[You Can Make It with Everyday Items!] DIY Craft Ideas for Creating Emergency Preparedness Supplies

mug

[Disaster Preparedness Goods] How to Make a Mug Cup

You need a cup to drink beverages, right? Especially when drinking something hot, it can be a problem with bare hands.

So let me show you how to make a mug.

The materials are cardboard and an empty can.

A cylindrical can, like the kind that holds hardtack, is best.

Then just wrap the can with cardboard to finish it.

This way, even if you pour in something hot, you won’t burn yourself.

Cardboard also has high heat retention, so it’s useful when you want to keep a drink warm.

By the way, you can achieve the same effect by covering a cardboard container with plastic.

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Lantern

Disaster Preparedness Division Twitter: “Easy Lantern with a Plastic Bottle”

There’s a chance the power will go out during a disaster.

If that happens, you’ll need to use energy as efficiently as possible.

So here’s a simple way to make a lantern.

The process is quite simple.

First, prepare a cup and stand a flashlight upright inside it.

Next, place a plastic bottle filled with water on top of the cup.

The light will reflect through the water and illuminate a wider area.

As long as you can keep the flashlight upright, any container besides a cup will work too.

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Newspaper slippers

Just folding newspaper: How to make newspaper slippers [Sonaeru.jp]

Let me introduce an item that can protect you: newspaper slippers.

This is an idea for folding a newspaper to make simple, improvised slippers.

You might wonder why you’d make slippers, but they can be very useful in an emergency.

After disasters like earthquakes, there’s a high chance that glass and other debris will be scattered on the ground.

In times like that, having slippers can protect the soles of your feet.

If you have something like thick paper or cardboard, insert it inside to increase durability.

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[Disaster Preparedness Goods] How to Make a Cardboard Toilet

In a disaster, you may find yourself in a situation where it’s hard to get to a toilet.

In such cases, a makeshift toilet can be very useful.

You can actually make one with items like cardboard, newspaper, and garbage bags.

The idea is to create a section inside the cardboard box to hook a garbage bag, and lay newspaper inside the bag.

Try this when the water supply is cut off.

It’s also nice that it works like a Western-style toilet you can sit on.

You can make a chair in a similar way, too.

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pillow

[Emergency Preparedness Goods] How to Make a Buckwheat Hull Cooling Pillow [3 Steps]

To get proper rest, you need a pillow, right? Actually, you can make a pretty solid one with just cardboard, a plastic bag, and a towel.

First, tear the cardboard into small pieces and put them into the plastic bag.

Once it reaches a comfortable firmness, tie the bag closed and wrap it with a towel—that’s it.

The feel is kind of like a buckwheat hull pillow.

It can also work as a cushion rather than a pillow.

By the way, cardboard has insulating properties, so you can even use it like a blanket.

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solid fuel

[Easy DIY] How to make solid fuel just by using the waste oil you were going to throw away!

Do you have any solid fuel at home? Solid fuel refers to items made by solidifying liquid fuel.

Because it’s solid, it’s easy to carry and simple to store.

You’ve probably seen it used for activities like camping.

In fact, there’s a way to make that solid fuel yourself—and you can even make it from waste oil.

If you prepare some in advance, it might come in handy in an emergency.

Just note that it can deteriorate if stored for a long time, so keep that in mind.

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Simple hot water bottle

During disasters, electricity and gas may be cut off, and if it happens in a cold season, keeping warm becomes difficult.

In such times when you need warmth, a simple makeshift hot-water bottle using a plastic bottle and a towel can be helpful.

First, it’s important to have a plastic bottle that can withstand heat.

Fill it with hot water, then wrap it in a towel to soften the heat.

Since using a plastic bottle makes it relatively small, the challenge is coverage—try placing it on different parts of your body to find the most efficient way to stay warm.

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