Cecil the Caterpillar Campfire Song Badge | Scouts Badges

Cecil was a caterpillar, Cecil was my friend, when I last saw Cecil ♫♪ Come sing and be merry! With a campfire song design, this superb Scouts' badge is inspired by nights singing together at camp, the fire and song bringing warmth and unity to everyone. 

This woven blanket badge is perfect for everyone—not just Scouts! If you have never sung around a campfire, now is the time to try. As Scouts, we highly recommend it!

This campfire song badge is ideal for adding to camp blankets and ponchos to display at camp or adding to treasured badge collections.

Campfires have always been an important part of Scouts, whether outdoors or recreated fire-free indoor campfires. Good camp songs help everyone have fun and join in around the campfire, building camping spirit and making great memories.

We have 12 inspired campfire song badges in the range, so gather your campers, marshmallows, and voices because it’s time for a Scouts' classic campfire sing-along!

Cecil the Caterpillar Campfire Song
(There are several versions of the lyrics for this song; here is one version of them)

Cecil was a caterpillar, Cecil was my friend,
When I last saw Cecil he was "this big", (fingers about an inch apart)
So I said "Cecil what have you been doing?
And he said "I've eaten a whole cabbage leaf.

Cecil was a caterpillar, Cecil was my friend,
When I last saw Cecil he was "this big", (fingers further apart)
So I said "Cecil what have you been doing?
And he said "I've eaten a whole cabbage.

Repeat replacing a whole cabbage with the following
Each time your fingers should be moved further apart and your "what have you been doing" should get louder.

All the cabbages in the garden
All the cabbages in the field
All the cabbages in the county
All the cabbages in the country
All the cabbages in the world
All the cabbages in the universe

Finnish with the following verse

Cecil was a caterpillar, Cecil was my friend,
When I last saw Cecil he was "this big", (fingers about an inch apart)
So I said "Cecil what have you been doing?" (As loud as possible)
And he said "I've been sick."

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Scouts Campfire Songs

We’ve put together a list of brilliant campfire songs, from opening your campfire, to getting everyone dancing and laughing, to calming and focusing songs before bedtime.

Activity - Sing some campfire songs

Create a campfire and then sing some fun songs around it.