Step 1 - Make sure you have saved 1 milk jug and 3 (2-liter) bottles per person. Wash them all out with soap and let dry.

Step 2 - Multiply the number of kits you want by the items listed in the shopping list (see below or for a printable worksheet visit our blog) and purchase the food items from Walmart or your neighborhood grocery store.

Step 3 - Purchase a wing stove and fuel pellets from an emergency preparedness store such as Emergency Essentials or if one isn't available in your area follow the links on our blog to order online. Only one stove is NECESSARY per family, but they are pretty cheap so if you'd like to have one per kit that is fine too. It will make it much more convenient in a true emergency.

Step 4 - Cut straight down the middle of a milk jug diagonal from the handle. Go about 1/3 of the way down. At the bottom of that cut, make a horizontal slice coming from each side but leave about 2 inches of the jug intact. This should make a sort hatch that you can pull open and insert the items in. Watch the video on our blog if you are having trouble visualizing how to do this.

Step 5 - Place the necessary items into each milk jug according to the contents list. Put the Tang and cocoa servings into small zip-lock bags (1/4 c. per serving). If you have extra food left over, stick it in as space permits. Tape the milk jug up. Tape the contents list (see below) to the outside of the jug and record today's date and the family member who will use that kit. VOILA!

Step 6 - Fill your 2 liter bottles with water and store all of the items in an easily accessible place (your car trunk is the ideal place if you have room). Check out our Step 2: Water page for more information on how to properly store the water.

SHOPPING LIST (1 kit)
2 servings Tang (1/4 cup each serving)
2 packets instant oatmeal
2 granola bars
2 servings cocoa mix (1/4 cup each)
1 single serving stew or pasta with "pop top" lid
10 sticks gum
9 pieces jolly rancher candy
1 can beanie weenies with "pop top" lid
3 (.5 oz) fruit roll-ups
2 single serving Lipton Noodles
1 (1 oz.) package raisins
2 (1 oz.) package beef jerky
3 plastic spoons
1 package matches
snack-size zip lock bags for Tang and cocoa
clear packing tape to close
1 wing stove
3 packages fuel pellets

CONTENTS LIST
Day 1
Breakfast - Tang, Oatmeal
Lunch - Beenie Weenies, Fruit Roll-Up
Dinner - 1 Granola bar, Beef jerky, Hot cocoa mix
Snack - 3 pieces gum, 3 pieces candy

Day 2
Breakfast - Hot cocoa mix, 1 granola bar
Lunch - Lipton soup, Raisins
Dinner - Stew/Pasta, Fruit Roll-Up
Snack - 3 pieces gum, 3 pieces candy

Day 3,
Breakfast - Tang, Oatmeal
Lunch - Lipton soup
Dinner - Beef Jerky, Fruit Roll-Up
Snack - 4 pieces gum, 3 pieces candy

This kit requires a 2-liter bottle of water to reconstitute the foods included.

Mix 3/4 cup water with Tang and hot cocoa mix.

Plastic spoon and matches are included.

Save and reuse the Beenie Weenie can to heat other foods if no other container is available.

3 (2-liter) bottles of water are suggested for each person.

NAME: _________________________

DATE PACKED:___________________ (use within 1 year)