It was a cold night around the campfire. It was a good night to talk about summer. Dave told the kids that summer was his favorite time of the year. Summer is exciting because everything in nature is growing toward maturity. Plants that poke through the dead leaves on the ground in the spring will […]
Category: Stories
7. Nature Hike – Spring
The kids could hardly wait for the next campfire story because it was going to be about taking a nature hike in the spring. Spring is an exciting time, and the kids want to hear what happens in the woods in the spring. They were not disappointed! Dave put another log on the fire, then […]
6. Nature Hike – Winter
The next time the kids came to Dave’s campfire, it was a cold night. The kids were shivering when they came to the campfire, and they were glad to get warm. Dave said that the cold weather was good because tonight they were going to talk about taking a nature hike in the winter. Hiking […]
4. Nature Hike – Fall
One night around the fire, Dave told the kids that he was going to tell them about nature hikes. The kids rolled their eyes and groaned! Nature hikes sounded boring to them. Dave told them that they were wrong, nature hikes can be very interesting. When a person takes a walk through the woods, they […]
4. Crafts
One night when the kids came to Dave’s campfire, they found that he was taking small pieces of sticks and weaving string around them so that they were in the shape of a cross. They asked Dave what he was doing, and he said that he was making cross necklaces to give to some of […]
3. Bike Trip
The next time the kids came to Dave’s campfire, he was ready with another story. This time the story was about a time when they went on a bike trip to a campground by a lake. The trip should have been about 42 miles long, but it did not turn out that way! They thought […]
2. Archery
A few nights later, the kids looked across the river and saw Dave’s campfire again. So, they got their rowboat and crossed the river so that they could hear another campfire story from Dave. Dave welcomed the kids and asked them if they knew what archery was. One of the kids answered and said that […]
1. Canoeing at Camp
A group of kids lived across the river from a small Christian Camp. They have never been to the camp, but were curious about what happens at the camp, and curious about God. One night they saw a campfire in the woods at the edge of the camp. They decided to go and investigate the […]
9. The Professor’s Story
There were no more stories written by the kids, but the kids begged the Professor to write a story about his pinewood derby car. So, the Professor thought of a great adventure story and he wrote it down so that he could read it to the kids. The Professor had all the kids sit down […]
8. Hide & Seek – Pinewood Derby Style – Part 2
Last week we heard the story of how the two kids played hide & seek in their pinewood derby cars. The boy went first and hid on top of the hill by the town’s water tower. Now it was the girl’s turn to hide. They had agreed to the following rules for their game: Before […]