Homemade camping fire starters put to the test! (hint: the Girl Scouts win.)
Kettletown, CT State Park provided these handy little firestarters We made two firestarters for our last camping trip, and the campground gave us one when we bought wood so we decided to do an in-the-field comparison of all three. We saved the scientific test for the last day, which was good because we got a lot of dew that morning and the kindling and newspaper was all damp and didn't want to catch! Firestarter 1: Wood chips and wax The campground gave us starters made out of woodchips and wax, housed in those tiny paper cups they give out medication in at mental institutions. Results: The lip on the paper cup made a good wick, so the starters caught fire right away. They burned steadily and didn't go out. I did wish they made more of a blaze, though, since everything was so damp. Firestarter 2: Toilet paper rolls and dryer lint We used graph paper because we didn't have any newspaper These firestarters were fun and easy to make. Simply save up your dryer lint and empty...