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Inside: How to make a DIY lighter for camping or wood stove.
After a full day of hiking and playing in the woods, the last thing you need is a campfire that cannot be lit.
This is a simple, free way to make a lighter that you can easily pack for your next camping adventure…so there is nothing to keep your tired family away from a hot dinner (and s’mores).
DIY lighter supplies
- Empty toilet paper roll or paper towel tube
- Paper shopping bag
- Dryer lint
- Branches
- paper
You can easily find all these things in your house or yard, and by upgrading them to lighters for camping trips, you give them new life.
After the wind blows, I like to pick up twigs and branches in my yard.
Step 1: Make Firestarter caps out of paper bags
Tear a paper shopping bag, then knead the pieces into balls and put them in a toilet paper roll. Tuck one or two into the bottom of the tube.
Step 2: Fill the empty tube with branches or crumpled paper
Next, add dry branches or more crumpled paper (spam, newspaper) to fill the tube.
Step 3: Fill the top of the branches with dryer lint to fill the igniter
Put a lump of lint from the dryer on the branch/paper.
Step 4: Seal the Firestarter with another paper cap
Slide another or two pieces of paper grocery bag onto the top of the tube to seal it.
Step 5: Build and light your campfire
Stand your igniter upright in your fire pit (you can shake it into the ashes to keep it stable) and support small, dry sticks around it. When you are ready, light the pipe with a match and you are on the road!
More tips on starting a campfire
Store firewood under the car and keep it dry. Wet wood may emit smoke, but it will not catch fire as you want.
Matches don’t like getting wet either. Be sure to store them in a dry place. I like to put them in an old plastic film container.
Remember you must put up Fire, this is a process: be patient, don’t use too big logs to extinguish your first small flame. Start with your igniter and surrounding fire, then build a structure for your fire, and finally add (and continue adding) fuel. (Here is a review How to make a fire If you haven’t been a scout in a while! )
-Nelle Bligan
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