DLTK's Crafts for Kids
TP Roll Campfire Craft

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

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.