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Children's Emergency Survival Kit - The Junior ReadyPack

Children's Emergency Survival Kit - The Junior ReadyPack

$74.95 USD
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Product Highlights

  • A complete children's survival backpack built for kids, not adults
  • Junior ReadyPack includes US Coast Guard-approved food and water with a 5-year shelf life
  • Hygiene items
  • Weather protection
  • Survival gear
  • Comfort items including a stuffed bear and activity pads
  • Available in 6 colors with no survival logos or branding

Kids handle hard days better when they have a job.

The Junior ReadyPack gives them their own kit, their own color, and their own part in the family plan. Not a smaller version of the grown-up bag. Their bag, that they picked, that they carry.

At 7 pounds in a child-sized 18 by 9 by 12 inch backpack, this is a kit a child can actually carry. That matters more than it sounds. A kid who is carrying something useful has a role, and a role is the thing that helps most when the adults around them are busy.

The contents were chosen for children, not shrunk down from an adult kit. US Coast Guard-approved food and water rations with a five-year shelf life, needing no rehydration and no reheating. A reflective HeatStore blanket, an emergency blanket, hand warmers, and a children's poncho, so weather protection comes in two layers. A flashlight, a signal whistle, and hygiene supplies for the practical side. Assembled by a kit specialist building emergency kits since 2007.

And then the part most kit makers leave out. A stuffed bear, crayons, and activity pads. Those are not filler. A child who has something to do is a child who is settling in rather than waiting, and that is worth as much to your household as any piece of gear in the bag.

It looks like a regular backpack. No survival branding, no logos, nothing that marks it as an emergency kit. Which is mostly why a kid will happily keep it in their room and pick it up without being asked twice.

Six colors: Royal Blue, Red, Black, Purple, Pink, and Navy. Let them choose. A kit in their favorite color is a kit they feel ownership of, and ownership is what makes them remember where it is.

A few minutes well spent. Open it together when it arrives and let them put the batteries in the flashlight. Show them the whistle and let them blow it once, outside. Decide together where the bag lives. Kids remember what they helped set up, and that ten minutes does more than any instruction later.

What to add yourself. Any medication your child takes, a change of clothes in their current size, and a small photo of your family with your phone numbers written on the back. Check the clothes when you check the smoke alarms, because children outgrow a kit faster than the food expires.

Pair it with the Guardian Go Bag and everyone in the house has their own supplies and their own piece of the plan.

Like everything we sell, this kit sends one dollar to the National Forest Foundation.

Their own kit, in their own color, that they know how to use.

Who This Kit Is For

  • Parents who want their child to have their very own emergency kit
  • Age-appropriate, child-sized, and actually designed for kids
  • Perfect for families building out a complete household emergency plan
  • Ideal for children aged 5 and up

What's Included

  • Children's water bottle
  • 1- 2,400 cal food bar
  • 2 millennium food bars
  • 6- 4.2 oz water pouches
  • 2 activity pads
  • note paper
  • pencil
  • stuffed bear
  • crayons
  • toothbrush
  • toothpaste
  • comb
  • shampoo
  • soap bar
  • washcloth
  • 6 wet naps
  • children's Band-Aids
  • 1 HeatStore reflective blanket
  • 1 emergency reflective blanket
  • children's green poncho
  • 3 hand warmers
  • light stick
  • 9 LED compact flashlight
  • signal whistle
  • informational insert
  • small nylon pouch
  • child-sized backpack

Scenarios This Kit Covers

  • Natural disasters
  • Home evacuations
  • Power outages
  • Earthquakes
  • Hurricanes
  • Any emergency where your child needs their own age-appropriate kit that's ready to grab and go.

Pro Tips

  • Let your child help choose the color of their pack - when kids feel ownership over their kit they're more likely to remember it and less likely to panic when they need it
  • Practice a quick "grab and go" drill at home so your child knows exactly where their pack is and how to put it on fast -familiarity reduces fear in the moment
  • Add a small family photo inside the front pocket, it provides comfort and can also help identify your child to first responders if you get separated
  • Talk to your child about what's in their pack and why each item is there. FEMA research shows that children who understand their preparedness plan experience less anxiety during actual emergencies
  • Tuck a handwritten note from you inside, something simple and reassuring. In a scary moment, a familiar voice on paper can make all the difference
  • Pair the Junior ReadyPack with a Guardian Go Bag or RapidShield for complete family coverage, every member of your household has their own kit, their own role, and their own piece of the plan

Size & Storage

At 18" x 9" x 12" and just 7 lbs., Junior ReadyPack stores neatly in a child's room, closet, or family emergency area. Lightweight enough for even small children to carry on their own.

Good to Know...

Children make up about 25% of the U.S. population and face unique vulnerabilities during emergencies, yet most disaster planning focuses almost entirely on adults. Standard family kits aren't designed with kids in mind, and in a crisis, handing a child adult-sized supplies they don't recognize and can't use only adds to their fear.

So here's the question worth asking as a parent: if an emergency happened right now, does your child know what to do and do they have what they need to feel safe while you handle everything else?

FEMA's own research confirms that children who are prepared experience less anxiety and feel more confident during actual emergencies. That confidence doesn't come from telling kids not to worry, it comes from giving them a real role in the family plan. Their own pack, their own color, their own supplies they recognize.

The Junior ReadyPack was built around exactly that idea, because a child who feels capable in a frightening moment is the best outcome any parent can hope for.

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Children's Emergency Survival Kit - The Junior ReadyPack $74.95