- Bludgeon the wax into smaller workable pieces.
- This proved to be incredibly difficult with a knife and saw.
- My next plan is to beat upon it with a hatchet or hammer.
- On edit: I made these later using a screw driver and hammer to quickly and easily break up the wax.
- On edit: I made these later using a screw driver and hammer to quickly and easily break up the wax.
- Fill the egg carton/cupcake liners with cedar bedding
- Optionally also layer in bits of dryer lint (it’s an easy burn to get these going).>
- Melt the wax in the pan
- Be aware, the longer you leave the melted wax in the pan/on the stove, the hotter it gets – it sort of boiled when I poured it in the next step
- Get it melted and then work it right away
- Pour some wax over the cedar bedding
- You basically need just enough to hold the firestarter together
- You’re not making a candle- don’t get nutty with the amount of wax you use (like I did!)
- After cooling, cut into pieces
- Put it outside/in the fridge to cool
- I used my grill and just set it inside until it cooled down overnight
- A bread knife worked great for cutting, the wife wasn’t pleased about the residue left on it
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Our kids still ask for things. The difference now is what happens next. Over the past year, we've been showing our children, ages 9 and 11, different ways to start and run a business while we travel. It started as a way to keep them engaged and give them a sense of ownership on the road, and it's turned into something we're genuinely committed to. When they ask for extras now, the answer is almost always the same: that's what your money is for. Not as a punishment, but as a real lesson in what things actually cost and what earning something means. The result is kids who think before they spend — because they know what it felt like to earn it. I am not saying they spend it wisely every time, but they are learning. Here's how we've been doing it.
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