The Get Sh*t Done Packing System Every Mom Needs With Kids!
Camping and packing with four kids, a dog, a husband, and a partridge in a pear tree.
Kelly over
and I were chatting the other day—she’s got FIVE kids, three dogs, a husband, and basically a traveling circus 😅—and she was asking me all about my summer camping packing system. So here I am, sharing the goods!We love to go camping as a family and visit family in Cape Breton. When we take our camper, I’ve got a solid (get sh*t done) system that makes packing easy, living on the road easy, and unpacking notttttt a total nightmare.
Here’s what I do:
🛻 Justin heads out first with the camper and sets it all up before I get there with the kids. HUGE win. I literally arrive with snacks and sanity still intact.
🧺 Each kid gets a foldable, open bin with handles. They keep it near their bed and use it for clothes. It's easy for them to find stuff, and it helps keep their spaces semi-tidy. When we’re home? The bins fold flat and take up no space… YES please.
🥿 I use those big plasticky, bog-style flexible bags for tossing in shoes, games, electronics. Basically anything that ends up all over the floor if I don’t contain it.
Watch this quick vid I sent Kelly about them below:
🧼 And then I use giant IKEA bags for dirty laundry and food hauls. Stuff like that. They're basically my camping lifeline.
And let’s be real: nothing in this house gets packed without my Get Sh*t Done Juice (aka strong iced coffee), a true crime podcast, and a whole lottttt of GSD energy. Once I’m in the zone, watch out. I’m a packing machine. 💪
Got your own packing tricks? Drop ‘em in the comments. I love hearing how other moms do it. Kelly said she’s gonna share her own system soon too, and I can't wait to see how she does it with her crew!
Stuff I use and love that you can shop too:
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PS: If you’re ready to get more sh*t done as a family this year without needing a color-coded planner or three child-free hours, that’s exactly why I created the Get Sh*t Done Method. 💥
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