When you go camping as a family, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?

For us, it’s the campfire!

Gathering around the fire at night, and of course, roasting marshmallows for s’mores! There’s nothing better than that!

Because of that, we created this paper campfire craft so your kids can recall those fun memories all year long.

Download the free printable template and make this fun camping activity with the kids!

Be sure to watch our quick video tutorial to see exactly how we made this easy papercraft.

Also, be sure to look through all of our camping activities for kids.

Campfire Craft For Preschool

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Supplies

• Colored cardstock or construction paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Campfire template printable (enter your email in the form at the end of this post to have the link sent to you)

Directions

Download the campfire template, print, and cut out the pieces you need.

Begin to create the fire by gluing the orange middle flame to the middle of the red outer flame.

Next, glue the yellow inner flame to the middle of the orange flame.

Take the rocks and glue them around the front, bottom of the flame. We alternated gray and dark gray rocks to make it stand out more. Glue 4 rocks in the front, bottom of the flame. Take 2 rocks and glue them to the back of the flame to make it look as though the rocks are circling around the fire.

That’s it!

This is a fun and easy campfire craft for preschoolers and kindergarten children!

Camping Unit For Kids

Do you want to create a whole camping themed unit to go with this craft? If so, keep reading. We’ve got lots of great ideas to get you started!

Books are a great way to get even further in a theme! On top of that, reading to kids helps them develop a stronger vocabulary and helps them learn to focus. It’s a win win situation!

Below are some of the top camping themed books for kids.

The Little Book of Camping- Teach young kids all about what goes into camping with this cute and simple book!

Pete the Cat Goes Camping- This book is great for little readers who love Pete the Cat. Read it before going camping to get the kids excited for their trip!

A Campfire Tail- This sweet book is a great way to talk to kids about empathy and friendship. Kids love the fun illustrations and storyline.

Need some crafts to supplement your study unit? We have several ideas that will fit perfectly!

• Bear Craft For Kids – This bear craft is a simple papercraft that’s cute too!
• Paper Plate Skunk Craft – We love creating paper plate crafts, but this skunk one is near the top of the list. It’s just so happy looking!
• Paper Bag Fox Craft – Kids will have fun making and playing with this simple fox craft.

For some educational printables, try out these camping do a dot printables or these camping color by number printables. They’re perfect for younger children and can help them work on fine motor skills, counting, sight words, and more!

These camping maze printables and these camping dot to dot printables are both fun ideas to keep the kids busy.

We hope these ideas will help you create a fun camping unit for kids!

More Camping Ideas For Kids

Campfire Template Printable