What essential item would you bring camping?

There are "ten essentials" commonly recommended for hiking and backpacking in case of a survival situation, seen here: http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/ten.htm.

But for camping, when you can just go sit in your car if necessary, "essential" is relative. You're looking for more like, "tolerable" or hopefully "comfortable":

1. Tent, stakes, guy lines, stake hammer

2. Sleeping Bag, pillow

3. foam Sleeping Pad

4. plastic Ground Sheet

5. Flashlight & extra batteries

6. Lantern & fuel

7. Camp stove, fuel, pot, pan, utensils, sponge, plates, cups

8. Food & water, possibly water filter, perishables in ice chest/cooler with ice

9. lighter, possibly firewood

10. soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, and other hygiene products including toilet paper and toilet trowel/shovel if there are no pit toilets

11. Bug spray

12. First aid kit including medicines you use

I'm assuming that I don't have to identify clothes...

1. Tent

2. Sleeping bag

3. Backpack

4. Food

5. Camping stove

6. Propane

7. Water

8. Compass

9. Mirror

10. Mosquito repellant

11. Matches

12. Paper (for fire)

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1. A water purification method (filter/iodine pills)

2. Food

3. Water

4. matches

5. GPS

6. Tent

7. Hunting knife

8. Poncho

9. Wet Wipes

10. camping chair

11. backpack

12. warm clothes

Tent

Sleeping bag

Cot or mat

Food

Toilet paper

Clothes

Warm Jacket

Toothbrush and othe necessities for the body

Matches

Water

Flashlight

cellphone

1.Tent

2. Shower(it is a water bag)

3. Bug Spray

4. Make sure you have the first aid you need

5. sleeping bag & bed if needed

6. make sure you have a safe way in and out in case there is a fire

7. and mobile phone.

8 t.v, radio etc, if Possiable

9. games, like tennis, ball's kites,

10. a toilet seat so when you dig a hole you can sit

11 toilet paper and cleaning things

12. always make sure you take you rubbish with you.

1: Food

2: Water

3: Knife

4: Sleeping bag

5:Tarpaulin/Tent

6: Matches

7: toilet paper/ tissue

8 :Skillet

9: small hatchet

10: clothes/coat

11: Binoculars

12; Plastic trash bags

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1. shelter

2. matches/fire starter

3. cooking grate/tools

4. flashlight/lantern

5. knife/eating utensils

6. personal items/toilet paper/ hygiene, etc.

7. deck of cards

8. jeans/sweatshirt/swim suit/clothes for the season

10. cook stove and pans

11. towels/rags/dish soap/bar soap

12. sleep items like sleeping bag/pillow/air mattress

Tent

sleeping bag

matches

food/water

flashlight/lantern

first aid kit...with "off" bug spray in it!

wood

clothes

grooming items (soap, hairbrush, toothbrush/paste, deodorant...)

eating utensils (plates/cups/cutlery)

book/cards/game (in case it rains!)

radio

Now, if we're talking about a "bakers dozen" then our last essential item is a cooler of beer! But this is a childs project...so I wouldn't put THAT on her list! LOL!!

Knife Mattress blanket cooking pan water container coat

spare shoes fishing rod compass mobile phone first aid kit matches