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20+ Campfire Crafts and Activities

ByHeather Painchaud Updated
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Campfire crafts for kids.

We love to celebrate summer with creative campfire crafts and activities.  Whether we are camping in the great outdoors or hanging out with friends on the deck, a campfire is always a part of the fun!  

Today I have rounded up a huge list of Campfire Ideas that could be used all year round.  From hand print campfire art to a play campfire made out of felt, there is sure to be something here for you and your little ones to enjoy!

Our round up of campfire crafts and activities

A campfire watercolor craft on a white table.

Make this easy Watercolor Campfire Craft with the kids!

A printable campfire craft with orange, red, and yellow handprints.

Make a handprint fire with this free printable campfire art template!

Orange, red, and yellow handprints on black paper to create a campfire.

This painted Handprint Campfire with real sticks would be a fun project!

Red solo cups with orange and yellow fires in a pyramid stack to knockdown.

Fire Cup Knockdown would be a great activity for the kids!

Twix bars are stacked like fire logs with red, yellow, and orange M&Ms on top of a cake.

I made this epic Campfire Cake as part of a campout party that I put together for my boys.  We love camping so much that during the cold winter months I try to bring the fun of the great out doors inside.  This campout party included camping food, crafts, twinkly lights and a sleep over in the living room.  My kids absolutely love it and it was super easy to throw together, seriously!

Flames are made from yellow, red, and orange handprints on construction paper and marshmallows are made with cotton balls.

Hand Print Fire artwork is so cool.

Icing that looks like fire tops these cupcakes.

Campfire Cupcakes are ideal for campfire themed parties!

A handprint with red, yellow, and orange makes the fire and brown construction paper is cut into the shape of logs in the campfire craft.

How cute is this hand print campfire?!  My kids love to paint their hands ad feet for crafts.  We even rounded up some of our favorite Hand and Foot Print Crafts for friends to choose from.

Paper bags with red and yellow tissue paper coming out one end make the burning logs with these campfire crafts and activities.

This Paper Bag Campfire would be awesome for imaginative play.

Flames made from red, orange, and yellow hand print and a cotton ball on a stick look like a marshmallow roasting over a fire

Another version of a Handprint Campfire

Pipe cleaners are twisted to look like a stick with 2 beads for the marshmallows are attached to wood craft sticks in these campfire crafts and activities.

This simple Campfire Craft would be good for preschoolers.

Campfire crafts and activities, make a fire with handprints on paper.

Fire Hand Painting is sure to be messy but fun!!

Try camping crafts and activities by arranging orange, yellow, and red tissue paper in a campfire shape.

This Bonfire Collage is made with tissue paper.

A 3D campfire craft made from felt.

This Felt Campfire is something that I made for the boys last Christmas.  They love playing make believe, especially when it comes to camping so this was the perfect gift for them!  They love pretend roasting marshmallows over the campfire.  Be sure to check out the full felt campfire tutorial if you want to make one of your own.

Shredded red, yellow, and orange paper are attached to an F for fire craft.

“F” for Fire preschool craft

A cupcake is topped with colored sugar and chocolate bars to create a campfire.

Creative Campfire Cupcake

Simple paper campfire with small red, yellow, and orange squares of paper glued to black paper.

Make this simple Paper Craft Campfire!

Enjoy campfire crafts and activities such as this fire and logs cut from colored paper and glued on a black paper.

Construction Paper Campfire craft!

Pretzel sticks, colored candies and chocolate rocks are arranged on a cookie in the shape of a campfire.

This Delicious Campfire Cookie looks super yummy!

A greeting card is made from cardstock paper cut to look like a campfire.

Making a Campfire Card would be fun!

Pretzel sticks and fruit roll ups arranged on a plate in the shape of a campfire.

This Easy Campfire Snack is always a hit with the kids!

Red, orange, and yellow tissue is arranged like a fire surrounded by rocks, with a tealight in the middle.

This Glowing Campfire is made with a tea light.

Campfire crafts and activities such as these bead keychains, one is in the shape of a smore treat, and the other is a campfire with a happy face.

Beaded Campfire keychains are quick and easy to make.

Red, orange, and yellow felt is cut in the the shape of flames and arranged in a circle to create a crown.

These Campfire Crowns are another hot kid craft!

Paper tubes colored brown arranged in a campfire shape with red, yellow, and orange tissue paper.

This Cardboard Tube Campfire would also be great for imaginative play!

Which of these amazing campfire crafts and activities would you use first?  Do you have any campfire crafts that should be added to this list?  Please share!

about heather

Hello, I’m Heather!

I'm an active mom of twin boys who is always looking for opportunities to inspire creativity through fun crafts, do-it-yourself projects and delicious recipes. This blog has been an integral part of supporting my little family and I am so grateful to have you become a part of our journey! Let's create together... Read more...

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This is a fantastic collection! We’re big on camping, and I know that my girls would love to try some of these out! Pinned!

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These ideas are pretty amazing! It’s safe and fun. These can be incorporated in activities during Boys or Girl Scouts’ Week. Thanks for sharing.

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Cannot wAit to try some of these this summer with my 2 1/2 year olds

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Yay!!! Have fun :)

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What did you use to make the marshmallows on the hand print campfire look cooked? Marker, crayon, something else?

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Brown acrylic paint :)

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