Genius… and easy!!
Place a scoop of coffee grounds into a coffee filter and tie it up with dental floss. When you’re ready to brew, just make it like you would make tea in a teabag!
A portable DIY Lantern!
Make a portable washing machine with a plunger and a bucket.
Make pocket-sized oil lamps out of travel-size or hotel toiletry shampoo bottles.
Use a belt and hooks to hang up pots and pans.
Use an empty laundry detergent dispenser as a hand-washing station
Pack a mini first-aid kit into an old prescription bottle or Altoids tin
Make campfire cones!
Make candle stakes for romantic nighttime lighting.
Point a head lamp into a jug of water for an instant lantern
They burn hot and fast! So do fritos!
Make an easy-to-carry fire starter with a cardboard-only egg carton and match light charcoal
Make pancakes with pre-made pancake mix using shortening and dry milk, which don’t need to be refrigerated.
Once the coals are uniformly gray and ashy, cover them with fresh rosemary branches. Your meat and vegetables will be flavored with the taste of savory herbs.
Bring cheeses in waxed packaging as well as hard cheeses
Aged cheddar, Parmigiano, and/or Gruyère will keep for at least a week unrefrigerated.
Try roasting Starburst.
Forgo pasta for a quick-cooking alternatives like polenta, quinoa, or couscous.
Throw a bundle of sage in the fire, it gets rid of mosquitoes!
Cook canned cinnabuns in a hollowed-out orange over a campfire.
Make single-use soap leaves from a bar of soap and a vegetable peeler
Cotton pads dipped in wax are a crazy easy way to make portable fire starters.
Keep kids busy with a scavenger hunt, just make sure to write the list on a paper bag, that way they have a place to put it!
Use a bucket and a milk crate as an emergency toilet
Bring microfiber towels — they’re super absorbent and lightweight.
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