When you go camping, you need to bring all sorts of supplies that you take for granted when you are at home; like equipment for cooking and cleaning, first aid, sleeping and more. This is a guide about organizing camping supplies.
We have always had a "housekeeping box" for the basic set-up and break-down stuff: toilet paper, paper towels, table cover, first aid kit, rope, hammer or mallet, wasp trap, trash bags, flashlight, aluminum foil, potholders, tissues, etc. This is always the last box to go into the car so it can be "first out" and we can get set up ASAP. It goes under the kitchen table to be available and yet be out of the way.
I also use a smaller action packer type box as a tool box. It has: basic tools, duct tape, flashlights, mallet, shovel, hose remnant, more duct tape, rope, clothespins, extra tent stakes, etc. I put a bunch of the smaller stuff inside an all-metal #10 can with a plastic lid, this doubles as another bucket when needed. All bins, boxes, and crates are labeled on the top and all 4 sides so I don't have to open them to figure out what's inside. Anything that is used up on a trip is replaced as soon as we get home so we aren't out of it next time.
By Eileen from Elk Grove, CA
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