DIY Fire Starter (SO EASY and Just 2 Ingredients)

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If you're heading camping any time soon or building a wood fire at home, don't miss making a few of these DIY Fire Starter Kits before you head out! Just 2 ingredients you likely have on hand already.

DIY Fire Starter – Just 2 Ingredients!

Jamie here!

My family loves to camp, but my husband… not so much…So I often go on camping trips with a girlfriend instead.  To make our lives easier at campfire time as we get ready to start a fire, I prep these easy DIY Fire Starter Kits in advance!

I put one or two in the middle of my wood tee-pee fire pit and light the side of the cardboard egg carton.  These homemade fire starters provide long-lasting fuel for the fire that blazes quickly – long enough to ensure all the other wood catches well.

How do you make a Homemade Fire Starter? 

What you'll need:

• Dryer Lint
• Cardboard Egg Carton
• Left over wax from candles/melts (paraffin wax can work too)
• Wax Warmer or old pot

Directions:

1. Save up a few loads of dryer lint (I have a big Ziploc bag I keep in the laundry room and I transfer my dryer lint to it throughout the year JUST for these DIY Fire Starter Kits.)
2. Stuff an empty cardboard egg carton full of dryer lint
3. Pour melted wax over/into each opening
4. Cut up the egg cups into individual fire starters and place in a Ziploc bag
5. You're ready for fast and easy campfires!

If you don't have an egg carton, using paper towel or toilet paper tubes works just fine as well.  (Although it's a little trickier to add wax to these)

What is the best starter material for a fire? 

We prefer using these DIY fire starters, but any of the materials below can be helpful when trying to get your campfire started.

• Used dryer sheets
• Corn Chips/Tortilla Chips
• Old sheets of newspaper
• Shredded paper
• Pine cones
• Other Cardboard (not the plastic coated kind)

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DIY Fire Starter

Materials

• Dryer Lint
• Cardboard Egg Carton
• Left over wax from candles / melts Paraffin wax can work too
• Wax warmer or old pot

Instructions

• Save up a few loads of dryer lint (I have a big Ziploc bag I keep in the laundry room and I transfer my dryer lint to it throughout the year)
• Stuff an empty cardboard egg carton full of dryer lint
• Pour melted wax over/into each opening
• Cut up the egg cups into individual fire starters and place in a Ziploc bag
• You're ready for fast and easy campfires!

And if you're looking for more simple ways to make camping easy – check out my post on How To Make Walking Tacos for camping! 

If you aren't thrilled about having to make your own DIY Fire Starter, these pre-made starters are a decent price.  You might also want to take a peek at these 3 Easy Camping Meals Kids Will Love!