Enchanted Sleep Out & Bug Hunt For A Father's Day to Remember

If you're looking for a Father's Day activity that is truly unique and memorable, look no further than an Enchanted Sleep Out & Bug Hunt! This is a delight for your fathers and the kiddos as well. It provides a fun and exciting opportunity to spend time together bonding in the great indoors or outdoors, weather permitting. A wild night of bugs, stories around the campfire, and sleeping under the stars (or fairy lights) will make for an unforgettable Father's Day experience. So gather up your supplies and join us on this fantastic adventure. You won't regret it!

Tent made out of sheets hanging in the living room with pillows, a small campfire, blankets, faux plants, mushroom lanterns, and bugs.

Looking down at an indoor camp site in the living room with pillows, blankets, rugs, trays, mini campfire, and faux plants.

A bowl of marshmallows, a chocolate bar, and graham crackers to make s'mores. A little lightning bug craft is on the lip of the bowl.

First, you'll need a tent. If it's sunny outside, grab a sheet/curtain or two and drape over trees, the porch, your fence, or some bushes. If it's looking gloomy, hang them from a shelf, the ceiling, the mantel, or over some chairs to build your makeshift tent. Next, grab some pillows and blankets for sleeping and some rugs or blankets to sit on. You'll also need lanterns to light up your campsite. Get creative by using upside-down bowls on top of the lanterns to create mushroom-shaped lanterns. Finally, don't forget the s'mores ingredients for a classic campfire treat! Make sure your fire is indoor-friendly if you've decided to pitch your tent inside.

An indoor campsite with pillows, blankets, rugs, s'mores, faux greenery plants, and a pinecone garland.

Mushroom lantern made out of wired lantern and an upside down ratan bowl. Bug crafts are hidden around on it in the living room.

Mini indoor-safe campfire on a galvanized tray with a spear to make s'mores and roast marshmallows.

Setting up the perfect Father's Day enchanted forest sleepout can be great fun! Even if you end up in the living room, you can add extra camping and outdoor-themed details like fairy lights to imitate the stars and kid-friendly faux plants to grow a forest. Get creative and use your imagination as you transform your space into a magical forest.

A cork lightning bug craft painted orange with eucalyptus wings pinned on a pinecone garland.

A beaded dragonfly craft with eucalyptus wings pinned onto a pinecone garland.

A cork luna moth craft with eucalyptus wings pinned onto grass blades of a faux plant.

To make the experience even more memorable, craft and hide nocturnal bugs. Clip them around the campsite and on a quick pinecone garland for Dad and kids to find on a Father's Day scavenger hunt. Creating the bugs is easy! It only requires a handful of supplies, including glow-in-the-dark paint, dried willow eucalyptus, silver dollar eucalyptus, and corks. Assemble your favorite types of bugs and hot glue them to a clothespin. Include a keepsake from the night with a "specimen" collecting plate doubling as a note hanger made from a thrift frame. They will have a blast searching high and low for all of their new critter friends.

Craft supplies to make a cork lightning bug. Silver Dollar eucalyptus, glow-in-the-dark paint, clothespin, wine cork, floral wire, hot glue gun, and pins.

Craft supplies to make a cork luna moth bug specimen. Willow eucalyptus, sharpie pen, gold paint, wine cork, clothespin, pipe cleaner, hot glue gun, and pins.

A sleepout is a perfect way to spend an enchanted evening together. So cuddle up; it's time to tell campfire stories, whether spooky, silly, or heartwarming stories about Dad. Share this magical sleepout idea with your friends so they can enjoy it with their families as well. Also, don't forget to comment below with what you would add to the campsite – we can't wait to hear your thoughts! Happy Father's Day, dads everywhere!