First things first - paint the outside of your paper bowls completely black. Set them aside to let the dry completely.

Once dry - it's time for the tissue paper "fire" element inside the grill. In the inside of one paper bowl, lay/glue some black tissue paper to give the look of the inside of the grill {you could also paint this step instead but I liked the thought of throwing in another craft medium}

Now tear/cut some yellow/red tissue paper squares and bunch/twist them to look like flames. Glue those inside the "grill."

Next get the glue gun hot and ready.

Cut your paper straws in half. Make sure they are all the same length.

Turn the paper bowl that you just put tissue paper "flames" inside, upside down. Glue the paper straw "legs" to the bottom of the paper bowl. Make sure they are secure in place. This may take 5-10 minutes for it to dry completely.

While those are drying in place, go ahead and hot glue your "marshmallow" aka a cotton ball to the popsicle stick for a smores element. Set that aside.

Finally - take a small ball of black tissue paper and hot glue it to the other paper bowl for a decorative look on the "lid" of the grill.

Now you are ready to display/play with it! The lid goes on top of the piece with the paper straws/tissue paper flames and kids can hold the popsicle stick as they pretend to make smores over the fire. You can also make a spatula out of a popsicle stick which I think would be an awesome element too! {which was an afterthought when I took these pictures for the blog - go figure!}