DIY Camping Hacks Part6

26. Take Photos Like a Pro

Don’t need those trekking poles at the moment? You can still put them to good use. Grab a stick and tie it to your trekking poles.

Yes, it looks silly, but you just saved a hundred bucks on a tripod! If you lack fun ideas, you can use your DIY tripod to make an awesome time lapse video of your entire camping experience.

There’s also no need to buy a selfie stick for your GoPro when you have real sticks laying everywhere.

If you are not sold on this, you can just get a real tripod. Then you can tease your buddies about their silly sticks.

27. Put Your Drowned Smartphone in Rice

If your smartphone somehow ended up in the lake, you can still save it. Remove the battery if you can and put everything in that bag of rice your vegan buddy brought. Leave it there a couple of days before you try to turn it back on. Fingers crossed!

28. Hand Washing Station

Don’t throw away that empty laundry detergent dispenser, it will come in handy on your next camping trip. Fill it up, turn it sideways, and you’ll have an awesome DIY hand washing station. You can even strap a paper towel holder to the top.

Get your kids to help you set it up. When you’re done, your kids will actually be excited to wash their hands.

29. Put Together a Customized First Aid Kit

You don’t need to buy a brand new first-aid kit for camping. Besides, it probably won’t have everything you need, and there may not be enough room for other stuff.

It may be better and cheaper to create a camping first aid kit from scratch. From hand sanitisers to band-aids, you’ll find many camping first-aid essentials at the Dollar Store.

You can use an Altoids tin or an old prescription bottle for your medicine. Instead of packing individual size packs of Neo-To-Go, you can save money and space by creating your own ointment packs.

You need a pair of needle-nose pliers, a bit lighter, a plastic drinking straw, and a tube of generic antibiotic ointment. You probably already have an open tube in your mirror cabinet if you have kids or a big family.

Squeeze a small amount of the ointment into the plastic straw. To push the ointment further down the straw, squeeze the end of the straw with your fingers. This will create a clean area for sealing.

Hold the end of the straw with the pliers. To form a seal, carefully melt the end of the plastic straw with your lighter. Now you don’t have to carry an entire tube of ointment. By the way, sealed plastic straws also make great spice holders.

To see what else you may need in case of an emergency,check out these recommendations by the American Red Cross. Once you have everything you need, put it in a plastic tool box. It shouldn’t cost more than a dollar or two.

30. Lubricate Zippers With Candle Wax

Remember those candles you’ve brought to use as fire starters? Apply a bit of candle wax to your tent zippers. Rest assured they will glide smoothly.

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