Getting away from the city, whether for a long camping trip or a weekend picnic, is usually a good idea.
An umbrella hung upside down from a branch is a great way to protect food from marauding ants

If you’re planning a feast around the campfire, take some tin foil with you. This works wonders for keeping food fresh, allowing you to prepare things like…potatoes with chicken and cheese.

Learn how to make tasty banana smores right here

The best camping food: make a strip of dough, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, twist on a skewer, and roast over the campfire

If you have an old Tic Tac box or a tablet organizer, you can use them for bringing various spices or other little bits and pieces with you on your trip

Instead of taking a big bar of soap with you everywhere you go, just cut off a small slice for use when you’re away.

A Swedish torch is a campfire made from just one log that can burn for several hours. They’re easy to cook food on, working just the same way as your stove at home. Out in the wild, glasses and cups are always getting lost or spilling everywhere. Use a muffin tray to overcome this problem.

You can effectively keep food protected with a shower cap

Lots of little things we need on a daily basis can easily disappear when on a camping trip. If you lose your spoon, make a new one from a plastic bottle.

Bottles of frozen water can help keep other food and drink chilled when heading out for a picnic

You can make instant coffee packets using coffee filters and dental floss

Waterproofing matches

The simplest way to waterproof matches is to dip the match heads in the toothpaste.