What do i need to go camping?

10 piece survival kit. Hard to answer not knowing where you wish to camp. Right now it's -20 daytime highs in Montana, 14 at night in Ohio. What is "family"? Small children? Will you have a car, are there stores nearby? Campground, bathrooms? Not enough information.

Presuming you meant camping using a car for transport. Shelter. A good winter tent is expensive but it can be opened up for warmer weather. Summer tents are inexpensive, but too airy to be comfortable when the weather is cold. Bedding. I use a foam pad on top of an air mattress and use a sleeping bag to suit the season. Actually I have used two summer weight bags with one inside the other in winter and it worked pretty well. Good equipment will last for years, cheaper stuff will last a year if you are careful and lucky. Camp Kitchen. Plan your menu and kitchen at the same time. If you need a particular pot for only one meal, you need to change the menu. work your menu around a minimum of cooking tools. Fires are not always allowed, so plan on a camp stove. Even if fires are allowed I use a camp stove so I don't have to bag up my pots to keep soot off everything else. Make sure you have more fuel for your stove than you reasonably expect to use. Lamps, lights, lanterns etc. You'll need something. I love my old Dietz Kerosene lanterns. I also have a couple of Coleman 200A lanterns. But lets face it, Most people are not camping with antique equipment. Be practical, there are several good LED lanterns and lights. You should have a First aid kit in your car anyhow but I would add that if it is larger than the family bible it is probably too big. If you have had it more than a couple of years the tape will probably no longer stick properly either way it may be time for a new one. Check locally for an outfitter that rents equipment. You may want to try renting, but they usually only keep equipment in their working inventory for a year or so then they sell it. This is a great place to buy top dollar used equipment at greatly reduced prices.

Backpacker Magazine has good gear lists for various types of camping. You can get cheap gear. You can get high-quality gear. You cannot get very cheap high-quality gear. You should provide details of what you need in gear and what type of camping you enjoy. I cannot suggest that you should bring your own wood, since I never build a campfire when I go backpacking into the wilderness. In some areas, you are not allowed to bring foreign wood into a camping area for fear of transporting dangerous insect pests that can be spread from wood in an unhealthy forest to a woodland that is healthy.