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Campfire Memories

A Girl Scout camping experience is filled with many adventures. Nature hikes, crafts, high rope adventure courses, and campfires. The campfire at a Girl Scout camp is a special place. It is a place of community where stories of the day are told and adventures of what’s to come are dreamed up. It is also a place where those memorable camp songs are sung and the first-time experience of cooking on an open fire begins.

We invite you to create your own campfire memories with these fun campfire recipes and songs!

Banana Boats Campfire Dessert

Ingredients

• 1 banana

• Chocolate chips or caramel chips (or both!)

• Mini marshmallows

Additional supplies

• Square of heavy-duty tin foil (large enough to wrap the banana

• Long-handled tongs (to remove wrapped banana after cooking from the campfire)

Prep Instructions

• Using a knife, slice a slit into the banana and peel into the banana, splitting the banana.

• Stuff the banana with chocolate chips, caramel chips, and mini marshmallows. (You decide your favorite combination.)

• Wrap the banana tightly with the tin foil.

Cooking instructions

• Place wrapped banana onto hot coals of the campfire and turn occasionally until chips and marshmallows melt.

• Unwrap, grab a spoon, and enjoy this sweet treat!

“Form Banana” Campfire Song

(Catch on song - The leader starts the song and the campers follow.)

Form banana, form, form banana, (left arm up overhead)

Form banana, form, form banana, (right arm up and meet left hand overhead)

Peel, banana, peel, peel banana, (left arm down)

Peel banana, peel, peel banana, (right arm down)

Go bananas, go, go bananas, (spin around and swing arms wildly)

Go bananas, go, go bananas! (spin around and swing arms wildly)

Form the corn, form, form the corn, (left arm up overhead)

Form the corn, form, form the corn, (right arm up meet left hand overhead)

Shuck the corn, shuck, shuck the corn, (left arm down, in a jerky motion)

Shuck the corn, shuck, shuck the corn, (right arm down, in a jerky motion)

Pop the corn, pop, pop the corn, (jump up and down)

Pop the corn, pop, pop, the corn! (jump up and down)

Form the orange, form, form the orange, (left arm up overhead)

Form the orange, form, form the orange, (right arm up overhead)

Peel the orange, peel, peel the orange, (left arm down)

Peel the orange, peel, peel the orange, (right arm down)

Squeeze the orange, squeeze, squeeze the orange, (singers hug themselves)

Squeeze the orange, squeeze, squeeze the orange! (singers hug themselves)