Example of a 7-12 year old child’s back pack:
Food & water (*See food menu)
Plastic spoons
Rain poncho
Hand sanitizer
Mylar blanket
Bandaids
3 glow sticks
(Crayons, small rubber toy or paper doll, stickers, paper, 3 songs photocopied –shrink down to a smaller size. All of these are comfort items. Think of sitting in the Superdome in New Orleans for 3 days!)
12 in 1 pocket knife
Family photo
Cash in small bills
Hand Warmers
3 dust masks
Cigarette lighter for making fires
Socks, gloves, hat
Whistle
Emergency Contact List including: Child’s name, parent’s name, home phone number, cell phone, work or loved one’s cell phone numbers, home address, in-state and out-of-state contacts, family’s meeting place (1st choice and 2nd), any health concerns.
Food Menu (I make a menu so that kids could pace themselves if we were separated):
Day 1:
B: Instant Oatmeal packet & Nutritional drink
L: Tuna & Crackers, Sports drink
D: Package of ready-made rice, water, canned green beans
Day 2:
B: Instant Oatmeal packet, Nutritional drink
L: Power bar & Canned pineapple (all cans have pop–tops and don’t need can opener)
D: Rice (left over from lunch), crackers, and nuts
Day 3:
B: Nutritional drink & energy bar
L: Granola bar & Peanutbutter (I throw in a small jar)
D: Mashed instant potatoe’s
Extra’s:
Candy, indiv. pack of goldfish crackers, 2 Hot cocoa’s, 2 Fruit snacks, energy bar, and Vienna sausage
(2 other larger water bottles are outside of the backpack by a cord and can be thrown around your neck)
Keeping a list of all items in a backpack in the front pocket makes it easier to know what’s inside as you may forget. It’s also advisable to keep a list of perishables that need to be rotated yearly in the front pocket. This becomes your grocery list so you can purchase fresh supplies and trade food out each year. Doing so before food expires means you can still eat that food and not waste food or money.
Food & water (*See food menu)
Plastic spoons
Rain poncho
Hand sanitizer
Mylar blanket
Bandaids
3 glow sticks
(Crayons, small rubber toy or paper doll, stickers, paper, 3 songs photocopied –shrink down to a smaller size. All of these are comfort items. Think of sitting in the Superdome in New Orleans for 3 days!)
12 in 1 pocket knife
Family photo
Cash in small bills
Hand Warmers
3 dust masks
Cigarette lighter for making fires
Socks, gloves, hat
Whistle
Emergency Contact List including: Child’s name, parent’s name, home phone number, cell phone, work or loved one’s cell phone numbers, home address, in-state and out-of-state contacts, family’s meeting place (1st choice and 2nd), any health concerns.
Food Menu (I make a menu so that kids could pace themselves if we were separated):
Day 1:
B: Instant Oatmeal packet & Nutritional drink
L: Tuna & Crackers, Sports drink
D: Package of ready-made rice, water, canned green beans
Day 2:
B: Instant Oatmeal packet, Nutritional drink
L: Power bar & Canned pineapple (all cans have pop–tops and don’t need can opener)
D: Rice (left over from lunch), crackers, and nuts
Day 3:
B: Nutritional drink & energy bar
L: Granola bar & Peanutbutter (I throw in a small jar)
D: Mashed instant potatoe’s
Extra’s:
Candy, indiv. pack of goldfish crackers, 2 Hot cocoa’s, 2 Fruit snacks, energy bar, and Vienna sausage
(2 other larger water bottles are outside of the backpack by a cord and can be thrown around your neck)
Keeping a list of all items in a backpack in the front pocket makes it easier to know what’s inside as you may forget. It’s also advisable to keep a list of perishables that need to be rotated yearly in the front pocket. This becomes your grocery list so you can purchase fresh supplies and trade food out each year. Doing so before food expires means you can still eat that food and not waste food or money.
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