Fire Starter

These can be used for starting fires in wood stoves, fireplaces, or camp fires. It is a good way to reuse junk mail and helps reduce the burden on landfills.

You'll need to gather your supplies

Junk mail

Toilet paper core tube

Melted wax. I use the wax from a wax melter after the wax has lost its scent. The wax should be in a jar a little over half as long as your junk mail bundle

Roll the junk mail tight. Try to use enough mail that when tightly rolled it will just fit inside the tube

Push the junk mail roll into the toilet paper tube

Dip the bundle into the melted wax. You need a taller jar so it will come halfway up the bundle

Rotate and dip the other end

Set the waxed bundles to dry. These can be used singly or together to start fires