Upcycled Emergency Stove – Adaptation of the Boy Scout’s Buddy Burner
This adaptation of the Boy Scout’s Buddy Burner is a great way to upcycle and empty cookie or coffee tin, old candles, newspaper, and cardboard. This Upcycled Emergency Stove is prefect for keeping in your car and backpack in case of an emergency that leaves you stranded overnight. It will keep you warm and can be used to boil water. This Upcycled Emergency Stove is also good for fun times like to warm up while playing in the snow. Materials: Empty cookie or coffee tin (the larger the tin, the longer the fire burns) Plain cardboard Newspaper or brown packing paper Candles (used, old, broken, any color) (of course new ones will work yet defeat the purpose of upcycling) Directions: 1. Clean cookie or coffee tin 2. Cut plain cardboard into strips that fit your tin. In this demonstration, we are using a short cookie tin, so we used 1 inch wide strips of cardboard. If you are using a 2-lb. coffee tin, you would use 6-1/2 inch wide strips of cardboard. 3.