Summer Camp Essential Accessories

With over thirty years of experience helping kids get ready for summer camp all over the United States, we’ve seen every type of camp accessory. Some accessories become so common that they end up on camp packing lists, others are more suited for niche use. Below we highlight some of the summer camp accessories that are useful no matter what age or type of camp your camper is attending this summer.

Packing Cubes

Packing cubes might not be on the top of your camper’s wishlist, but they make your life, and your camper's time at camp so much easier. You can organize cubes by activity, outfit, or even type of clothing. This makes it easy for your camper to throw their clothes into the appropriate packing cube and maintain all the clothes they brought with them to camp. It also helps to keep dirty clothes separated from clean clothes and minimizes damage from any potential soap or toothpaste leaks. Cabin space is always at a premium so having all of our camper’s gear contained in manageable sizes will make life with cabin mates much less prone to mix-ups.

Nameplates & Labels

Trunk nameplates provide you with another level of personalization and ownership when it comes to your camp trunk. These nameplates make it easy to quickly identify your trunk even if you have the same color or style as someone else at camp. Clothing identification labels have become so popular at summer camp, that having your clothing labeled is now often a requirement of attending many camps. There are many options to choose including traditional clothing markers, iron-on labels, and even everything-on labels. Some labels are suitable for all of your gear, not just your clothing, and are customizable with your camper’s name and address. These labels are lost-and-found saviors and make it easy to ensure your camper returns with all the clothing and gear that they brought to camp.

Camp Trunk Organizer

Alongside packing cubes, camp trunk organizers are a small way to greatly improve your camp trunk organization. Our Glide and Go Trunk Tray installs easily to any of our camp trunks and provides campers with easy access to a two-compartment tray. We also have the Camp Trunk Lidmate, a multi-pocket organizer that makes keeping items like glasses cases, pens, stationery and more handy. New trunks can be ordered to ship with camp trunk accessories already installed, or all trunk accessories can be shipped with easy-install instructions. If you have any questions about our trunk accessories, don’t hesitate to contact our summer camp experts!