Personalised first camping trip book: your child Camps Under Canvas

What happens in your child Camps Under Canvas

1. Your child packs a sleeping bag, torch and camp chair.
2. The family chooses a grassy spot and puts up the tent.
3. Your child follows a little path between the tall green leaves.
4. After supper, your child tests the torch as the sky grows darker.
5. At bedtime, a moth visits the tent door and your child settles down under canvas.

How the first page could read

The tent was folded into a neat blue bundle, but your child could already imagine it standing tall beneath the trees. There was a sleeping bag to unroll, a torch to test and a tiny camp chair waiting by the car. Tonight, your child would sleep outdoors for the very first time.

Your child’s name, look and little details replace these words, and the whole story is written for their age.

Why this story works

This personalised first camping trip book gives a child aged 3 to 7 a familiar way to talk through a night under canvas before it happens. Your child sees the practical moments of packing the torch, helping with the tent and climbing into a sleeping bag, so the story has recognisable details to point out together. The evening moves gently from campsite play to supper and bedtime, without rushing past the part children may be most curious about. A small moth at the tent door gives the outdoor night a friendly surprise. One photo helps Picture to Story draw your child as the hero, while your answers add their age, art style and little details.

Reading it together

• Read the story a few days before the trip and pause to chat about which camping item your child will pack.
• Let your child find their own torch and sleeping bag as those parts appear in the book.
• Take the book along for a calm bedtime read inside the tent.

Suggested art style: Storybook watercolour

Soft watercolour keeps the leafy campsite, evening sky and torchlight warm and gentle. A sidekick idea: a little moth drawn to your child's torch. You can pick any of the four styles and change the details in the form.