How to Make A Firestarter From A Recycled Paper Towel Round Tube

Have you run out of RECYCLING ideas for all those paper towel roll tubes? This article will tell you how to RECYCLE those old paper towel rolls in a way to help you enjoy a roaring fire fast! You will see what the author does to make a paper towel tube and how he stores it until a cold day for a fire!

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• recycled paper towel round cardboard center tube
• piece of used kitchen towel-(clean free of food residue!)
• large recycled baggie or plastic produce bag from grocer

1. 
   RECYCLED PAPER TOWEL ROLL FIRESTARTER

   ASSEMBLE THE THINGS YOU’LL NEED. Collect those empty paper towel roll tubes and some used paper towels without food debris and clean and dry. Hint: Make this firestarter when you are changing the paper towel roll! Then toss them on a top shelf of a linen closet until you can properly store several.

2. 
   HOW TO SKETCH OF FIRESTARTER CONSTRUCTION

   STUFF YOUR TUBES. Use a couple of pieces of clean used paper towels. If you have a water spill and wipe it up. You know… the ones that always seem to stick to the roll! Use an extra piece or two from the new roll which always seem to tear when you start to unravel the roll to let it hang!

3. 
   START A ROARING CAMPFIRE!!

   STORE FIRESTARTER IN PLASTIC BAG. Use a clean used baggie (washed, turned inside out to dry and free of food residue) . Clear plastic bags from the grocery produce department can also be used. Those plastic sacks that our newspapers are delivered in can also store several of these firestarters (what a RECYCLE!). When bagged, put them in a pantry for later use during winter fire season. Watch your company and party guests admire you when you go to the pantry, get your firestarter bag and build a roaring flaming fire!

Tips & Warnings

• If you accidentally tear your paper towel tube, that’s ok. You’re not in a contest…. It’s going to burn up in the fire anyway!
• Make sure roll tube and used towels and baggie are all clean and dry!

[billips]

on 8/12/2009 Great recycling idea - have always put these in my recycling box but no longer - 5* - B.