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  Step 1

  Melt any old candles or wax that you have laying around. You don't need much, just enough to barely moisten the amount of sawdust you have.

• Step 2

  My husband makes cedar picnic tables, so I have tons of natural cedar sawdust. You can use any sawdust available, or this also works with dryer lint (you need a LOT of lint).

• Step 3

  I cut a 1" piece of 3" PVC pipe for my mold. You can use whatever works for you, but this mold works great.

• Step 4

  Mix sawdust and melted wax so that mixture seems nearly dry, but all sawdust is coated. Press into the mold, packing and compressing well.

• Step 5

  Set aside or place in freezer until completely cooled. Then, pop it out and wrap in a piece of paper. I used a roll of brown paper, but newspaper or other paper will work fine.

• Step 6

  To use, just light the paper and place among firewood. You'll be blazing in moments!!

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scout · South Hadley, Massachusetts, US · 10 projects 29th February 2012

I have made these before using an egg carton as the mold then you just cut/rip apart each segment and light the corner of the carton as the "wick." Works great. Or you could mold them in a muffin tin using a muffin liner paper and you would already have the paper as well!

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Creative Origins · Stuart, Florida, US · 24 projects 5th October 2010

I have an old crock pot dedicated to wax melting. It works great and keeps the wax at the perfect temperature while you work.

Thanks for the comment.

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Sarah C. 5th October 2010

Love these, too! In regards to melting the wax, always use a double boiler: put the wax into a coffee can or other metal can, then into a saucepan filled with water. Always keep a careful eye on it - once it starts to melt, it goes pretty fast!

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Krystyl O. · Abbotsford, British Columbia, CA · 11 projects 4th October 2010

we buy these every year for camping! now I wont have to
just a question; how / what do you use to melt the wax? (if it's on the stove, doesn't it ruin the pots/pans?)

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