottle, backpack, LED light, and everything else you want to have within reach. You can use the same method to create a bear-proof hang for your camping food, cooking utensils, and garbage. However, it’s always better to use a bear-proof storage container.

A shoe organizer is also perfect for camping. It folds up flat, so you can easily pack it among the rest of your camping gear.

You can also put a belt around a tree, attach some hooks to it, and hang cooking utensils and lighter camping gear.

24. More Camping Hacks to Scare Away Bugs

Aside from lighting a fire and bringing an insect repellent, here are a few more tips to scare off annoying bugs.

To protect yourself from ticks, you can create your own, all-natural tick deterrent. Get a spray bottle and fill it with 2 parts water and 1 part tea tree oil. Spray it onto pant cuffs, socks, and shoes.

It’s perfectly safe for kids as it doesn’t contain any harmful chemicals. You could even spritz it on your furry companions.

Grab a box of dryer sheets before you head out to the camp. These are great for repelling pesky gnats and other insects.

Lay one dryer sheet somewhere inside your tent and keep another one in your pocket. Who says your camping clothes and linens can’t smell nice when you’re out in the bush?

Ants can be a real pain in the neck during meals. Even if you’ve set up a proper camping kitchen and dining area, they can quickly crawl up table legs and ruin your picnic.

Luckily, ants aren’t as good at swimming as they are at crawling. So, place a tray of water under each table leg.

There, now you can have a tick-, mosquito-, and ant-free camping trip. You’ll only have wasps to worry about. Kidding!

Wasps don’t have good vision; this makes them easy to fool. Hang a few crumbled paper bags around your campsite. The wasps will think these are real nests, so they’ll fly away to find a territory that isn’t already occupied.

You can also use natural wasp repellants. Put out sliced cucumbers around your campsite and sprinkle lemon juice every now and then. They also hate garlic cloves.

25. Create a Camping Toilet

If there’s one downside to camping in the wilderness, it’s undoubtedly having to go number two in the woods. Luckily, there are a few hacks that can make your next camping experience less uncomfortable.

Creating a portable camping toilet is easier than you’d think. All you need is a pool noodle, a trash can liner, and a 5-gallon bucket. To ensure complete privacy, you can also bring a pop-up changing tent.