At a big festival it’s not easy finding your tent!
Not because someone has nicked it, but because chances are lots of people will have the same tent and you. And it will be in a large field with thousands of other tents which can be very disorientating.
So if you find it hard finding your tent, then take a moment to think about how your kids might feel if they were looking for it?! A sea of tents is even harder to navigate when you are too short to see over the tops of them and it is so easy to lose your bearings (believe me, I know – I’m only 5 foot!).
Your kids might be old enough to go off to the water point alone, but what if they lose their sense of direction on their way back? It can be very distressing for them.
Make your tent easy to find
You can get a great range of poles, flags and windsocks. You can get sleeves to go onto the poles so you can attach multiple windsocks
Or perhaps the best thing is to make yourself a big flag and write your camp name on it! Choose a name or symbol that your children can read and recognise.
Paint it onto a plain flag with a non-waterbased paint so it won’t disappear in the rain. Paint it as big and bold as you can!
A decent pole
Make sure you get a proper pole
Telescopic Flag Poles
At night
To find your tent in the dark, get some battery-operated or Solar Fairy Lights
Solar lights come on automatically when it gets dark. So you don’t need to worry about turning them on and off.
If you want to be really different, get yourself a solar garden light designed for hanging. Attach it to your flag pole or a lantern hook. When it gets dark the light will come on and will lead you to your tent like a beacon. Unless everyone else has the same idea that is.
I really love the look of these Colour Changing Wind Spinners
Oh, and if you don’t want people tripping over your tent corners, then get some LED Tent pegs!
We would love to see some pictures of your creations. Email them over and we’ll get them on the website!