Colored Campfire

1. Group into 3 teams, by birthday month.
   • Group 1: January-April
   • Group 2: May August
   • Group 3: September-December
2. In teams assemble the structures of your campfires, and once they are ready, light them at the signal.
3. Together build a “STAR CAMPFIRE” , it is called a star because it is precisely
   characterized by having a star or asterisk shape.
4. Explanation of the materials to be searched. Types of firewood:
   1. Soft Wood: For fast, lively fires: cedar, willow, pine, cypress, maple,
      side,
      poplar. etc.
   2. Hard Wood: Produces a slow fire and leaves coals that conserve heat for a long time:
      guava, black wood, oak, birch, ash, beech, etc.
   3. Wick or Yesca: Light material that ignites quickly to start the fire. the
      Cortex
      from some plants it gives off fibers that, if dry, are excellent tinder. The bayberry of the
      volcanoes still
      green burns magnificently. Pine acorns, matchstick-thin twigs, twigs and chips
      firewood
      resinosa serve as tinder. Paper is an artificial tinder that works, but no good camper
      habituate to
      Your job. Dry leaves and dry grass are quicker to burn, but their fire rarely lasts long.
      enough to ignite the twigs. (see illustration)
5. Types of wood to use and look for: A planned fire saves labor. Look carefully at the
   important materials that guarantee a good fire, taking into account the following:
   1. Dry wood that breaks easily when bent.
   2. Dead branches from the bottom of a tree serve best in humid climates,
      look for the
      dry twigs found on the lower branches of trees and shrubs, for yesa.
   3. Sticks lying on the ground may be wet.
   4. Sticks that bend but do not break are green; they are useless, therefore do not
      collect from
      this type.
   5. Rotten wood is useless, it just makes smoke.
   6. Freshly chopped or split wood burns very well, as the interior part is more
      dry than the outside. In case you relight a fire, place the ashes.
   7. Soft wood, such as pine, is good for starting a fire; but the wood
      hard as oak gives a longer lasting fire and creates better embers”.

Directions for building a star campfire

1. Once you finish collecting the materials in the following order:
   1. Brush, pine needles, pieces of thin bark.
   2. thin sticks or chips the size of a finger.
   3. Thick branches, firm and dry wood (firewood).
2. Stand with your back to the wind, kneel down, take five thick branches and they should
   Arrange them in a star shape.
3. In the center of the star, they should place enough brush, pine needles and bark
   thin, leaving a space underneath so that the air can circulate and so that, when lighting the weeds
   with the match, the flame will not suffocate.
4. When the brush begins to burn, place thin sticks on the brush, and little by little
   add more thick branches, until they ignite the big woods.
5. When the fire is burning satisfactorily, start adding the logs forming
   always an asterisk.
6. When they light the fire, it is necessary for the firewood to burn well, blow with the cardboard
   for the flames to grow.
7. It’s showtime, sit around the campfires so you can appreciate the change
   of colors.
8. After you have observed the fire and its color changes, pause, breathe and
   think about what you are feeling.
   • What was it that caught your attention most about the colored fireworks? what does it do to them
     feel
     be near the fire?
   • What can you compare fire to in your daily life?
   • What attributes of fire could you say are also qualities of God?
   • How can you feel God through fire?
9. It is time to perfectly clean the place so that there is no trace left in that place
   there was a campfire. Ensuring environmental well-being and care for green areas.
10. The January-April team completely extinguish fires with water, and remove any
    rest of the garbage that they have generated or that they have found.
11. The May-August team begins to remove the remains of burned firewood that is not
    lit or hot and then bury it in a hole or cover it perfectly with moist soil.
12. The September-December team try to collect all the stones that have been left with
    ash, black, smoked, etc, to turn them or put them under the ground, in order to prevent them from
    there may be some heat left in them.
13. Together they must collect all the garbage in a plastic bag.