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# How to Create a Campfire

By [Wahid Tashkandi (@Wahid)](https://listium.com/@Wahid)

552 views · 1 like  
Published 10 May 2016 · Updated 10 May 2016

Category: hobbies & interests / arts & crafts

"How To Build a Roaring Campfire" - Brett & Kate Mckay  http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/09/04/how-to-build-a-roaring-campfire/

## Items

### 1. [Matches](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/36/matches)

Item ID: `36`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/x1lsdxh29jrcffkcsonw.png)
- Category: Items
- Notes: -

### 2. [Tinder](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/0/tinder)

Item ID: `0`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/pco0ppw45fevvieqyxbu.png)
- Category: Items
- Notes: -

### 3. [Kindling](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/1/kindling)

Item ID: `1`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/senb6sqbfuvxxobis32k.png)
- Category: Items
- Notes: -

### 4. [Fuel Wood](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/2/fuel-wood)

Item ID: `2`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/i5bxwwmu7zpabph4a317.png)
- Category: Items
- Notes: -

### 5. [Lighter](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/42/lighter)

Item ID: `42`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/zjxvummv9yv3kj5y7u9t.png)
- Category: Items
- Notes: -

### 6. [Clear fire area](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/3/clear-fire-area)

Item ID: `3`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/udhs45soa7zdygiz2k3v.png)
- Category: Setup
- Notes: -

### 7. [Lay Fire](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/4/lay-fire)

Item ID: `4`

- Image: -
- Category: Setup
- Notes: There are various methods to lay a fire. Art of Manliness chose the three most common methods.

### 8. [Sprinkle Water](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/37/sprinkle-water)

Item ID: `37`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/kqtuc9or0ig5epkxyfpe.png)
- Category: Extinguishing
- Notes: -

### 9. [Stir Ambers During Sprinkling](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/38/stir-ambers-during-sprinkling)

Item ID: `38`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/mh8a4jygx1ejoum5nxnk.png)
- Category: Extinguishing
- Notes: -

### 10. [Test Heat](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/39/test-heat)

Item ID: `39`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/ifwl0xxduzmypcnavnw4.png)
- Category: Extinguishing
- Notes: -

### 11. [Dispose Ashes](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/40/dispose-ashes)

Item ID: `40`

- Image: -
- Category: Extinguishing
- Notes: -

### 12. [Patch Ground](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/41/patch-ground)

Item ID: `41`

- Image: -
- Category: Extinguishing
- Notes: -

### 13. [Place tinder bundle in the middle of campfire site](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/18/place-tinder-bundle-in-the-middle-of-campfire-site)

Item ID: `18`

- Image: -
- Category: Teepee Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 14. [Form teepee with kindling above tinder bundle](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/19/form-teepee-with-kindling-above-tinder-bundle)

Item ID: `19`

- Image: -
- Category: Teepee Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 15. [Leave opening in teepee on the side the wind is blowing against](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/20/leave-opening-in-teepee-on-the-side-the-wind-is-blowing-against)

Item ID: `20`

- Image: -
- Category: Teepee Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 16. [Continue adding kindling to the teepee](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/21/continue-adding-kindling-to-the-teepee)

Item ID: `21`

- Image: -
- Category: Teepee Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 17. [Create a larger teepee structure with fuel wood](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/22/create-a-larger-teepee-structure-with-fuel-wood)

Item ID: `22`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/g5ygfzkxdfd2hrydples.png)
- Category: Teepee Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 18. [Place a match under your tinder](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/23/place-a-match-under-your-tinder)

Item ID: `23`

- Image: -
- Category: Teepee Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 19. [When teepee structure falls simply add fuel logs](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/24/when-teepee-structure-falls-simply-add-fuel-logs)

Item ID: `24`

- Image: -
- Category: Teepee Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 20. [Stick a long piece of kindling into the ground at a 30-degree angle](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/25/stick-a-long-piece-of-kindling-into-the-ground-at-a-30-degree-angle)

Item ID: `25`

- Image: -
- Category: Lean-to Fire Lay
- Notes: The end of the stick should be pointing into the wind

### 21. [Place a tinder bundle underneath support stick](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/26/place-a-tinder-bundle-underneath-support-stick)

Item ID: `26`

- Image: -
- Category: Lean-to Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 22. [Place some small pieces of kindling around tinder nests](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/27/place-some-small-pieces-of-kindling-around-tinder-nests)

Item ID: `27`

- Image: -
- Category: Lean-to Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 23. [Lay small pieces of kindling against piece in ground](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/28/lay-small-pieces-of-kindling-against-piece-in-ground)

Item ID: `28`

- Image: -
- Category: Lean-to Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 24. [Add another layer with larger pieces of kindling](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/29/add-another-layer-with-larger-pieces-of-kindling)

Item ID: `29`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/a0wgx2h8kwmlqw0yddzo.png)
- Category: Lean-to Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 25. [Light tinder](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/30/light-tinder)

Item ID: `30`

- Image: -
- Category: Lean-to Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 26. [Create small teepee lay](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/31/create-small-teepee-lay)

Item ID: `31`

- Image: -
- Category: Log Cabin Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 27. [Place large pieces of wood on opposite side of teepee](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/32/place-large-pieces-of-wood-on-opposite-side-of-teepee)

Item ID: `32`

- Image: -
- Category: Log Cabin Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 28. [Find smaller pieces of fuelwood and lay them across the first set of fuelwood, parallel on the other sides of the tepee](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/33/find-smaller-pieces-of-fuelwood-and-lay-them-across-the-first-set-of-fuelwood-parallel-on-the-other-sides-of-the-tepee)

Item ID: `33`

- Image: -
- Category: Log Cabin Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 29. [Repeat laying smaller and shorter pieces to form a cabin or pyramid shape](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/34/repeat-laying-smaller-and-shorter-pieces-to-form-a-cabin-or-pyramid-shape)

Item ID: `34`

- Image: ![Image](https://img.listium.com/images/width=800,height=800,fit=scale-down,format=webp/l/hofd0gftxpxo2o907y18.png)
- Category: Log Cabin Fire Lay
- Notes: -

### 30. [Light fire](https://listium.com/@Wahid/2883/how-to-create-a-campfire/35/light-fire)

Item ID: `35`

- Image: -
- Category: Log Cabin Fire Lay
- Notes: -