Simple Fire Starters - National Camping Month

Looking for a great way to make a quick firestarter for your camp fire?  This is super simple and guaranteed to start a quick fire.

Start with crayon nubs

Roll the nubs in waxed paper.

Light and ignite. 

To make it even more flamable, create this "bird's nest" out of jute.  Just fray the jute to mold into a bird's nest and place the firestarter in the nest.  Ignite and watch it go up in flames.  Of course, you need twigs to keep adding to it until you get a good fire going.

Happy Camping!

Banana Boats Recipe

I know I already posted this in honor of it being National Camping month.  But, I thought it beared repeating in honor of the Great American Backyard Campout today.  Will you be camping out tonight?  What fun activities can you share with us that you do on a campout?  Recipes?  Games? Traditions?  Please share them with us on our Facebook Page or blog.  We would love to hear from you.

Banana Boats
An all time favorite.
Ingredients:
chocolate chips
bananas
graham crackers

Slit the banana down the center. Slice the banana while it is still inside the peel. Stuff with chocolate chips and cook over heat.
NEW IDEA: We ran out of spoons to eat our banana boat, so we had to improvise. We happened to have lots of graham crackers from the s'mores so we hulled out the boat with our graham crackers. Delicious!

Wintergreen Lifesavers Spark- Great American Backyard Campout June 25

Get Sparky For the Great American Backyard Campout

These fun candies appear to freshen your breath and taste great, right?  But, did you know that when you bite on a wint-o-green lifesaver in the dark, it makes a spark? Actually, all sugar produces a spark when chewed, but it’s invisible to the human eye. So, why can you see a spark when eating a wint-o-green lifesaver? The wintergreen oil turns ultraviolet light into blue green light, thus allowing us to see the spark!

So, tonight when you are outside, grab those wint-o-green mints and set off some sparks.