Beeswax Firestarters- Easy DIY Homemade – Get your Home-Fires Burning
Making a fire is one of the simple joys of fall and winter. Nothing makes that easier than beeswax firestarters. I got the idea for these when my friend Amy over at SecondAndEdgemont.com made some beautiful firestarters out of beeswax, sawdust, and a cardboard egg container. Ever since I saw them I have been dying to make them. I was lucky to get two large bags of sawdust and wood shavings from a woodworker friend (DevosDesigns.com) and I had beeswax and cardboard egg cartons lying around. Every I needed to make a beeswax firestarters.
Make Your Own Beeswax Firestarters
Melt the beeswax. I melted my beeswax in a mason jar on top of a steamer in a pot of boiling water. I’m not sure this is really the “right” way to do it but it works really well for me.
Fill the egg carton with wood shavings or sawdust (dryer lint works really well too!)
Pour the melted wax over the sawdust filling the carton.
Once the wax is dry tear one of the fire-starters from the carton.
Place on your kindling, light your beeswax firestarters and enjoy your crackling fire.
Great photos of the process 🙂 I make these too and love how well they work. I love seeing that I’m not the only one that gets crafty with my fires 🙂
Glad to hear it! I really love these and they make starting a roaring fire so much easier.
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That’s an awesome idea! I’ll have to try that!
Cool! I’ve made similar fire starters using dryer lint and old candle stumps melted down. They make for easy camp fire starting. I’ll have to save some sawdust for the next batch!
What a nifty idea for our upcoming Autumnal Equinox bonfire! Thanks.
Oooooh – I’m a likin’ this idea VERY MUCH! Starting fires is a regular part of life around these parts, so this could come in VERY handy.
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