Small Day Pack- This kit should provide everything you need for up to half a day.
- Water Bottle
- Hand lens/magnifying glass
- Zippered sandwich bags (for keeping those neat discoveries)
- Small trash bags (for trash and great for emergency ponchos)
- Journal (to encourage notes, drawing, observations or special thoughts)
- Two writing instruments (an extra one just in case you loose one)
- Tissues
- Wet wipes
- Snacks
- Hard Candy
- Trail mix (see below for a great recipe)
- Granola bars (don’t take chocolate bars, they melt and make a mess)
- First-aid kit
- Individual anti-septic wipes
- Band aids
Suggested extras
- Binoculars
- Digital Camera
Trail mix recipes
The fun thing with trail mix is that there is no right or wrong recipe, we just provide some suggestions! Try combining 1/4 cup of any of the following ingredients in a bowl and enjoy!
Regular
- Unsalted mixed nuts, peanuts, cashews or almonds
- Sunflower seeds
- Dried cranberries
- Dried cherries
- Dried apricots
- Raisins
- Mini chocolate chips
- Mini pretzels
- Multi grain cheerios
- Whole wheat Chex cereal
- Granola
No Nuts
- Mini kisses covered in coating
- Cheerios
- Raisins
- Crispix cereal
- Mini Marshmallows
- Pretzel Sticks