A 8yr. old and a fire starting kit.

[TMHunt]

So my 8yr. old son Jared and I have been working on a little project. He has takin a great intrest in knives and woodslore projects. So, we decided to put together a fire making kit. He loves to come out to the shop and play with the fire steel. (Under my supervision of coarse.) So today I decided to put him to the test to see if he could make fire using his new skills. Now let it be known, he had very little help. Some help, but very little. I have no dought with a little practice he can do this 100% on his own. Here is what we had to work with:
1. Firepit. He gathered the small pieces of wood from the yard, and I cut the larger pieces up.

2. A homemade fire staring kit. Which consisted of a Magua blank that warped in heat threat. Vasaline coated cotton balls stuffed in a camel chewnig tobaco tin donated by a co-worker, and a fire steel.

3. A eager 8yr. old boy

First, he layed down a good base

Took and spread out some of the vasaline coated cotton balls

And then struck away, it was hard for me to take pics of this, but even though it took him a few tries, he got it

Sissy decided to get in on the action and help

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Proud pappa of the flame

 

[ralphtt]

Great. There will come a time when he will fondly remember sharing these experiences with you. Same goes for the young lady!

 

[GarnetandBlack]

Great stuff Todd! Thanks for sharing :thumbup:

Man he is beaming over his fire, classic!

 

[Murphnuge]

Well I stopped by for a bit today, just in time for the beer drinking. I'm a master of timing. Jared can keep a fire cooking.

 

[The Warrior]

Good stuff Todd. :thumbup:

 

[mrn8]

Nice! It's great to pass these skills on to your kids and I'm sure it'll be one of the things he remembers his old man for.

 

[Mistwalker]

That's awesome man! The little one has been bugging me about wanting to help with the fire starting, she'll be 8 in July, I suppose I need to teach her more about it this summer and get her more prepared for next winter. Ya never know what might happen in the woods, I should at least have her understanding fire better in case something happens to me while we are out.

 

[DerekH]

Looks like a great time Todd! Nothing like seeing your kid start a fire all on their own for the first time.

 

[TBL]

That's awesome Todd. Some of my finest memories of going to camp when I was a kid was keeping the fire going all night after the counselors went to bed. They would try to put put it out before then went to bed, I would always start it up from coals.

 

[OutdoorsFamilyMan4]

Very cool thread Todd. Its awesome the kids are taking an interest

 

[Murphnuge]

The boy is definitely a firebug. He's pretty good at starting a blaze, we just need to get him a bigger woodpile.