A joke a day can be part of a good letter-writing strategy for you and your camper. Since it can be difficult to find clean, kid-friendly jokes, we have updated our famous list of joke sites. Here are our favorites for 2025!
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Our Favorite Clean Kids Joke Sites
Published August 1, 2025 Funny , Jokes , Letters to camp Leave a CommentTags: Jokes, Kid-safe jokes, Kids Jokes, Letters to camp, Letters to overnight camp, Letters to overnight campers, Letters to sleepaway camp
How Can I Write Funny Letters to My Child at Sleepaway Camp?
Published July 31, 2025 Artificial Intelligence - AI , Funny letters , Letter ideas , Letters to camp , Overnight camp , Overviews Leave a CommentTags: AI, ChatGPT, Children, Claude AI, Funny, funny letter ideas, funny letters, Google Gemini, Imaginary Crisis, Jokes, Letters to Camp Blog, Microsoft Copilot, Overnight camp, riddles, Secret Code, sleepaway camp, Top 10 Lists
Here at the Letters to Camp Blog, we are always looking for new ways to add humor to letters to your camper. So we scoured our favorite AI tools, free Google AI search, free Microsoft Copilot, free ChatGPT, and the paid version of Claude. We’ve included sources where available. Following are our top selections that are unexpected, engaging, and fun.
Continue reading ‘How Can I Write Funny Letters to My Child at Sleepaway Camp?’Sharing Current Events
Published July 15, 2015 Educational , Letter ideas , Letters to camp , Letters to camp topics Leave a CommentTags: FIFA, GOP, Letters to camp, New Horizons, Nuclear, Pluto, Politics, Presidential Campaign, What to include in letters, Women's Soccer
Share current events from home. The last ten days have provided unique opportunities to share soccer, political news, space news and more.
In the hustle and bustle of the school year, it
can be hard to share a special moment with your child. And if it seemed hard when they were home, you’d think it would be just about impossible when they weren’t even at home. And yet, letters – and emails – give you a unique opportunity to share experiences with your camper in a very personal way.
Let me explain.
Let’s go back to, say April. It’s 5:30 pm and you’re sitting down for dinner. Your kids come running to the table, rushed because one needs to eat fast so she can hurry back upstairs to study for a test, another can’t wait to text with their friend and the third child keeps stealing glances at their iPhone (which is supposed to be off the dinner table!) all through the meal. You barely serve the mashed potatoes before the kids start to get antsy and before you know it, another meal is over. It’s pretty hard to get air time to discuss, school, what’s new, and especially world events.
A whole new ball game
But when you’re writing letters to camp, it’s a whole new ball game. Sure you need to tell your son how the Red Sox are doing (not good), keep them updated on the weather (rainy), etc. BUT your letters also provide the perfect opportunity to mix in a bite-size dose of current events, science, and sports, as the last 10 days have shown. Continue reading ‘Sharing Current Events’
Write Better Letters, From the Experts, part II
Published July 14, 2015 Homesickness , Letter ideas , Letters to camp , Links to other sites , Opinion , Parenting Leave a CommentTags: Ayun Halliday, Chris Thurber, eHow, Jen Zupek, Michael Thompson, MomTini Lounge, Motherlode, New York Times, NYT Motherlode, Renée A. Schuls-Jacobson, RiteWhileUCan blog, Sunshine Parenting, Up Parenting Creek
Continuing yesterday’s post (with advice from camps and camping organizations) , following is additional expert letter-writing and summer camp advice from parenting experts as well as a variety of parenting websites.
We’ve included a lot of different opinions – and is always the case with parenting, some advice will conflict – but that’s OK. Pick and choose the advice that works for you. Either way, you’ll come away with a variety of great perspectives on camp letter-writing.
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Write Better Letters, From the Experts, part I
Published July 13, 2015 ACA , Homesickness , Letter ideas , Letter-writing advice , Letters to camp , Links to other sites Leave a CommentTags: ACA, Advice, American Camp Association, Camp Deerhorn, Camp Greystone, Camp Towanda, Homesick & Happy, Letters to camp, Metropolis of Detroit Summer Camp, Overnight camp, sleepaway camp, URJ, URJ Camp George
A variety of resources can help you to write the best letters to your sleepaway campers. Today we’ll look at a few national organizations as well as summer camps themselves. In part II (tomorrow), we’ll look at what parenting experts and bloggers have to say.
Continue reading ‘Write Better Letters, From the Experts, part I’
Kids Joke Sites
Published June 29, 2015 Funny , Funny letters , Jokes , Letter ideas , Letters to camp 1 CommentTags: Clean Jokes, Funny, Jokes, Kids Jokes, Letters to camp, Overnight camp, riddles, sleep-away camp, sleepaway camp, Summer camp
Humor: the top challenge when writing to kids at summer camp
Did you know that writing funny letters to kids at summer camp is the top challenge for letter-writers? The good news: relief is sight…
One of the best ways to amuse your summer camper is to include a joke or two in your letters and emails. Following is our updated list of kids joke sites, most of which have clean jokes that you can send to your younger campers.
Jokes are like a gift that keeps on giving: once you share a joke with your camper, they can share it with their friends too. And it will give you something to talk in your letters as well. Continue reading ‘Kids Joke Sites’
Relax!
Published June 22, 2015 First letter , Letter ideas , Letters to camp Leave a CommentTags: First letter, Letters to camp, Overnight camp, Recipe, sleepaway camp
Recipe for a Great First Letter
That very most dreaded Monday morning has arrived. Not because of work. Or the start of another week. Or that important appointment. Or because your in-laws are stopping by. No, today is dreaded because you have to write YOUR VERY LETTER TO YOUR OVERNIGHT CAMPER!
You Can Do It!
I know the feeling. And it’s OK, you can do this. Of course you can! (Yay you!)
Every Monday, campers’ parents and family people desperately search for tips on how to write letters to their sleepaway campers. But it’s OK, because letter writing (do people actually do that still?) is easier than you may think. Read on for the recipe for great letters. Continue reading ‘Relax!’
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