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Description

Talk about fairtrade whilst making chocolate filled bananas inside or on a camp fire

Resources

 fairly traded bananas
 fairly traded chocolate or chocolate buttons
 table knives
 foil
 tongs
 computer with internet access or downloaded video (optional)

https://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/resource/pablo-the-super-banana/

vimeo.com/153120034

Instructions

1 Introduce the activity and show the Beavers the ingredients for the activity. Can the Beavers tell that the ingredients
are fairly traded? Do they know what this means? To help them identify with the topic, you could ask them what
‘fair’ means to them, and if anything unfair has happened to them and how it made them feel.
2 You could show Beavers the Pablo the Super Banana video from the Fairtrade Foundation, available to view and
download at vimeo.com/153120034.
3 Give each Beaver a banana. Ask them to place it on its side and use a table knife to cut a slit in the side that is facing
up. Alternatively, you could prepare the bananas beforehand.
4 Ask Beavers to carefully fill their banana with chocolate, and then wrap it in foil, making sure they remember which
is the right way up.
5 Use tongs to place the bananas in the embers of a campfire for two to five minutes. You could also place them on a
grill above the fire, or use an oven.
6 When the chocolate is melted, remove the bananas and leave them for a few minutes to cool before eating. During
this, ask the Beavers what they remember about fair trade.

Can give an activity booklet to take home.

Tags

• back woods cooking
• backwoods Cooking
• banana
• chocolate
• cook
• cook on a fire
• fair trade
• fairtrade logo
• Global issues

Badge Links

• Camp Craft - Cook on fire
• Cook - Cook
• Global Issues - Fairtrade