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Monday, October 30, 2023

Fire starters made of twisted strips of kraft tissue paper, wax and cording to finish them off


 With the last bit of wax left in my double boiler I decided to try to replicate the fire starters my sister and I played at earlier this fall.  I would have preferred to apply the wax in a less messy way but I did not really know how to go about it so I just crumpled the strips (3" x 36") and dunked them in the wax and then let them drip of a little bit before twisting them.  I formed a round shape with the twisted end and then twisted and wrapped the remainder in and out of the round.  I ended up with both ends at about the same place and held them together for a bit until the wax started solidifying.  Would have been neater to use wax crayons like I have used for these fire starters but that would have required cooling the wax to solid and taking out the griddle.  In the end, they will start a fire very nicely and that was the goal!!  After they were cooled I tied the ends together with kraft utility cording to which I added a little red cording bow.  I made a dozen and have packaged them into a cute little gift box with red tissue paper on the bottom.  Everything can be burned so it leaves nothing to dispose of later.  Therese