Years ago, when I started this blog, I had some fun ideas. I went crazy creating and taking pictures. The only problem was…my photography stunk! I knew nothing about lighting or setting. Connor, whose nickname is sometimes “Wreck it Ralph”, broke the focus off of my camera. We couldn’t afford a new one, so I went around holding the focus onto the camera hoping my pictures would come out alright. I proudly displayed my horrendous pictures to the world and wondered why I only got 10 visitors a day.
This tent and campfire fun food idea was hatched back in the days of ignorant photo taking bliss. My son was in Boy Scouts and I thought up a tent and campfire cupcake idea. It’s a fun and cute treat, so I thought I would revive it by making it again – except this time, a lot easier – and take pictures with a camera that I protect from Connor with my life! Here’s my updated version of the Tent and Campfire Fun Food Idea for Kids. Come on in:
For this Tent and Campfire Fun Food Idea, You’ll Need: (for each one)
- Popsicle sticks (5)
- 1 Paper Plate
- Warm Glue Gun and Sticks
- 1 Fruit Roll up, cut in half going down the length
- 1 Large Cookie
- 1 Orange fruit roll up (you should be able to get several treats out of one orange fruit roll up)
- 2 Tootsie Rolls
- 1 Stick Pretzel
- 1 Mini Marshmallow
Now:
- The first project you’ll want to tackle is the tent assembly
- It’s pretty simple, take 2 Popsicle sticks and cross them like an X – Make sure that the top portion of your X is narrow and the bottom is wide – Use a dab of glue to secure them
- Repeat using the first X Popsicle as your template, so they match
- Now, grab your paper plate and glut the bottom of your tent frames to the plate
- Grab your 5th Popsicle stick and fold one half of the fruit roll up over the stick, turn it around and fold the other half of the fruit roll up
- Place your fruit roll up/Popsicle stick on the top of your tent frame and pull the fruit roll up around the sides of the tent – pressing down to secure
- Now plop a cookie down in front of your tent
- Grab your orange fruit roll up and cut a short square out of it (about an inch tall), make flame like cuts out of the top of your square
- Place your fire (orange roll up) in between the 2 tootsie rolls and set it on top of the cookie
- Finally grab a mini marshmallow and push it onto the pretzel stick
- Place that somewhere around the fire and You are Done My Friend!
Oh! I almost forgot! Here’s a look at my old post. As you can see, I changed it up a bit. I kept it super simple this time, because that’s my just how we roll these days! I do like the fruit roll up sleeping bag inside the tent. That wouldn’t be too complicated and would be super cute! Maybe next time. 🙂
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