Campfire Planning Sheet
PROMOTE PARTICIPATION,
FUN & FRIENDSHIP
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June ___, 2013 |
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Campfire Leader: |
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Campfire Theme: |
Summer Fun! |
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Time Allowed: |
60 minutes |
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Official Opening: |
Dreaming of Summer (Poem by Kenn Nesbitt) |
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Campfire |
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In the Good Old Summertime |
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Well Known Song: |
If All the Raindrops |
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Round Part Songs: |
Cuckoo (3-Part Round) |
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White Coral Bells (4-Part Round) |
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Part Song: |
Merry-Go-Round (4-Part Song) |
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Fun Songs: |
Take Me Out to the Ball Game |
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Bicycle Built for Two |
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Action Songs: |
The Swimming Hole |
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The Frogs (4-Part Round) |
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Campfire Game: |
Going on a Picnic |
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Yell: |
Itchy Flea |
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Rousing Song: |
Hump De Dump |
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Quieter Songs: |
On the Loose |
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Reflection: |
Quietly |
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Vespers & Taps: |
Bed Is Too Small |
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Taps |
Dreaming of Summer – Kenn Nesbitt
I’m dreaming of warm sandy beaches.
I’m dreaming of days by the pool.
I’m dreaming of fun in the afternoon sun,
And week after week of no school.
I’m thinking of swim suits and sprinklers,
Imagining lemonade stands.
I’m lost in a daydream of squirt guns and
ice cream
And plenty of time on my hands.
I’m picturing baseball and hot dogs,
Envisioning games at the park,
And how it stays light until late every night,
And seems like it never gets dark.
I long to ride skateboards and scooters.
I want to wear t-shirts and shorts.
I’d go for a hike or I’d ride on my
bike,
Or play lots of summertime sports.
My revery turns to a yearning
To draw on the driveway with chalk.
It’s really a bummer to daydream of summer
While shoveling snow from the walk.
Gather round the fire tonight, Ho-la hi,
Ho-la ho.
Let us sing with all our might, Ho-la, hi-la
ho.
Chorus:
How we remember those happy days
Ho-la hi, ho-la ho,
Spent in the light of a campfire blaze
Ho-la hi-la ho.
First a round and then a
song, Ho-la hi, Ho-la ho.
Then some yells though not too long, Ho-la
hi-la ho.
Round the world our campfires
burn, Ho-la hi, Ho-la ho.
While our thoughts to B-P turn, Ho-la hi-la
ho.
In the Good Old Summertime
In
the good old summertime, in the good old summertime
Strolling
through the shady lane with your baby mine
You
hold her hand and she holds yours and that’s a very good sign
That
she’s your tootsie wootsie in the good old summertime
If all of the raindrops were lemon drops and
gum drops,
Oh, what a world this would be!
I'd stand outside with my mouth open wide,
goin'
Ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah,
If all of the raindrops were lemon drops and
gum drops,
Oh, what a world this would be!
If all of the moonbeams, were popsicles
and ice cream
Oh, what a world this would be!
I'd stand outside with my mouth open wide,
goin'
Ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah, ah ah ah,
If all of the moonbeams, were popsicles and
ice cream
Oh, what a world this would be!
Cuckoo (3-Part Round) The lovely song of the birds!
'Twas
on a summer's evening,
I
walked the forest through
When
suddenly I heard it,
A
sweet and low cuckoo
Cuckoo,
cuckoo,
Cuckoo,
cuckoo cuckoo
Cuckoo,
cuckoo,
Cuckoo,
cuckoo cuckoo
Mister
Moon, Mister Moon you're out too soon,
The
sun is still in the sky.
Go
back to bed and cover up your head
And
wait 'till the night draws nigh.
White coral bells upon a slender stalk
Lily of the valley deck my garden walk
Oh, don't you wish that you could hear them
ring
That will only happen when the fairies sing
Oom-pah-pah (Four
times, then add #2)
(This is the engine running the
carousel)
Oom-sss-sss (Four
times, then add #3)
(This is the steam from the engine)
Oom-tiddle-dee-dee (Four
times, then add #4)
(These are the penny whistles)
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da.
(This is the organ)
(Groups are phased out in reverse
order)
(Divide your group into sections; each one takes a different
verse. Imagine you're building up the sounds of one of those old-fashion steam driven carousels!)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Summertime fun, baseball,
peanuts and lemonade!
Take me out to the ball game
Take me out with the crowe
Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks
I don’t care if I never get back
Let me root, root, root
For the home team
If they don’t win it’s a shame
For it’s one,
Two,
Three strikes you’re out
At the old ball game.
All I need is just one chance
I could hit a home run
There isn’t anyone else like me
Maybe I’ll go down in history
And it’s root, root, root
For the home team
Here comes fortune and fame
‘Cause I know
That
I’ll be a star
At the old ball game.
Swimming, swimming (swimming strokes)
in the swimming hole (circle with hands)
When days are hot (wipe brow)
when days are cold (hug yourself)
in the swimming hole (circle with hands)
Breast stroke, side stroke, fancy diving too... (Imitate side, breast strokes, diving)
Don't you wish you (shake finger)
never had anything else to do…BUT!
Repeat
the song, each time leaving out one phrase, doing only the actions.
End
the song with the word “BUT!”
Hear
the lively song of the frogs in yonder pond,
Crick,
crick, crickety crick, BARRRUMMP!
Sit everyone in a circle.
Start the story by saying, "I am going on a picnic. You can come too, if I decide I like what you're going to bring." Then
give an example of something that can come on a picnic. The secret is that whatever you bring on the picnic must start with
the same letter as your first name (or, if you want to make it REALLY hard, use your
last name!)
For example (a girl
named Colleen): "I am going on a picnic, and I will bring a Cake." (she would be allowed to come).
(A girl named Erica):
"I am going on a picnic, and I will bring a can of Pop." (She would not be allowed
to come).
SECRET: Do not tell the girls that the item must start with the same letter as their first name.
Flea.
Flea fly.
Flea fly mosquito.
Oh, no no no more mosquitoes.
Itchy itchy, scratchy
scratchy, oh, I got one down my backy.
Beat that big bad bug
with the bug spray.
SSSSSSsssssssssss!
Hump dee dump
Hump
hump dee dud-dy dud-dy
Hump
dee dump
Hump
hump dee dud-dy dud-dy
Insert
nursery rhyme to rhythm:
Mary
had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow
And
everywhere that Mary went....
(Interruption,
complete with hip thrust)
UH!
Ain't that funky now?
On the Loose – Judith Keller Awwwwww summer magic!
Have you ever watched a sunrise turn the sky completely red?
Have you slept beneath the moon and stars a pine grove for your bed?
Do you sit and talk with friends though not a word is ever said?
Then you’re like me and you’ve been on the loose.
Chorus:
On the loose to climb a mountain,
On the loose where I am free,
On the loose to live my life the way I think my life should be.
For I’ve only got a moment and the whole world yet to see,
I’ll be looking for tomorrow on the loose.
There’s a trail that I’ll be hiking, just to see where it might go
Many places yet to visit, many people yet to know.
For in following my dreams, I will live and I will grow.
In a world that’s waiting out there on the loose.
So in search of love and laughter, I am travelling ‘cross this land.
Never sure of where I’m going, for I haven’t any plans.
And in time when you are ready, come and join me, take my hand.
And together we’ll share life out on the loose.
Quietly – Sue Stevens Summer night reflection.
Quietly
in the morning, Quietly when dawn is near,
Quietly
in the sunrise, Quietly God is there.
Chorus:
Listen for God in quietness, Listen and you may hear.
Listen
for God in stillness, Listen for God is there.
Quietly
in the springtime, Quietly when leave appear,
Quietly
in the greenness, Quietly God is there.
Quietly
in the evening, Quietly when stars appear,
Quietly
in the stillness, Quietly God is there.
Quietly
we are gathered, Quietly for night is near,
Quietly
close beside us, Quietly God is there.
Bed is too small for my tiredness
Bring me a hilltop with trees
Tuck a cloud up under my chin
Lord, blow the moon out, please
Rock me to sleep in a cradle of dreams
Sing me a lullaby of leaves
Tuck a cloud up under my chin
Lord, blow the moon out please.
Day is done
Gone the sun
From the lake,
From the hills,
From the sky,
All is well
Safely rest
God is nigh.