Prep – 111 – MacGyver It!

Making Something from “Nothing”Thinking Outside the Box

OrTrash Talk

What If?• You Are Unprepared? • Shame on You!

• What if you are caught away from your cache• Out of Town• Traveling• Total Disaster

• What Can You Do when You Have Nothing?• What if You are Broke? Homeless?• TEOTWAWKI

• Save Money

Mindset – Your Most Precious Possession• The grey matter between your ears • Can Kill you• Can Save you

• What the mind can conceive, it can achieve• As a man thinketh, so shall he become• As you sow, so shall ye reap• Remember Gibb’s 9th Rule – • Never Go Anywhere Without a Knife

• You might want a few other tools too!

A Bag of Trash• Newspaper• Phone Book• #10 Cans• Other Sizes of Cans• Clothes Hangers• Water Bottle• Garbage Bag• Grocery Bag• Bread Wrapper• Nails

• Wire Tie• Match Book• Subway Trash• Tissue & Napkins• Aluminum Foil• 2 liter Pop Bottle• Milk Jug• Glass Jar• CD• Wire

A Bag of Trash• String• Burlap Bag• Potato/Onion bag• Chapstick tube• Hand sanitizer bottle

From Trash• Aluminum Foil Cup• Snare Wire in a pinch - Copper• Paper Cup/Foil Cup• Waste oil heat• Plastic Drum Animal shelter• Plastic Drum Water Catcher

Paper & Cardboard

• Cardboard• Shelter• Bedding• Hot pot tongs• Fire starter• Mittens

• Newspaper/magazines• Bedding• Coat insulation• Socks• Delivering Babies• Wound Dressings• Weed suppression

Solar Oven From Cardboard & Foil

Tin Cans - #10 Can Uses• Camp Stove • Frying Pan• Heater• Stove• Container• Mixing Bowl• Knife/cutting tool

• Hurricane Lamp• Bread Pan• Tin Can Alarm

#10 Can - Breadpan

Pop Bottles

• Funnel• Water filter• Minnow Trap• Solar heater• Hand Warmer – with pop can

Glass Jar

• Glass Jar• Solar Still• Keeping tinder dry• Water container

Bags

• Bread Bags – Glove• Water Still

Garbage Bag Poncho

Garbage Bag Uses

• Shelter roofing: The typical survival shelter has a roof that leaks like a sieve, but place a cut-open trash bag on the roof and you'll achieve far greater waterproofing. Just make sure you bury it under a little vegetation to keep the wind from blowing it away.

• 2. Rain catch: Lay the bag in a hole in the ground—or a similar low spot—to catch rain water.

• 3. Ground cloth: Under a tent or other survival shelter, a cut-open trash bag can keep the dampness of the ground from seeping into your bedding.

• 4. Signal Flag: If you have an orange trash bag, or another colorful option, tie it to a pole and stand it up in an open area to create a signal flag. Tie the bag to the pole in two spots, and it will act like a windsock.

• 5. Rain Jacket/Windbreaker: While a trash bag isn't much of a shelter on its own, it can serve as a poncho-like covering if you poke a head-sized hole in the bottom and pull it down over your torso.

Garbage Bag Uses• 6. Trail Markers: Cut off small strips of a bag and tie them to brush or branches at eye

level. This can create a trail to help you navigate through thick vegetation or in low-light conditions.

• 7. Cordage: For simple, lightweight tying jobs around camp, trash bags can be cut into strips and tightly twisted into cord. This is not load-bearing rope, but it works for light-duty tasks.

• 8. Wound Care: Put some snow or ice inside the bag to create a cold compress. Add some duct tape and you can seal off wound dressings to keep them cleaner and drier.

• 9. Solar Still: Use a clear plastic trash bag as the “greenhouse” plastic for a solar still to collect and process drinking water.

• 10. Water carrier: Place your bag inside a box, backpack or basket to make a water carrier. Make sure the plastic is several layers thick and not in contact with sharp points. Fix any holes with duct tape.

Uses For a Coat Hanger

• Pot Hanger• #10 Can Handle• Spear/Frog Gig• Spit• Marshmallow fork• Roasting Spike• Welding Rod• S-Hook

• Maori Word For Car Radio Aerial• Kot-hanga

Thinking Outside the Box• Use Everyday Things in Unusual Ways• Make Do with what you have• Golf tee repair of stripped screw• Straw Ointment tubes• Medicine bottle Measuring scoop

Tire Potato Planter

Thinking Outside the box

• Leaf Pile/Hay Bed/Shelter• Water filter from coffee creamer• 5 Gallon Bucket• Port-a-pot• Metal – Cook ware

• VHS tape• Dryer Lint• Bread Bag Tags – Labels

• Cooking Ingredient Substitutes• Evaporated Milk• Sour Cream• Brown Sugar• Cream• Corn Syrup• Honey• Shortening• Soy Sauce• Wine