I decided to start a new family tradition in celebration of our son’s last day of school… a campfire family night. What better way could you end your school year than a fun night of being together over toasted foods!
We have had this fire pit for years, but have not attempted any cooking on it until now. Sitting by this little fire pit is one of my favorite things about the summer though and it gets a lot of use in the evenings at our house!
I had been holding onto a gift card for Target from one of their prescription gift card deals. This gave us the money to put towards our supplies for our fun night together.
We did not have any roasting forks, but found them in the camping supplies at Walmart along with a log that would burn for three hours. If you have these things though, no investment is needed other than food!
This family night, of course, requires a lot of supervision. The kids had a wonderful time though roasting their hot dogs over the fire. Some of our hot dogs were toastier than others, but the kids thought it still tasted great.
No meal on the campfire would be complete though without the s’mores. They couldn’t wait to get through the first portion of the meal so that we could snack on these. Perfectly toasted marshmallows sandwiched between graham crackers & chocolate, made for the best gooey snack ever.
It was such a fantastic night for all of us and a fun night off of cooking for me. We have decided to make this a yearly tradition because it was such a wonderful way to start our summer together.
Do you have any end-of-school traditions with your children? I would love hear what you do to celebrate this kick-off to summer!
Great idea. I’m sure you ALL enjoyed it.
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How fun!
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What fun and a wonderful celebration too! Blessings!
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We always get ice cream on the last day of school (with coupons, of course!)
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How funny, we just had a campfire dinner last week! It was tons of fun, and our two-year-old was able to learn a bit about fires and fire safety as well.
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We got out for ice cream on the first and last day of school. This way we can sit together and talk about the day.
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We’ve just started doing these campfire nights at our house (we got a pit for Christmas). It’s the most fun!
I had no idea you could even buy those nifty forks for fire roasting. We always scan the area for long sticks.
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We tried really hard to balance “summer is starting” and “school is out”….keeping away from THANK GOODNESS THAT IS OVER!!! more celebrating the accomplishments of the year and the things they have learned.
Your is a great idea. God Bless, Pam
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That’s a great idea! We have the youth group over every year on the last day of school.
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That looks super fun. Our 2-year-old daughter would absolutely love that. Especially the S'mores part.
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What a wonderful tradition! Your children will always think of it when they smell a camp fire. Be careful of cooking over those 3 hour logs that you buy. They are made out of chemicals that go into your food. Better to use natural wood.
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Ummm… I realize this is an old post – but I must warn you – you cannot use those fire logs for cooking food. Read the label – they are toxic!
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