Campfire Tips

Skiatook Lake Campfire Safety Tips

Have you thought about a safer way to have a warm, crackling fire in your camping area? Seven tips for you and your parents to follow when you want a campfire. Always ask a parent to help you when around a fire because fires can be dangerous!

1. Dig a small pit away from overhanging branches. (Most parks have campfire pits ready and waiting for you.)
2. Circle the pit with rocks or be sure it already has a metal fire ring.
3. Clear a five-foot area around the pit down to the soil.
4. Keep a bucket of water and a shovel nearby.
5. Stack extra wood upwind and away from the fire.
6. After lighting, do not discard the match until it is cold.
7. Never leave a campfire unattended, not even for a minute.

Now you know what it takes to have a safe campfire.

S'Mores

Ingredients:
4 graham crackers, broken into halves
2 Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars (1.55 oz.) broken into halves
4 marshmallows

Directions:
Place half of a Hershey bar onto a graham cracker half.  Carefully toast a marshmallow over a grill or campfire.  After the marshmallow is toasted, place it on top of the chocolate bar half.  Top it with the second graham cracker half and gently press together.