♥ ♥ I must say….tis my favorite time of night!! House is REALLY QUIET, it’s almost clean., with a frosty cold beverage in hand. Would have been clean had my ADD not kicked in 
A couple weeks back we stopped at a local market to grab a bite to eat. At the check out I noticed 8 “fire starters” for $7.95. My first thought was, “that’s a rip off” followed by “I can do that".”
When the author was just a young tike she had a little bear candle. When her Momma was out mowing the lawn one sun shiny day she decided to light up that cute little brown & white wax bear all by herself. It was all good until it tipped over onto her bed and caught the linen on fire. Let me tell you Momma weren’t happy when that little lad ran out to get her! Probably one of my oldest childhood memories. Why is is you always seem to remember the bad stuff? lol
Moving on….next ingredient: SAW DUST
*Note to self & others
Do it outside, in the garage, or use LOTS of newspaper!
Learn from my experiences (screw ups)
The acronym that comes to mind…
L.I.F.E.
Learn- It –From –Experience
Works perfect! Fun, easy, cheap…..will definitely do again. Wrap with brown paper or scrap booking paper, tie w/ raffia, or just as is. What a great Upcycled Christmas present!
5 comments:
My Mom made her own fire starters as well, using old candles but instead of saw dust, she used dryer lint.
Amy
love your pics and the way you explain, with lots of real life tales mixed in! I might actually give this one a try, since we burn alot of wood and I hate the work of getting it to start!!
Instead of cupcake tins, you can use old cardboard egg cartons. That keeps the starters all together nice and neat and you can just break off an "egg" every time you need to start a fire and burn the whole thing. Nice way to recycle egg cartons, too.
A mix of dryer lint and sawdust works even better than either one alone.
Oh that looks like fun! I may have to try that! Thanks!
great idea! Also, for anyone else addicted to Scentsy wickless candles, just sop up the melted wax with a good sturdy paper towel, allow it t\to cool and it becomes a super easy firestarter.
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