DLTK's Crafts for Kids
TP Roll Campfire Craft
My husband would find this craft easier than making an actual fire. (Safer too! *wink*) Darren was never a boy scout and since I did lots of guiding in my days I am the one in charge of making the fire when our family goes camping.
Check out the CD Rom or Margarine Container Lid Campfire Craft for a different option.
Materials:
- 5 or 6 toilet paper rolls,
- brown paint,
- paper plate,
- yellow, red and/or orange tissue paper,
- glue
- Optional: round circle of cardboard or large plastic lid to substitute for the paper plate
- Optional: grey or black paint for the paper plate
- Optional: small rocks.
Instructions:
- Paint the toilet paper rolls brown and let dry.
- Arrange the toilet paper rolls as if they were logs on the paper plate.
- Use glue to attach them to the plate, stacking them slightly so they look like logs.
- Scrunch up a few squares of fire coloured tissue paper and glue them into the center of your "logs".
Optional:
- You could paint your paper plate grey, brown or black before making your craft.
- You could also glue some small rocks around the edge of your plate or amongst the logs like we did.