MATERIAL: Egg carton (or paper cupcake cases) | Wood shavings | Flammable natural materials, such as small pine cones, dry garden trimmings and herbs, dry pine needles, bits of paper | Dry citrus peels or slices | Beeswax, either from a block or repurposed from old beeswax candles
Fill the egg-carton compartments halfway with wood shavings.Pack the remaining space with the rest of the materials. Melt the beeswax in a doublePour the beeswax into each compartment, leaving some odd bits of flammable material sticking out to act as a wick. The goal is to make everything stick together, including the egg carton. The beeswax will slow combustion (helpful when lighting a wood-fired stove).Allow the beeswax to cool and harden, then rip the compartments to create individual firelighters (if you used cupcake cases, you already have them). Store in a cool place.To use, place a firelighter under branches, twigs and logs as normal, and light.
