Top 15 Promotional Products for Summer Camps for 2024
Summer camps offer an environment where children can engage in fun activities, learn new skills, and appreciate nature. These camps blend education and recreation, promoting teamwork, creativity, and environmental stewardship.
Incorporating eco-friendly practices with sustainably branded products enhances the camp experience and sets a positive example for future generations, fostering change at camp and back home.
Opting for sustainable summer camp swag showcases your commitment to environmental sustainability. These items are useful, durable, and memorable, reinforcing the values of conservation and mindfulness. By choosing products made from recycled or sustainable materials, you reduce waste and promote sustainable living beyond the camp.
Check out the top 15 sustainable summer camp swag products for kids and adults for Summer 2024.
1. Drawstring Backpack
Drawstring backpacks are an essential summer camp swag item for all activities. The lightweight design makes it easy for campers to carry their reusable water bottles, sunscreen, towels, blankets, and other essentials, whether heading to the lake or the craft cabin. The versatility of our recycled backpacks makes them a high-value, low-budget promotional option for any size camp.
These recyclable backpacks are made from 10% post-consumer recycled materials and have a recommended weight capacity of 11 lbs, ensuring they're eco-conscious and practical. Our recycled drawstring backpacks provide a perfect blend of economy and sustainability, allowing camps to promote their eco-minded values without breaking the bank.
Our recommendation:
Drawstring Cinch Backpack | Recyclable | 14x17
Our eco-friendly recyclable (where #5 is accepted) backpacks have a large, spacious interior, a drawstring closure at the top, and adjustable shoulder straps made from soft nylon cord. Made from recycled post-consumer content, recycled drawstring backpacks make the perfect summer swag item to help promote sustainability and offer a budget-friendly, recyclable option for all ages.
Customize these recycled dream backpacks with your camp’s logo to boost your brand. You can also add a water conversation message. They are long-lasting and reusable, making them a great way to reduce waste and encourage environmental responsibility among campers.
2. Custom, Sustainably Sourced Cotton T-shirts
A short-sleeved WRAP-certified cotton T-shirt is essential for any summer camp. It offers comfort and breathability during outdoor activities. The natural materials help campers stay cool and active in these versatile shirts, whether hiking, playing sports, or participating in fun arts and crafts projects.
Additionally, branding quality customized t-shirts with the camp’s logo or theme helps create a sense of unity and belonging among the campers, providing them with a cherished memento of their summer experience to wear for years to come.
Our recommendation:
Youth Unisex Short Sleeve T-shirt | WRAP Certified
These t-shirts are WRAP certified, ensuring ethical production standards that respect both workers and the environment. Made of 4.2 oz., 100% Airlume combed and ring-spun cotton.
These soft, comfortable T-shirts are perfect for daily wear at camp. They are fully customizable with your camp's branding, offering a great way to foster a sense of community among campers.
EPP offers custom stock art designs on our website, including art for environmental or conservation awareness or fun graphics to help create unique summer camp SWAG that best suits your needs.
3. Recycled Sunglasses
Promotional sunglasses are a fun and practical giveaway for summer camps. They add a touch of style while serving a useful purpose. With frames made from recycled materials, these eco-friendly sunglasses provide essential eye protection during various outdoor activities while keeping the environment in mind.
Our recommendations:
Promotional Sunglasses | Recycled | Adults - One Arm Imprint
The high-quality frame, made from recycled polycarbonate, is waterproof and impact-resistant, while the lenses provide 100% UV protection.
In addition to keeping the eyes covered, these sunglasses help camp coordinators address UV safety and send a strong message about being conscious of the environment and the dangers of not wearing proper UV protection.
Brand camp’s logo to one arm of the sunglasses to create a unique and stylish sustainable promotional item. These sunglasses are perfect for all camps looking to promote sustainability while providing campers with a practical, reusable accessory that shares brand awareness, on or off the camp.
4. USA Made Safe Lip Balm
Lip balm is essential for any summer camp. It provides crucial protection for lips against the sun’s harmful rays and helps keep them soft and supple in the cold. Campers and staff are frequently exposed to the sun with extended outdoor activities, making lip balm a critical part of their daily routine.
It helps prevent chapped and sunburned lips and ensures campers stay comfortable and healthy throughout their adventures.
Our recommendation:
Lip Balm | SPF 30 | USA Made
This lip balm is made in the USA and formulated with natural ingredients, ensuring it's safe and effective. It offers SPF 30 and broad-spectrum protection to shield against UV exposure, making it a dream summer camp swag item for adults and children alike.
Crafted with high-quality natural ingredients like coconut oil, castor oil, cocoa butter, and shea butter, this formula ensures effective care. Additionally, it adheres to FDA standards for sunscreen products through rigorous testing and labeling.
If you want something different, you’re also welcome to browse through our collection of eco-friendly lip balms.
The lip balm is packaged in a recyclable tube, which helps reduce plastic waste. It’s also refillable, which promotes a waste-free lifestyle and aligns with your camp’s eco-friendly values.
Brand this lip balm with your camp’s logo to create a thoughtful and practical giveaway. It’s an excellent way to show campers you care about their well-being and the environment.
5. Reusable Insulated Lunch Bag
Insulated lunch bags are essential for keeping meals fresh during camp outings. They ensure that food stays at a safe temperature throughout the day.
Our Kraft-insulated lunch bags are designed to maintain the coolness of beverages and the freshness of sandwiches and snacks, making them perfect for long days filled with adventure and fun activities. The recyclable nature of the kraft paper allows for an emphasis on the environment without sacrificing the quality of your lunch.
Our recommendation:
Insulated Lunch Bags | Kraft Paper | Reusable
The kraft paper exterior is durable and eco-friendly, providing a sustainable alternative to traditional lunch bags. This recyclable Kraft paper lunch bag’s insulation ensures that food stays at the right temperature, making it a practical choice for campers.
Kids can personalize the natural kraft surfaces using crayons, markers, or colored pencils. By designing their own unique artwork alongside your brandon these recyclable bags, they create cherished family keepsakes that can be reused repeatedly.
Providing Prop.65-compliant bags also helps address the critical question of food safety and waste production at summer camps. They’re reusable, easy to carry, and integral to summer camp swag for eco-minded kids, teens, and adults. You can add your logo and a sustainability message to increase environmental conservation awareness.
6. USA Made Recycled Frisbee
A frisbee is a classic camp item that promotes outdoor play and exercise. This frisbee, made from recycled materials, is fun and environmentally responsible.
Made in the USA, this frisbee is made with 30% post-industrial recycled materials and uses less energy in production while supporting local manufacturing. It's a great way to engage campers in eco-friendly activities.
File this summer camp swag item under “F” for fun, especially when customized with cool graphics and high-visibility colors to make “search and recovery” of the frisbee easier.
Our recycled frisbees are also FDA-compliant, making them a great alternative to serving plates for a dual-purpose, sustainable promotional product.
Our recommendation:
Frisbee | USA Made | Recycled | 9"
USA Made frisbees are made using 30% post-industrial recycled materials. Brand these 9" frisbees with your camp’s logo to create memorable and fun summer camp swag.
FDA-compliant and safe for food contact, these recycled frisbee discs make a great addition to your camp's eco-swag when you are done serving food and snacks off of them. They can also be used for a fun game of frisbee. Durable and built to withstand countless games and uses, these recycled frisbee discs are also a great addition to your camp’s eco-swag.
7. Recycled Polyester Hat
A hat is a stylish and practical item for sun protection during summer camp, shielding campers from harmful UV rays. Its wide brim or visor helps to keep the face and neck shaded, reducing the risk of sunburn during outdoor activities.
The recycled PET material is durable and sustainable, making it an excellent choice for eco-minded camps. It keeps campers’ heads covered and prevents plastic build-up in landfills and water bodies, making these recycled hats a perfect solution for addressing waste and producing single-use fashion items.
Our recommendation:
Recycled PET Hat
Crafted from recycled water bottles woven into a polyester fabric, this cap is made from 50% recycled materials and meets the GRS (Global Recycled Standard). This recycled cap features a hook and loop closure and is available in four colors, allowing for a stylish and versatile option for all ages.
Better still, Eco Promotional Products, Inc. plants a tree seedling on behalf of your organization for every order, no matter how small.
Customize these recycled PET hats with your camp’s logo to promote your brand while offering long-lasting, sustainable summer camp swag. These reusable hats help your organization encourage sustainability while providing effective sun protection.
You may also include a conservation message to address the environmental impact of planting trees or other conservation efforts. These hats are valuable camp promotional items and make essential summer camp swag.
8. Waterproof Dry Bag for Summer Camp Swag
A waterproof dry bag will address the problem of keeping belongings safe and dry during water activities. At summer camps, where fun activities often involve swimming, kayaking, or other water-based fun, protecting items like clothing, electronics, and personal belongings from getting wet is essential.
These durable RPET dry bags are designed to withstand splashes and submersion, ensuring that campers' valuables, such as clothing, electronics, and personal items, remain dry. Made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles, this is a highly effective way to address plastic waste while making a fun and functional summer camp swag item.
With secure closures and sturdy materials, dry bags provide peace of mind, allowing campers to enjoy swimming, kayaking, and other water-based adventures without worrying about their gear.
Our recommendation:
Recycled rPET Waterproof Dry Bag | 2.5L
This waterproof dry bag is made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic bottles. The rPET material is created by melting down used plastic bottles and transforming them into new polyester fibers. This custom recycled dry bag also features a transparent panel with an interior phone pocket for easy accessibility.
This is a highly effective way to address plastic waste while making a fun and functional summer camp swag item. It’s one of the essential summer tools for keeping electronics dry, carrying camping essentials, and promoting eco-friendly habits among campers.
Recycled rPET is also used to make other camp swag items, such as blankets and towels. Grab these together with the waterproof bag for a completely sustainable ensemble.
Brand these dry bags with your camp’s custom logo to create practical and sustainable summer camp swag. They are reusable and built to last, ensuring campers can use them on or off the water for many camp seasons.
9. USA Made Sunscreen with Carabiner
Reef-safe mineral sunscreen is crucial for protecting campers’ skin and the environment. This USA-made sunscreen comes with a convenient carabiner that easily attaches to bags for on-the-go use.
The sunscreen is formulated with natural, reef-safe ingredients, ensuring it does not harm marine life. Reef-safe sunscreen was created to address the problem of chemicals that bleach coral reefs and cause all kinds of problems for marine life.
In addition, our eco-friendly sunscreen is packaged in a recyclable container, promoting environmental responsibility while keeping vulnerable skin covered during fun summer camp activities.
Our recommendation:
Reef Safe Mineral Sunscreen with Carabiner | 1.5 oz | USA Made
Formulated with 100% zinc oxide for reef-safe SPF protection, this product also contains skin-friendly organic ingredients like beeswax and coconut oil. It has been tested to shield against UVA and UVB rays and is water-resistant for up to 80 minutes.
The refillable and recyclable containers allow for a second life, making this branded sunscreen a dream choice for campers, counselors, and others. The labeling adheres to FDA standards for sunscreen products.
Customize these sunscreen squeeze bottles with your camp’s branding to create a thoughtful, eco-friendly giveaway. For organizations on the search, this is an excellent way to show commitment to camper safety and address environmental sustainability among young campers.
10. Sunscreen Stick
A reef-safe mineral sunscreen stick is a convenient and eco-friendly way to protect campers’ skin. This mineral sunscreen stick is made in the USA and formulated with natural, reef-safe ingredients, like 100% zinc, to protect against sun damage while keeping the environment in mind.
The stick format makes it easy to apply sunscreen and less likely to spill, making it a dream product for active campers. It’s also packaged in a recyclable container, reducing plastic waste.
Our recommendation:
Reef Safe Mineral Sunscreen Stick | 1 oz | USA Made
This 100% zinc reef-safe mineral sunscreen stick has been tested to offer protection against UVA and UVB rays and is water-resistant for up to 40 minutes. It is easy-to-apply and mess-free, great for on-the-go use, and complies with FDA standards for sunscreen products.
Customize these dream sunscreen sticks with your camp’s branding to create a practical and environmentally responsible giveaway. Our mineral sunblock stick will address the problem of protecting campers’ skin from sun damage while being eco-friendly and is an excellent way to promote sun safety and sustainability in the pockets of all campers and staff.
11. Summer Essentials Kit
A summer essentials kit is a comprehensive promotional item that covers all the basics. It equips summer campers with survival tools to help them have fun safely.
This kit is perfect for campers of various ages and provides an enjoyable camping experience while protecting against the sun and bugs and keeping them hydrated. Additionally, it can be customized with a brand's logo, making it a practical and memorable giveaway for promoting commitment to outdoor adventure and safety.
Our recommendation:
Summer Essentials Kit | USA Made
The Summer Essentials Kit includes all the necessary items for summer: a 1.9-oz SPF 30 sunscreen, a 1-oz aloe gel, and an SPF 15 lip balm with a hook cap for easy attachment, all neatly packed in a dye-sublimated drawstring bag.
This kit addresses summer camp's most common health and safety issues, such as sunstroke, dehydration, and food safety. You can also add other camp essentials to the kit, including flashlights, blankets, hygiene products, towels, and more. Browse our site to add more items to your kit and place your order for the ultimate eco-friendly summer camp kit.
The sunscreen, lip balm, and aloe are made in the USA in an FDA-registered facility. The sunscreen meets updated FDA standards for broad-spectrum protection and is free from oxybenzone and PABA.
Brand the kit with your logo to create cohesive and practical summer camp swag. It’s a great way to provide campers with the essentials they need while promoting sustainability.
12. USA Made Plantable Seed Fans
Plantable seed fans are a unique and eco-friendly promotional item for summer camps. These fans are made from recycled materials and embedded with wildflower seeds.
Once the fan has served its purpose, it can be planted to grow wildflowers, promoting environmental sustainability. It’s a great way to teach campers about the importance of eco-friendly practices.
Our recommendation:
Plantable Seed Fans | Recycled | USA Made | Medium 4" x 4"
Brand these USA Made 4" x 4" seeded fans with your camp’s logo to create a memorable and sustainable promotional item. They are biodegradable and environmentally responsible, making them a perfect fit for eco-minded camps that want to help keep campers cool while at camp.
Though they’re not summer camp swag essentials, these plantable seed fans are great for educating campers on the necessity of pollination and how planting wildflowers and avoiding chemicals such as pesticides can help protect biodiversity.
Each fan contains an annual and perennial wildflower seed mix or a plant-positivity herb mix to help spread positivity amongst campers. For every season planted, you can have the following year’s kids check out their work, which sends a powerful message about their part in protecting the planet.
13. Recycled PET Cooling Towels
A recycled RPET cooling towel is a practical item for keeping cool during hot summer days. Made from recycled PET bottles, these towels are eco-friendly and reusable.
The cooling towel provides immediate relief from heat, making it perfect for outdoor activities. Its sustainable composition ensures it’s an environmentally conscious choice for camps.
Our recommendation:
Eco RPET Cooling Towel | 30x10 | Reusable
Our reusable, recycled eco-cooling towels are great for cooling off on hot summer days. The hyper-evaporative rPET material from recycled plastic allows cool air to circulate and provides sweet relief.
Whether you wear it for hours or wipe it off for quick relief, simply re-wet the towel to reactivate the cooling. Soft-woven towels feel comfortable without breaking the bank. Machine washable and line drying are recommended.
Customize these RPET towels with your camp’s branding to create a functional and eco-conscious summer camp swag with a powerful, environmentally-conscious message.
14. Scuba Eco Coolie
A recycled scuba eco coolie is a perfect item for keeping drinks cool during camp activities. Made from 100% recycled materials, these coolies are eco-friendly and practical, keeping cold drinks covered and cold.
The recycled scuba material is durable and provides excellent insulation for beverages. Recycled eco-coolies are a fun and functional item that promote sustainability. The recycled material minimizes water and energy consumption during production.
Our recommendation:
Recycled Scuba Eco Coolie | Full Color
Brand these 100% recycled scuba coolies with your camp’s logo to create memorable and eco-friendly summer camp swag. Reusable and environmentally responsible, these coolies are a great addition to your camp’s eco-swag.
Browse our custom designs for these coolies, which feature a full range of production options and styles, including full-color bleed, fades, and gradients to accentuate your camp logo. With our extensive customization capabilities, you can create unique, eye-catching coolies that perfectly match the summer camp theme.
Note that we will take back this used product and recycle it into another cool recycled product at its end of life. Reach out for more information at info@ecopromotionsonline.com.
15. Insulated Beverage Cooler
An insulated beverage cooler with a dispenser is essential for keeping drinks cold and accessible during camp activities. This custom-insulated cooler is designed for long-lasting use, keeping your beverages cold for 24 hours, making it a perfect addition for those hot summer days.
With its large five-gallon capacity, this beverage cooler is perfect for serving groups of campers and staff. Its large handles make it easy to carry and transport, and its large imprint allows your camp logo to be front and center.
Our recommendation:
Insulated Beverage Cooler with Dispenser | 5 Gallons
Equipped with easy-carry handles, a handy pouring spout, a push-button dispenser, and 24-hour insulation,this insulated beverage cooler is the perfect choice to keep your favorite drinks cold! The insulated cooler also boasts a full-body digital imprint wrap that highlights your brand's colors vividly.
Customize this dream cooler with your camp’s branding to create a practical and sustainable promotional item for outdoor events, lunch gatherings, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Why should summer camps choose eco-friendly summer camp swag?
Summer camps should opt for eco-friendly promotional products to demonstrate their commitment to environmental sustainability.
Products made from recycled or sustainable materials, such as towels, bags, and reusable water bottles, help reduce waste and promote eco-conscious practices among campers.
By choosing these items, camps set a positive example for future generations and foster a sense of responsibility towards the environment.
2. How can customized eco-friendly products benefit my summer camp?
Customized eco-friendly products can greatly benefit your summer camp by promoting a sense of community and unity among campers. Branding these items with your camp’s logo or theme not only boosts your camp’s visibility but also creates lasting memories for campers.
Additionally, it showcases your camp’s dedication to sustainability, especially if the summer camp swag includes messages that address environmental sustainability. This makes your camp an attractive choice for eco-minded families.
3. Are these eco-friendly products durable and suitable for active use at camp?
Yes, the eco-friendly products covered in our list are designed to be durable and suitable for the fun, active lifestyle at summer camps.
Items like USA made safe and refillable sunscreen, WRAP-certified t-shirts, recycled dry-safe bags, towels, and insulated lunch bags address specific camp challenges. They are made to withstand the rigors of daily camp activities while being long-lasting and reusable. They offer a practical and sustainable solution for campers of all ages and sizes.