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What to do when bored at home
Remember the good old days when your family would get out the candles and some playing cards and wait for the power to come back on?
Those days seem to have gone away.
We lost power at my house the other day and my kids almost had a meltdown.
They both rely on their laptops to create YouTube videos.*
They were pretty much lost without their electronics.
Since it was hot in the house without the air conditioner, we went outside on the porch.
I began to tell a campfire story with our little Dorcy Lantern*(affiliate link) for light. We have had this little light for years and it works great! We even used it as a nightlight while the power was still out.
My mom taught me how to tell campfire stories.
When we went camping, we would sit around the campfire and someone would begin a story.
Then, the story starter would pick another person to continue with the story.
So in my case, I started the story and turned to my older daughter and said, "Janiece's turn!"
Since she is a teenager and we haven't done a campfire story in years, she was caught off guard when I tagged her to continue the story.
It didn't take her long to add to my story and then tag her younger sister, Janelle.
Janelle needed a little encouragement to continue the story but quickly thought of ideas and tagged me to finish the story.
It was so much fun!
Did you know that telling campfire stories is how The Underground Toy Society Helps Ellie Elephant*(affiliate link) came to be?
I had recently published The Underground Toy Society Helps Beary Bear*(affiliate link) which is a story about Janelle losing her favorite teddy bear.
So naturally I had it in the back of my mind to write a story about Janiece's favorite toy, Ellie Elephant.
On one camping trip, the kids didn't want to take turns telling campfire stories, so I came up with the entire story of Ellie's adventure.
I wrote it down when we got home and the girls helped me with the illustrations.
Coming up with stories on the spot can be tough for some people, especially kids.
That's why I created some Roll-A-Story Dice Games.*
There are 36 different characters, 36 different conflicts, and 36 different settings in the set.
So anytime your kids are bored at home you can pull out your lantern and story dice and tell campfire stories!
It's so much fun and you will create family memories to last a lifetime!
Who knows, maybe you'll even publish some of your stories!
Let us know if you will write any campfire stories in the comments below!
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