From <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Thu Apr 9 08:50:11 1998 Return-Path: <@tcuavm.is.tcu.edu:owner-scouts-l@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU> Received: from tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (TCUAVM.IS.TCU.EDU [138.237.128.148]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with SMTP id IAA22768 for ; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 08:50:11 -0400 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by tcuavm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3231; Thu, 09 Apr 98 07:41:34 CDT Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8405; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:39:22 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 8394 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:38:21 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 8393; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:38:15 -0500 Approved-By: EIDSON@TCUBVM Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7347; Thu, 9 Apr 1998 04:54:41 -0500 Received: from ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Thu, 09 Apr 98 04:54:37 CDT Received: from mail.enter.net (mail.enter.net) by ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU (PMDF V5.0-5 #20456) id <01IVNIZPNVOG00FHZU@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU> for scouts-l@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU; Thu, 09 Apr 1998 04:54:21 -0600 (CST) Received: from beth-guth (m48flex-1-1.enter.net [204.170.16.59]) by mail.enter.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA14157 for ; Wed, 08 Apr 1998 22:36:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: bethguth@mail.enter.net MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Content-type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980408222940.008f5400@mail.enter.net> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:29:40 -0400 Reply-To: Beth Guth Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: Beth Guth Subject: Re: Indoor campfire Pack meeting X-To: scouts-l@tcu.edu To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L In-Reply-To: <9804088920.AA892044302@mmacmail.jccbi.gov> Status: RO X-Status: One indoor campfire I was at had a small bird bath device that made a trickling sound in a small childrens wading pool. The kids didn't mess with it too much. They had sleeping bags to sit on and flashlights too. One of those soothing back to nature recordings of crickets would be icing on the cake! Alternative to the trickling water would be a recording of trickling water. A flashlight under a metal colander to make stars on the ceiling would be good. I thought of doing an indoor campfire then I thought, why not do the real thing? I am just waiting to put my garden in two weeks later! Ah the sacrifices for cub scouts. P.S. our indoor campfire "device" is awesome. The father used a coarse material like you might lay down as a black barrier in your garden but it has a fiber-glassy quality. He is in construction. Because it is black you don't see the light. The light source is a fluroescent (sp?) bulb screwed into a porcelain (sp?) base that is screwed to a 3/4 plywood painted brown with an orange circle in the center. I got the materials at Sears for about $20.00 The sticks were arranged teepee style. He used black drywall screws to fasten them together. You can stand 6 feet away from this and it looks realistic. At the Blue and Gold the little kids (siblings younger than tiger) stood reverently around it. No one touched it or messed with it (so atypical of my boys). If anyone needs help with this I can email a photo or throw one up on a web page. I am so-o-o-o proud of ours and the Dad I am going to get a brass nameplate on it so future generations will know who made it. At 08:56 AM 4/8/98 -0600, you wrote: >Hi Pam > >This is a great idea. Boys love campfires. To add realism, don't set up any >chairs. Have the boys sit on the floor just like a real campfire and ask >the parents bring lawn chairs or blankets. You need to have something that >prevents the excited Scouts from scooting up so close that you don't have >room for your program. I put a few small fireplace logs on the ground >(floor) that sets a boundary. I do this at real campfires for safety as >well. Turn the lights down. We turn on a couple of electric lanterns. One >time I brought a couple bags of marshmallows and let the Scouts pass them >around. They can't roast them but it was still fun and sets the mood a >little more. Wear what you would normally wear outside like hiking boots, >light jacket and shorts. Rub your hands together over the fire to get them >warm. > >Campfires are the best. I wish I could be there. > >Barry Runnels >Troop 386 >Edmond OK > >