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
