how do i make a campfire in minecraft without wasting hours?

worth knowing it doesn't drop itself when you mine it, you get a couple of charcoal back unless the tool has silk touch. shovel puts it out, flint and steel relights it, and a hay bale underneath makes the smoke go way higher, which is handy for finding your base.

stick top middle, stick coal stick across the middle, three logs on the bottom. no coal yet? smelt a log in a furnace and you get charcoal, works exactly the same. soul sand instead of coal gives you the blue soul campfire.