Spooky Campfire Stories For Kids

On beautiful camping nights, what works the most to bring pleasure to your children are stories. Some stories have some excitement, suspense and some fear. There are some novels and stories that will make your children happy but do not make them scream out of terror.

Many of us do not know a large number of entertaining stories for more beautiful nights of camping, today we have decided to give you many readable stories that you can tell to your children and your friends as well. 

So now set a campfire and get the marshmallows and tell these stories now. 

KID-FRIENDLY SPOOKY CAMPFIRE STORIES

Now, we are going to tell some great stories that you can tell. To narrate them to your children during family camping times to make children feel the fun of camping. 

Among the most important of these stories, I will tell you. 

DEM BONES

The story of DEM BONES is one of the most beautiful stories we heard in our childhood and narrate the frightening story of DEM BONES about Captain Kidd and the pirates who buried treasure off the coast of New Jersey.

This story is a little scary enough to make the kids look around as you tell the story, but not to the point of screaming loudly.

Many children love hearing the story of Dim BONES love the story and the protagonist. So, they ask their parents to repeat it every time they go camping. 

HAUNTED

If you are a fan of ghost stories suitable for your children. All you need is to know this story. It is a story about ghosts who make sweets and evaluate lively parties.

HAUNTED is the perfect and non-frightening story for your little ones, and this story begins when a new family moves into a haunted house, the ghosts fear them. It takes time to start the mutual interest and conversations between the new residents and the ghosts in this house.

Tell this story to your kids to get them excited and excited about camping wonderfully.

YELLOW RIBBON

It is one of the stories that will scare your children. But it will not make them scream. Don’t worry about this! the story is about a young couple, Jane and Johnny, but for some reason, Jane wears a yellow ribbon around her neck, and always avoids answering his question about this tape every time Johnny asks her to.

After their love story, Jane and Johnny marry and have children, and then Jane falls ill on her deathbed, telling Johnny that he can untie that yellow tape.

And you know what Johnny finds when you unzip the yellow tape. It will surprise you and your children. All you have to do is memorize this story to increase the suspense during family camping times.

THE SCARECROW

Do not worry dear, this story is not one of the stories that will sleep from your children’s eyes.

All you have to do is tell the story from a first-person perspective to make your kids feel a little spooked, leave them dazed, and have your kids judge whether this scarecrow was taken away by the storm or escaped on its own.

THE HAIRY TOE

It is one of the most strange stories, but it is interesting, and it will not frighten the children around you to the point of horror. This story revolves around an old woman who finds a hairy finger in the forest near the house where she lives and decides to eat this hairy finger.

The strange thing about this story and the question sitting around the campfire is why did this old man eat a toe, but this story will make your children enjoy the imaginative things of this story.

GHOST SHIP OF CAPTAIN SANDOVATE

What is wonderful in this story is it will teach your children some good manners and will not frighten the children too much, and it is another story of pirate lovers and wonderful journeys.

This story revolves around the ghost ship of Captain Sandovit, which was on board a group of sailors who rebelled against Captain Sandovit, and ended up depriving Captain Sandovit of water to death.

After some events, a strong storm sinks the ship. This ghost ship is sailing across the Atlantic Ocean and its sailors begging for a drink of water to save their lives.

THE HUNTING OF THE GREAT BEAR

This story is still one of the most beautiful stories, especially the stories of setting fire and camping for adults and children.

It is one of the famous stories and is one of the legends of the Iroquois, and the novel revolves around four brothers of legendary hunters who are working to track down a mysterious and large bear.

Eventually, the four hunters caught this giant bear, and after the bear was locked up, the four brothers discovered that this big bear was a magician and that they were in fact in the sky today.

THE SECRET TREASURE OF DONOVAN ROAD

One of the most wonderful stories of camping times, and it is considered one of the entertaining stories in camping times. The story revolves around a grandmother telling her granddaughter about a treasure hidden near her house.

This little girl decides to search for this hidden treasure, and after searching, this girl finds the box, but here the surprise happens. 

When you open the box, the girl finds that the box is full of marshmallow herbs, and to increase the excitement in this story, throw some herbs at the children around you.

FIFTY-CENT PIECE

One of the most unusual stories, this tale revolves around a couple travelling in a carriage, and at nightfall, the couple stop in a beautiful house and they are welcomed with tea and sweets. The couple leaves a fifty-cent coin in gratitude.

In a restaurant near the house, the couple tells their story to a stranger about their previous night. The man insists that the house has been burned down for years. The story ends with the man who has brought the couple back when the couple discovers that the house is really on fire.

BROOM TOWN CURSE

An exciting and scary but child-friendly story that you can tell at night around a campfire on a quiet night, this story tells of a settlement in the 1850s, and this settlement was full of suspected witches.

In a bloody battle of the Civil War, all the inhabitants of this settlement die. The spirits of murderous witches hunt down anyone who comes within 10 miles of the settlement.

Tell this story to increase the fun and suspense of the children and to attract them to camp. Meanwhile, Keep them away from scaring.

THE GHOST OF THE BLOODY FINGER

It’s a slightly scary story, the story of a bloody finger who approaches a man who spends the night in a haunted house alone, but the ending ends with a joke, as she de-stresses with a great laugh.

To increase the fun in telling the story, you can make some sounds by using an evil ghost voice. This will make the story more interesting and fun. 

COFFIN

The story goes back to one rainy night when a poor man was walking alone from his house in a deserted street next to the cemetery. When he passed the gates, this man heard the sound of blows on the ground, but he did not dare to turn behind him, and when he stopped and turned, he saw the coffin running behind him quickly.

And when you tell this story to your children, make some sounds such as the frightening Bump Bump Bump sound that comes from the coffin that follows the poor man. Do not worry, the story is not very scary for children.

THE LADY WITH THE EMERALD RING

It is one of the most beautiful stories that talk about greed, and this story revolves around the end of the twelfth century, of a woman believed to have died. Her deputy stole her emerald ring, but a ghost appears in this story, which the woman’s deputy believes that she has become on him, and the story ends with A happy ending for some of the characters.

Room for One More

It is a short story that you can tell to children when sitting around a campfire. The story revolves around a woman who is frightened when she bumps into a strange man driving his car. 

This story is based on a true story that happened in Ireland, but you can hide this from your children so that they do not panic.

The Cursed Doll

The story of scary dolls is one of the stories that everyone loves to hear, especially in camping times. The story revolves around a little girl who gets a new doll, yet what will happen after she gets the doll? It will be a little terrifying.

Magic Castle

The story of Magic Castle is a scary story at the beginning and funny at the same time. The events revolve around a magical castle that no one will visit in the middle of the night, except for one character, the hero character, but the end of this story is silly and funny. You can tell it to your children while camping.

The Purple Gorilla

One of the beautiful stories that develop some beautiful habits in children, but it contains some terrifying things, and such stories are sweet on winter camping nights around the campfire. You must complete the story for your children to the end, and this story allows children to know that some scary monsters are not so bad.

Tommy Knockers

You may think that this story is a science fiction story, but it is a depicting story of Tommy Knockers, a miner in California, and that is not a bad thing. In fact, ghosts and not humans, which may give children some chills from this wonderful story. The story becomes more interesting with time the story to the end. 

Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping

The story of the frightened squirrel in the camp. It is an ideal story for youngsters, as it teaches them the joy of going out camping, especially with family and friends. This story is a little scary, but it has an interesting and funny ending.

Chipmunk and Bear

It is a legendary story. Your children will love it very much, and it revolves around a squirrel and a bear friend who challenge each other, where the squirrel challenges the bear to prevent the sun from rising. When the bear fails to criticize the smaller animal, some people believe that this story is the reason for the stripes on the squirrel. This story is considered fun Interesting for young children during camping times.

Vinder Viper

In this tale, the man who moves to his great-uncle’s house feels several repeated threats, from a creature that calls himself Vinder Viper. This story, many interesting and exciting things, and this story unleashes the creativity of children. Can your children guess the end of this story?

The Broom Town Curse

The Broom Town Curse is a scary and fun story at the same time. You can tell your children when they are around the fire, and to increase the suspense, you can adapt the story according to your location and use the tools you have, which will make this story more terrifying and interesting for children.