What you need to pack for a caravan holiday with kids

Caravan holidays were a thing of my childhood. Some of my core memories have been centred around a caravan park somewhere probably not too far from home.

I recently went on a caravan holiday to the Cotswolds. I was with my sister and her son, and my three kids. So two adults and four kids under seven.

We stayed in a three bed caravan, but I’m not sure they can be classed as beds if I’m honest. All the kids fell out of them at one point.

Before we went, we made a list of everything to pack for a caravan holiday with kids. This included meals for the kids and healthier meals for the adults, I’ll add in a list of the food we made, how much we spent.

I’m not going to tell you to pack clothes etc. These are the things you might not have thought of.

What to pack for a caravan holiday with kids

Caravan essentials

• Toilet roll
• Kitchen foil
• Tupperware for picnics and storing leftovers
• Washing up liquid
• Kitchen roll
• Blackout blinds
• Hand soap
• Tea towel
• Mugs (the caravan ones are always tiny for a morning coffee!)
• Sliders or slippers
• Salt and pepper

Kids essentials

• Rain coat
• Wellies
• A very small travel cot if needed

Food to pack for a caravan holiday with kids

We decided to cook the kids nice simple meals for lunch and drinner and some healthy options for us adults. Here’s what we made for the kids:

• Pasta
• Frozen pizza
• Burgers
• Sandwiches/toasties
• Pizza baguettes
• Omlette
• Hot dogs

The adults had:

• Lentil chilli and rice (microwave pouch)
• Pasta
• Goats cheese, pear and lentil salad
• Black bean salad with rice
• Toasties
• Omlette

Here’s our shopping list:

🥖 Breads & Bakery
Bread x3 loaves
Part bakes
Burger buns
Hot dog buns
Crumpets x 2 packs
Garlic bread stick
Pizza x4

🧀 Dairy & Eggs
Butter
Cheese
Halloumi
Goats cheese
Natural yoghurt
Milk
Eggs x24

🥩 Meat & Alternatives
Ham
Hot dogs
Veggie burgers
Lentils

🥗 Fruit & Vegetables
Broccoli
Cucumber
Salad
Spring onions
Apples
Pears
Plums
Bananas

🥫 Tins, Jars & Packaged Foods
Beans
Pasta
Pasta sauce
Jam
Peanut butter
Honey
Ketchup
Oil
Nando’s sauce
Micro rice

☕ Drinks
Wine x2 bottles
Squash
Tea
Coffee

🍪 Snacks & Treats
Crisps
Popcorn
Biscuits x4
Walnuts

On the last dinner time we dished out all the leftovers and made a little buffet dinner which the kids loved.

We actually came back with 12 eggs and both tins of beans. We also had tea, oil, coffee, crisps, biscuits and crumpets leftover.