TIMES JATIM, JAKARTA – Spending your weekend with your family would be a great thing to do. It will strengthen your relationship between one another. And if you don’t want to spend much time outdoor you could try some picnic for this occasion.

As you all know, picnic is a fun occasion where you take some meals outdoor especially at panoramic surroundings. You could do this activity in a matter of hours not days like when you have camping.

You could also take your family to some place nearby which provide such panoramic scheme like lake, beach, or the closest park to your house. This doesn’t cost you that much as if you were travelling to some amusement park.

However, there are certain things you need to prepare before you go for picnic. Picnic lovers must have known these things outside of their head but for those who have it for the first this article might help you on what to prepare before you go for picnic. Check them out.

Pick your venue

The nearest to your house the better your picnic will be. You could start by choosing some place with open area like local park, green court, or some riverbank next to your area. The closer it the lessen time you need to spend for driving. That way you won't get tired before enjoying your meal.

But for those who willing to spend their time a little bit far from their house, beach or lakeside will be a nice a choice for your moment. This way you will get a new fresh scenery out of what you have seen daily. But consider the distance, make sure you won't get tired after reaching your destination.

Get the meal before you go

Make sure you bring your own meal before you go. Having some meals which you cook in your own kitchen will be splendid. Prepare some simple course which become your family's favorite. Don't forget about the snacks and drink.

For those who doesn’t have some time to cook, you can grab some fast food on the way you go to your location. Or you could grab some sushi from your favorite Japanese restaurants to go and make your picnic feel more pleasant.

Kitchen utensils

For those who bring their own food from home, preparing table set like plate and set of spoons will be helpful. This way you will not add some more waste to the nature.

Spare clothes

For you who bring your own kids make sure you brought some spare clothes of them. Kids love to run around a new area where they have never or rarely been. They also will play with whatever they can find like dirt, water and else.

Bringing some spare clothes will make you get away from having dirty clothes to wear issue. You could ask them to change their clothes whenever it's needed.

First aid kit

Preparing some first aid kit will be beneficial to you to tackle some unpredictable things like small accident, like some scratch or get pinned by some thorn. Make sure you bring your first aid especially when one of the members of your family have some disease like asthma. You don’t want your picnic ruined by asthma attack, don’t you? (*)