CREATE // FIRE STARTERS

For my husbands Birthday I wanted to do something unique, but thrifty. For one thing he's hard to surprise and for another we were brokey broke.

I have a hard time throwing things away that I think know will be useful someday so I was relying on our stockpile of cardboard toilet paper rolls and jar of dryer lint to make something... "bomb". The irony didn't set in until Bob started asking me "what are you saving this for, dynamite?"
Cue me stifling laughter.

Anywho the finished product was impressive AND useful, just what I was hoping for. I wrapped it up classy in white paper and twine, clean. 

The second batch I made was for my badass mom who loves anything handy, tool-like, or crafty. Perfect. I made hers a touch more purty, the end result was extremely aesthetically pleasing, oh and just as functional. Amen!

Why would you want a fire starter, you ask? Because it makes lighting a bonfire super cinchy and looks neat-o, too. That's why.

The step-by-step is simple, here's how to make a batch of your own.

 

You Need: 

• Toilet paper rolls, I used about 8 each time
• Dryer lint, a pickle jar full worked for me
• Wrapping paper of sorts (gift wrap, tissue paper, paper towel, and construction paper all work well!) 
• Twine
• Scissors

1. Fill a toilet paper tube with loosely packed dryer lint. 

 

 

 

2. Set the filled tube on its side on the construction paper and roll,

as if wrapping a candy.

Place the rolled tube between your legs and tie with twine.

Flip it over and tie the other side, too.

 

3. Repeat until you have an army of gorgeous homemade gifts.

Happy (safe) burning!