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Rainy Day Campfire Pretend Play

August 23, 2014 by Sue Lively

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Kids' Rainy Day Campfire Pretend Play

We had a fantastic time camping this summer with our 3 year old. He loved being outdoors all day, and especially loved roasting marshmallows over the campfire! (Surprise, surprise!)

When we were at a play centre a few weeks ago, we spotted a really cute setup for an indoor pretend campfire and decided to make one for ourselves at home for some imaginative playtime.

To make your own rainy day campfire, you will need:

  • Long sticks for “roasting” marshmallows
  • 5 to 8 pieces of brown construction paper
  • Double-sided tape (or regular)
  • Brown or black markers
  • Red, orange and yellow tissue paper
  • White fiber fill

How to Make the Pretend Campfire

To start, collect some long marshmallow roasting sticks by going for a walk in the woods. 

Making Marshmallows for our Pretend Campfire
Onetime enjoyed putting his cotton batting “marshmallows” onto the ends of each stick.

Show your child how to draw wavy lines on the construction paper to make it look like bark. Be sure to add a few circles to look like knots.

Supplies for Making Rainy Day Campfire

After drawing on the logs, roll them up and use the double-sided tape to adhere the edges of the paper.  Then have fun “building” your campfire together!  

Pretend Campfire Up Close

Be sure to add some crumpled up tissue paper sheets to make the “fire!”

Roasting Marshmallows Over a Rainy Day Fire

Now, have fun “roasting” your marshmallows, singing campfire songs, and maybe even building an indoor tent!

Marshmallows in the Fire
Onetime enjoyed playing with his camping lantern and eventually decided the marshmallows got burnt and needed to go into the fire.

Result?  Lots of rainy morning fun with a side-dish of imagination!  Perfect.

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  1. Janice - Learning4kids says

    August 24, 2014 at 11:52 am

    What a great idea! I absolutely love the cotton wool marshmallow -so cute!

    • Sue Lively says

      August 24, 2014 at 9:26 pm

      Me too Janice! Can’t take the credit for the idea as I said in my post, but they were super fun to make and play with! Thanks for dropping by! Best, Sue

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