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Fire Starters: Top 10 Fire Starters For Your Next Camping Experience

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December 8, 2018 By Prepared Mom Team 2 Comments

As any woodsman will tell you, a warm fire at your campsite is both comforting and practical. It not only serves to warm you, your fellow campers and any food or beverage you decide to cook, it can also deter wildlife from venturing too close. When you want to light a campfire, you’ll need one […]

Filed Under: Camping / Hiking Tagged With: backyard camping, camp cooking, campfire cooking, camping, fire starters, preparedness, survival

Aquamira Water Bottle Filter Review

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October 28, 2013 By Prepared Mom Team 2 Comments

Mom with a PREP | A review of the Aquamira Water Filter Bottle...a water filter that you can store water in. But does it work?....

Having clean, safe, affordable drinking water is one of the cornerstone of survival in an emergency situation. Sure, you need to get yourself out of harm’s way, treat any immergent first aid issue, but for prolonged survival – water is your number one concern. You have about three days before the body begins to shut […]

Filed Under: EDC/Bug Out/72 hour kit, Preparedness, Reviews Tagged With: camping, hiking, life straw, water filter

Teach Your Child to Play with Fire aka 10 Fun Ways to Start a Fire with Kids

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July 19, 2013 By Prepared Mom Team 8 Comments

Caution: Extreme Parenting here: Teach Your Child to Play with Fire aka 10 Fun Ways to Start a Fire with Kids | {Mom with a Prep}

I know I heard plenty of shocked gasps coming from Readerville. Let my child play with fire? Are you crazy, woman? Don’t you know fire is dangerous? (you can see more of what crazy things we learn here!) So let’s start out with the warnings. Rules for Letting Your Children Play with Fire Club: Don’t […]

Filed Under: Camping / Hiking, Creating Self-Reliant Kids Tagged With: camping, fire starting, survival skills for kids

How to Make a Solar Cooker with Trash

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March 28, 2013 By Prepared Mom Team 2 Comments

Having a big solar oven is nice, but did you know there are ways to make portable and temporary solar ovens out of trash?! Check out these crazy ideas!

  Thinking ‘inside the box’ and some ingenuity,  a solar cooker can be made out of trash you find anywhere. Have an old satellite dish you’re not using any longer? What about that pizza box from yesterday’s lunch. Or the Amazon box that came from the  UPS man…or even a Pringle’s can! All you need […]

Filed Under: DIY, Preparedness, Prepping for Kids Tagged With: alternative cooking, camping, how to make a solar cooker, off-grid cooking, offgrid cooking, outdoor cooking, pizza box solar cooker, science fair project, solar cooking, solar energy, sun visor solar cooker, survival cooking, windshield sun visor

Light Up the Night – low cost, long burning lighting option for powerless nights

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March 8, 2013 By Prepared Mom Team Leave a Comment

Light up your powerless, dark nights with this inexpensive prep item from Dollar Tree

  When the power is out, most people rely on candles to light up their night. You know you have a few smelly candles around the house (those old ones you’ve been storing for the candle lit suppers you plan on having with your honey once you get a night when the kids aren’t home […]

Filed Under: Preparedness Tagged With: camping, emergency lighting, shtf, survival, teotwawki

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