Dried Flower DIY Fire Starters
These Dried Flower DIY Fire Starters are easy to make and a beautiful way to get a fire going when it is cold outside. Save this to Pinterest now so you can find it!
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Servings: 18 fire starters
Ingredients
- 1 18 vessel cupcake baking tin
- Natural, paper cupcake liners
- 2.5 lbs wax - either soy or beeswax
- Melting pot that is only used for wax and is heat safe
- Candle wicks, metal bottoms removed
- Dried flowers, cinnamon sticks, pinecones, dried fruit, pine branches, etc.
Instructions
- Add the liners to the cupcake tins and then add in the bulkier items. The pinecones, flowers and cinnamon sticks will all soak up some of the wax and I like to have the larger items in liners first.
- Next melt the wax in a wax only, heat safe container over a simmer on the stove. You can use it as soon as it is all melted. I will do this in batches. I will not use the full 2.5 lbs. of wax all at once.
- Pour in the wax and then give it some time to sit. You will find the different elements soak up more wax and you might have to top off each liner. If i wanted to add any bulkier items (like additional pinecones) I would do this now. Each of my DIY fire starters contains about three of my mini pinecones.
- My wax took about 20 minutes to begin to really dry. As it did, I added more decorative items and flowers to the tops.
- Let dry fully (probably about an hour total) and then remove. The liners should make them easy to remove. If any of them stick to the bottom, flip the pan over and hit the bottom for that space a few times. They should pop right out.