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DIY Fire Starters

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These DIY fire starters are made with natural ingredients like beeswax, herbs, and spices to create a beautiful, fragrant way to start your outdoor fire. Perfect for campfires or backyard fire pits!

Ingredients

  • Beeswax about 2 cups
  • Cinnamon sticks
  • Rosemary
  • Star anise
  • Pinecones
  • Cupcake liners

Instructions

  • Melt the beeswax in a double broiler.
  • Put your cupcake liners in the tin.
  • For the longer herbs and ingredients, you can put in before the beeswax is melted.
  • Pour the beeswax until it is covering most of the herbs.
  • Then add in the smaller herbs to sit on top like the star anise.
  • Allow it to cool down and harden completely.

Notes

  • Sage, pine needles, lint, orange peels, etc. are some other great ideas to put into the fire starts.
  • Essential oils are optional, but can also help the fire smell better.
  • You can use a candle wick to help start it up quickly as well.
  • It is for outside fire use.
  • I used about 2 cups of beeswax to get 6 fire starters.