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Homemade Fire Starters with a 10+ Minute Burn Time!

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Make a homemade firestarter by following along with this DIY project! All you need are three simple ingredients that you'll find in your house and in the woods. When made with good quality ingredients these firestarters resist wind, light rain, and have over a 10-minute burn time!
Firestarter supplies:
- 1 used up candle with leftover wax or paraffin wax chips from any craft store
- 1 empty egg carton
- A few handfuls of dry wood shavings. You can make these with a knife, chainsaw, or even purchase animal bedding chips if you don't have any wood handy
How to make the homemade fire starters:
1. Melt wax
2. Make or gather wood shavings
3. Arrange into egg carton in small balls
4. Pour melted wax on top ( I use only about 1/4" of wax per egg cup)
5. Let cool on a hard surface
6. Cut and store for your adventures!
To keep these fire starters good for as long as possible store them in a plastic bag so that the egg carton doesn't absorb moisture from the environment.
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@willownoel5017 3 года назад

People who burn a lot of candles always wondering what to do with all those remnants could use this idea instead of throwing them away.

@evanfoulds8807 2 года назад

Even better is dryer lint

@JJamiah 5 месяцев назад

We Don’t throw them away. We melt them down and make about 12 new candles. Lint being reused is great!

@mikebowen3315 2 года назад

If you don't feel like shaving wood use hamster bedding. It's made out of wood shavings and chips. You can also use a candle warmer to melt the wax.

@bodiewest9202 2 года назад

Even better is sawdust because it’s free if you know someone who is a woodworker

@slyfox4564 Год назад

or mix sawdust/ chips and dryer lint

@jamescooper2618 Год назад

More fun to melt the wax by the camp fire! The pine bedding is a good idea though!

@JJamiah 5 месяцев назад

Shredded paper, shreds of tinder, shred of fat wood, lint and wax

@nickprague1481 3 года назад

Great video. I do the same thing with chain saw chips. Works better than any commercial fire starter.

@davidlewis9572 3 года назад

I make mine from Scentsy wax , cotton balls , wood shavings and petroleum jelly . Smear petroleum jelly on newspaper, roll cotton balls n wax n wood shavings up like 4 inch burrito...store in small zip baggie ...burns for 10 plus minutes . Premodern store in pack . Crayons work too

@ronaldrose7593 3 года назад

Hello my outdoors friend thank you for sharing those informative fire starting tips. The very best to you stay healthy out there. 🤗

@asmith7876 3 года назад

Learned something similar with sawdust and wax, paper egg cartons in the early 70's in Boy Scouts and it's obviously much older than that. They work GREAT! You can research how to add material so that a fire steel will ignite them. I just use a match, but I've made some that will burn an easy 20 minutes, will guarantee a fire no matter how wet the wood. Fun video!

@wordman2537 2 года назад

I just dip jumbo cotton balls into melted wax and form them into cubes. Cut them open or use your fingernails to open it and a firesteel will work great. You can also just put a flame to it and it'll eventually go up.

@kstaffidaho4637 3 года назад

This looks like a fun weekend project!

@lar7905 2 года назад

The crackling fire in the background as you prepared the "recipe" was great to hear. And the music and Dusty were a great addition. Greetings from the Northeast , New Hampshire.

@scottnorvell2955 8 месяцев назад

Brilliant!

@robinsquires5621 2 года назад

Excellent video!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Cheers from Newfoundland Canada 🇨🇦

@colinremmer2417 3 года назад

Good idea. My wife has just got some Yankee Candles for her birthday. I'm going to pinch one of them to make some

@williamlee7482 3 года назад

I get my emergency candles from the dollar store and use the melted stubs with dryer lint in an old egg carton then cut them out and light them and they work good

@MarkDa1Da 3 года назад

I make fire starter mosquito repellent candles. Might as well have a somewhat multiple purpose candle

@rockytopwrangler2069 6 месяцев назад

... great idea .... citronella infused ...

@campingchrisuk1675 3 года назад

Inspirational. People like you are the reason I've just started.

@JGilly-cp1tk 2 года назад

Do you know any forest ownersin UK that would allow me to live there I would be respectful of their land it's just so once I have my equipment I know where to go

@SirPraiseSun Месяц назад

@Annie-zf7xi 3 года назад

Great video! Will be making them today.😀

@survivortechharold6575 3 года назад

better by the dozen. Really like seeing a pretty young woman enjoying the outdoors and having skills and knowledge about non gadget things. In summer try citronella candle wax

@stancetv2005 Год назад

The fur pup 😍

@pamelaflesher1886 Год назад

Thanks for the idea.

@richardp6461 3 года назад

Way to go Callie great tip. I'm going to try that. Thanks!! Hello Dusty!!

@callie_waldschmidt 3 года назад

Thanks Richard! I’ll tell Dusty you said Hi!

@elund408 3 года назад

I have always used dryer lint in place of the shavings, sawdust also works.

@richard2689a 3 года назад

Pencil sharper shavings make a much more compact version

@ColoradoHiker 3 года назад

I tear up the top of the egg carton and fill the spaces with that. No need to go looking for other material.

@havemercy4345 2 года назад

True dat.

@sandyharris4666 2 года назад

Dryer lint is plastic, flame retardants, dyes, etc that would not be good to be burning

@brenttesterman1198 3 года назад

Oh yeah, that was very cool how you made Dusty disappear halfway through the video! Right on.

@ronaldrose7593 6 месяцев назад

Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this brilliant outdoors tip. Stay safe and healthy out there. 😊

@timothybender7383 Год назад

Awesome lesson!

@joshmoore6165 11 месяцев назад

Looks like a cool place to live.

@RiversideHomesteadLife 2 года назад

We have great Fire starter videos too!!! Great job on the homemade fire starters 🙌🏽

@rob45x 2 года назад

That's a pretty awesome knife. Proper bush craft knife. Very nice.

@rockytopwrangler2069 6 месяцев назад

.... Great informative video ....... Nothing better than spending time in the woods with your dog .... Stay Safe ..

@ColoradoHiker 3 года назад

Instead of cutting wood shavings I just take the top of the carboard egg carton you tear off and tear it into strips. Then fill the individual spaces with that. I use crisco instead of wax. I wrap one in aluminum foil (so it doesn't make a mess) and leave it in my vehicle in case of emergency.

@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234 3 года назад

Very nice, I have lots of wood chips and shavings from my spoon making. I will make a bunch up. Thanks and take care.

@davidjohnston5084 3 года назад

Good video thanks for ur fire starters in woods . I use jute twine as my fire starters always w little wax on it but nice film thank u so much. God bless u.

@herbsmith6871 3 года назад

Very cool 🤠 great info!

@samuelsiedschlag4425 3 года назад

My older brother uses something like that for his wood stoves at his farm. Very nice...

@megansherman3226 3 года назад

Try quality paper towel half sheet rolled up an dipped in wax but leave an inch at the top to ignite. Most burn times are 15 minutes. Dip a few times.

@SniffBackBetter 2 года назад

A long time ago I once made the mistake of trying to melt the remains of a jar candle directly over a flame. You can probably guess what happened lol Also the dog at 4:35 is hilarious and then later you can see him creeping back in wondering about getting at whatever is in that fireplace.

@wayne-lk3be 2 года назад

great idea will try this in my area of WA

@GrumpyGrunt 3 года назад

Dusty: *You gonna eat that?* 😂 Good to see ya out and filming, Cal. Stay well.

@palbal 3 года назад

Greetings from Norway. Good idea, also nice to be able to do it while outside:-).

@anderfu8273 Год назад

The crackling of the fire is nice 😊.

@patriotintraining3822 2 года назад

Thanks for the great idea.

@bigwill9421 2 года назад

AWESOME Ideas!!!

@scottydouglass1892 Год назад

We did this with the cub scouts. When the boys got older and were cold camping I saw the zip lock bags come out of the back packs. We used dryer lint as well as cedar shavings I had for my chickens. if you don't put them in bags, your get home bag will get messy in the summer when they melt. I also live in the pacific northwet.

@miguelarivera 2 года назад

Hey Callie do some videos on the different types of camp fires, start with the Swedish torch method! I will be making the wax fire starter, thanks for cool idea! Mike R from California

@scienceuser99 3 года назад

You are such an amazing person. Keep surviving friend

@quetzalt.v.1093 3 года назад

Excellent tip and idea thanks or sharing, and greetings from this small rural town somewhere in Mexico!

@lanedexter6303 Год назад

Works well. We use sawdust and candlewax, but wax on dryer lint works as well. Just get the wax hot enough, and use enough.👍

@tristanvarsovia 3 года назад

Condor Bushlore, the same knife I use for my outdoor adventures.

@SurronSlouch 3 года назад

Napalm also works pretty good 😁

@QuantumPyrite_88.9 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for your video. All the best and Happy Holidays.

@stevecarlsonyoutubechannel9251 2 года назад

Love your channel

@funkyjones 3 года назад

Pretty cool....and gosh, you're adorable.

@amandahugginkiss61 3 года назад

I like this girl. I’m subbed!

@amandahugginkiss61 3 года назад

Also, that’s a super-cute hat.

@BigCheese85 Год назад

Best video yet. Nice

@mikeykid2470 Год назад

Indiana is good for that lol cool n fun to go in the woods

@timothyedmiston8756 3 года назад

Cool idea

@whitesalmon0925 3 года назад

Awesome vid! I love it

@IndianHemlock 3 года назад

Nice video, great fire starter idea !!

@ARTFOSALEbyctd Год назад

Love it❤

@muzicgr8 9 месяцев назад

Awesome, i liked and subbed, Its great to see a woman who knows how to survive in the woods, You go girl

@RiversideHomesteadLife 2 года назад

Our homestead Channel started following you as well 😊🔥 #teamPNW lol

@stuspring6301 2 года назад

Great video!!

@davidferrell1876 5 месяцев назад

You are awesome and good looking! Thank you.

@acatnamedscoop7718 3 года назад

i like how that brown and white wolf snuck up on you smelled the candle fire starters n left

@thatjonguy103 Год назад

Seeing this I do wonder if another version might work as well or better. That would be instead of putting the shavings in an egg carton, instead grouping them up into a small bundle and tying them with a natural fiber string and dipping them into the wax. It might be a little less messy as they could be set on foil, and the ends would be more spread out, but the center would be more concentrated for when the fire got going more, in theory. Very neat idea though!

@prepperboss 9 месяцев назад

Oh, the expert.

@stevenvicino8687 2 года назад

Haven't back-packed in years since my friend died but damn. This is the sort of stuff he and I would have bent over backwards to enjoy.

@robertgraves3215 3 года назад

Here's a more petroleum free alternative (unless it's beezwax its petroleum. ) Get some pine fatwood, make shavings and sawdust from that. Get some pine pitch , melt that down. mash all that into some frazzled jute twine, (dollar store) which will also take a spark if you fray it up around the edges. Ignite, then take the small fatwood slivers and put on top. Total jet. What sucks about parrafin is breathing it in. You could also melt it all into your paper egg carton thingies.

@ColoradoHiker 3 года назад

Or use crisco.

@lazybeaver Год назад

Good video. Pine cones work good too. But they can be a little hard to handle. I just had a great idea. You live in the Pacific NW use a giant pine cone from a redwood. 👍

@dannyhunter607 2 года назад

this is why i have 2 different wood chisels in my bag at all times. as someone who also lives in the pnw, it's hard to find dry wood that will start a fire easily. hence why you chisel a bunch of shavings off and put them to the side, continue shaving until you get a nice pile, these shavings won't be as wet as the exposed wood that you first shaved off. use the "dry" shavings as your first starter and use the first shaving as your buffering wood. then add small twigs and branches as it grows.

@mgheichert Год назад

I recently saw someone who suggested carrying a plastic pencil sharpener. Almost no weight and you end up with shaving from small pencil sized dry twigs.

@dontall71 3 года назад

Great video, just need to make sure you use a cardboard egg carton

@KalpeshPatel78 10 месяцев назад

I use to get wood shavings from a carpenter / woodworker workshop near my home. I live in an urban so that was the easiest thing to get. They anyway throw all that dust away. Then I put the whole thing on a baking sheet and I melt candles plus a little bit of lighter fluid and saturate it all in a large flat cake form. The wax acts as a binding agent. Once it all cools down and the wax changes colour to white / opaque, just cut the whole thing into small cubes or strips if you want. It's much quicker and less messy. Try it.

@mrwes100 3 года назад

Knife looks like a Condor Bushlore. Darn good knife.

@scottsyoutubeworld1824 8 месяцев назад

Great video! When I first saw the egg carton fire starter concept, the guy was using dryer lint but I found that cotton balls worked fine. 2 cotton balls kind of torn apart and separated and then combined together and stuffed into one egg compartment works very well. But I guess I've been wasting wax because completely saturating each compartment gives me the same burn time. So I like your method.. I'm okay with scented wax for using at home, but I try to use unscented wax for the fire starters I have in my backpack because I don't want to attract animals or bugs. Can't wait to try your method!

@Artoconnell 10 месяцев назад

Good Job.

@alaskacane 10 месяцев назад

First time viewer & making some soon!

@bjellison905 Год назад

I make my own when i need to burn brush piles. I like burning when its wet or snow covered as i have woods near me. I do wax, cotton swabs separated into fibers, then birch bark and shavings, hemp cord, and then shavings from a ferro rod. I use jar lids or snuff cans, pour a little wax to coat the bottom, then put the filler in, then pour the wax. I use a lot of wax cause i am trying to keep a flame going while its wet or wet conditions. Remember to leave a couple wicks of hemp cord sticking up. Mine have burnt upwards of 30 minutes or more.

@jeffhanson2621 4 месяца назад

Cool

@philiphahaha16 Год назад

thanks.

@sandravalani359 Год назад

I appreciate you sharinG your vital information especially durinG these turbulent times for Humanity's Wellbeing!👍With oVer 2 Million Floridians without Power today...your firestarter idea would truly help out many!👍I lovVe your enthusiasm in thiS video...it's absolutely Contagious!😍I also lovVed seeinG Dusty...the Other RU-vid Star in this video!😂🌹🐶🌹AnnnnD...because I haVe been cookinG for at least 50 years now...I totally lovVeD youR camp oVen!👍Shine on YounG One and enjoy Life wherever you go!✌🙏😇🌹🌞🌹🔥🔥🔥🌹☕🍵☕

@purebloodheretic4682 Год назад

If you're a bit Lazy- I found that Waxed Cardboard Cartons from the Greengrocer Work Awesome, just Chop into Convenient sizes & your set!! They happen to be Very Water Resistant & usually sourced for Free!! Not as Good as your Recipe but pretty good non the less!! - Cheers 👍😁🍻🇦🇺

@brenttesterman1198 3 года назад

I don't know why but I found it incredibly enjoyable to see a young lady jazzed about fire starters, but I did. Informative as all-get-out too! Honestly, those are the best homemade fire starters I've ever seen. Hands down the best DIY RU-vid video! Or should I say, "The rest can't hold a candle to you?" I was trying to get some inspiration for some fire starters I'm going to make for my youngest daughter who has really been getting into backpacking recently. Great job, my dear. Merry Christmas, peace.

@DaveTex2375 2 года назад

Why wouldn't you get excited about a fire starter? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wmin5WkOuPw.html

@brenttesterman1198 2 года назад

@@DaveTex2375 You're only right!

@gimpyone77 2 года назад

Why can't all videos be like this? You're really awesome! Enjoyed your video immensely 👍

@redcrosswire4391 3 года назад

Awesome. Come to Mississippi.😉 happy late birthday 🎂

@callie_waldschmidt 3 года назад

I’ll have to add Mississippi to the list! Thanks for the birthday wishes! 😊

@princeofdhump4321 3 года назад

Great

@resipsaloquitur1775 Год назад

Same thing works using dryer lint. Lint takes a ferro-rod spark better than large wood shavings, but doesn't burn as long. Maybe a combination of both would make a better version.

@bobp414 3 года назад

An old fashion wood planer would make those shavings easier to cut

@tweekachu2605 2 года назад

I wanna see an improved version of this. I like it.

@mcdradus Год назад

sweet

@sarahcarpenter7270 Год назад

When candles no longer burn at my house I cut them out of the jars cut into small pieces and use in the oil burners or bag and use as fire starter then wash and clean the jar and use for storage, or painting , they also work great for plant starter covers. . Use your imagination everything has another use . Even bread ties. Burnt out light bulbs makes beautiful Christmas bulbs . Glue glitter ribbon, the grandchildren and I made their Mom a whole set of light bulb tree bulbs , we even got my paints out and what a mess but the kids had a blast . They came up with beautiful pictures that they drew and painted on the bulbs . Mom well she loved them and still has , you would have thought they cost a million dollars, they did hand prints on canvas, it is time to do those again their hands are much bigger now . Another easy fire stater toilet paper rolls, flatten cut into approx 1 inch strips place , take old candles melt , take your toilet pâté rings place in candle wax. Once covered and soaked in remove let cool place in plastic zip lock bag, fold to fix your backpack , works great . I have them everywhere for you never know when you may need one to keep warm also in the vehicles.

@danielmorrison7579 Год назад

I love how you use a fire starter (lighter) to start your fire starter.

@bushlifeaholick790 3 года назад

Indeed these are some of my favorite home made wet weather fire starters we’ll worth having in a fire kit

@alexblue6991 3 года назад

Something to do during lockdown the weather terrible in Scotland just now have to wait for my wife to go out so I can make some

@poopsex05 2 года назад

The whole time I thought she was gonna light herself on fire. Great vid! Don't sit too close to that fire.

@1204gameday 3 месяца назад

Best to use a non scented candle if you are backpacking so your firestarters don't attract bears. Also, I have found that you can use lint from the dryer and it will last just as long.

@mauriziobarbati9081 3 года назад

Complimenti🔥🔥👍👍👍

@stevencote7951 3 года назад

Saw dust works great to.

@prepperboss 9 месяцев назад

All of these expert on here are hilarious. Don’t you like it when everyone wants to tell you how to do it better without telling you how to do it better? 😂😂😂😂😂. The best fire starter is one that works for you, period. Thanks for the time and effort in producing videos. 🙏

@19james60 3 года назад

to damn cute to be camping by yourself but you know your stuff about starting a fire

@rockytopwrangler2069 6 месяцев назад

... Who says she's alone ?? .... Her partner is skinning the bear for dinner ..

@wdr3526 Год назад

good idea. i just bought two of those knives off amazon. for the price they are very good.i like mine anyway.

@callie_waldschmidt Год назад

Nice! I’m no knife expert but they seem to do the job well enough!

@outdoorswithlarryrobin 3 года назад

Hello young Lady, we just subscribed. Great fire starter! 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

@michellemichaels3258 2 года назад

Very cool 😎🤗💞

@johnsmithfakename8422 Год назад

This is my favorite fire starter recipe, Wax impregnated wood. Personally I would have preferred to use wood powder, or sawdust, and shape them into bricks.

@crazysquirrel9425 2 года назад

The moment she pulls out that knife, the dog INSTANTLY disappeared! LOL Smart dog too! I bet she can blow up balloons really FAST too! I made those but used oak heating pellets.