The worst part of cooking with a charcoal grill or by campfire is getting the fire lit. A good fire starter material (combined with a charcoal chimney) can make it effortless to get your grill going. While you can buy fire starter material, it's really cheap and easy to make your own from scratch. In fact the total project should cost less than $5 and take less than 15 minutes from start to finish.
Materials:
Candle or paraffin wax
Cotton balls or other natural fiber (sawdust, hamster bedding, dryer lint*)
Cardboard egg carton or other suitable mold
The wax won’t burn by itself...