Here is our summary of various types of
home-made Fire Starters. 

Use pine cones covered with wax.**

Pack charcoal in paper egg cartons and tie shut.
When ready to use, just light the carton. 

Put a piece of charcoal in each section of a paper egg carton.
 Cover with melted wax.** 
Tear apart and use as needed. 
You can also use sawdust, dryer lint or Pistachio shells instead of the charcoal.

Take 100% cotton balls and thoroughly rub Vaseline into them.
Keep in a ziplock bag. 

Newspaper cut into strips(3"-4" wide).
Roll up and tie with string. 
Cover with melted wax.**

Use lint from your dryer as a fire starter.

Bundle about 10-12  Diamond brand "strike-anywhere" wooden kitchen matches together with waxed dental floss. The heads of the matches should all be pointing in the same direction. Generously soak the bundle of matches (except heads) in melted paraffin wax** to waterproof and to provide a long burn time. Dip heads lightly only to waterproof them.
Simply strike on flat rock to ignite. 

Cut a cotton cord into 1" lengths and soak in melted wax.**
Let dry and store in empty film container or ziplock bag.

These are called candy kisses. Use the small 6" emergency candles and wrap them up in waxed paper.
Tie/twist both ends of the waxed paper to seal in the candle 
(looks like a salt water taffy candy).
 Light an end when you are ready to start your fire. 

Cut waxed milk cartons into strips to be used as kindling for your campfire.

Stuff paper towel or toilet paper rolls with paper.

To get your charcoal pieces ready quicker, use a charcoal chimney.

Newspaper crumbled into a ball

Use dried pine needles

Soak a piece of charcoal in lighter fluid.
Coat with wax.**

Use small condiment or "sample-size" cups.
Add a long wick to each cup and fill with melted wax.**
You can also fill them with sawdust. 

Stack of small pieces of cardboard covered in wax**

Waterproof your matches by dipping them in wax**  or coating them with clear nail polish

Use cotton string about 3-4" long, put in wax paper bathroom cup with about an inch hanging over the edge.
Fill cup nearly to the top with saw dust and pour melted wax into the cup. 
The saw dust will compact and become waterproof. The extra string length is a wick to start burning the starter, but can also be tied to another starter string through a pack loop to carry outside your pack.

* Never use liquid igniters on your campfire.
 Example:  lighter fluid, gasoline etc.

** When melting wax, only use a double broiler set up.
Two pots, one which sits on top of the other. The bottom pot containing boiling water, the top pot contains whatever is being cooked. This tool is useful for making delicate sauces or melting chocolate or any other occasion when you don't want to have direct heat on the food which is being cooked.

You can improvise a double boiler by placing the items to be cooked in a metal bowl, which is placed over a pot of boiling water.

 
 Melted wax can easily ignite. 
Have a fire extinguisher handy in cause of emergency.

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