10 Dollar Tree Prepping Categories Types Of Prepper Supplies to Stockpile What prepping survival
supplies can you find at Dollar Tree hi it's AlaskaGranny Alaska Prepper welcome back to Granny
Camp Alaska off grid cabin it's another great summer day I love coming out to my off-grid cabin
and spending a lot of alone time and it allowed me to think about what are all the different
categories of prepping and can you find those categories if you shop at Dollar Tree stores the
first category prepping supplies to stock up on is food when you start stocking up on food think
about the strategy of you need stockpile open eat foods such as canned soup beef stew chili
canned meats MRE foods that you could open and eat snack foods granola bars foods that don't need any
preparation you could have a stockpile of ready to eat food in your bug out bag you could have a
stash of open eat food in your pantry you can have food in your car kit easy grab and go something to
open and eat number one if you're hungry number two if you're in a hurry and number three what if
you don't have a way to cook or prepare anything you want some open and eat meals so that you can
get on doing what you need to do then stock your pantry with several weeks worth of food
that are easy to incorporate together to make a meal they might require a little cooking you
might need to add water and there are things like macaroni and cheese pasta spaghetti sauce you can
find a ready-made pizza crust a jar of sauce some Dollar Tree stores actually have a refrigerator
section you can even find some cheese but make sure you read it that it's not imitation or cheese
food that it's actually cheese pay attention to the food choices that you're making then
think about the longest term food storage foods like beans and rice foods that will last a very
long time dried oatmeal dried pasta noodles those foods can all be sealed up in a jar in a mylar bag
in a five gallon bucket and they can last for decades check out the spices at Dollar Tree it's
a great way to buy spices for only one dollar each but don't buy spices that
are combinations that are mostly salt stick to single ingredients like oregano or chili powder
cinnamon and if you do want salt look for the Himalayan salt it's a great deal for a dollar
it's available in most major grocery stores for four dollars the next category of prepping is
water you need to have water that you can grab and go and you can drink it and have enough in
a stockpile that if your water stops running or you're away from home or for some reason you don't
have fresh water you want to have some water on hand you can buy the packs of water that you can
hand them out to your family keep one in your car have water for a camp out but you should also grab
some of the gallon water jugs they're in very sturdy containers they're great to just stash away
pick one out if you need it and then what about if that water runs out what can you do you can
actually put together some water purification supplies from the Dollar Tree get some coffee
filters then you can take one any water that you have to collect like wild water you can filter
it through the coffee filter that will filter out the debris that doesn't make water safe to drink
then you can grab a little bottle of bleach a few drops at a time depending on the amount of water
that you have and purify your water with bleach I was glad to see Dollar Tree carrying small bottles
of bleach because bleach is something that isn't going to last for a long time so you're probably
not going to need tons of bleach in your prepper stockpile to filter your water small bleach is an
easier size container to rotate for your emergency supplies I was originally thinking maybe I could
just dump this bleach out and refill it but then I looked at some of the other bleach containers
that I've stored for a while and the containers actually started to soften up and disintegrate
make sure you're rotating your bleach it's not a set it and forget it prepping supply next you need
cooking supplies head over to the foil get lots of reynolds foil wrappers I started using the little
foil dishes that come with a lid you can separate the foil pans make your meal in it and put it in
the freezer then if you're going camping you can take the foil pan meal out of the freezer have
it in your cooler for a few days and when you get to camp you can set the foil pan meal right
into your Dutch oven in your campfire and cook it right in there to cook when you're
done there's absolutely no cleanup because your meal is already prepared in your foil container
depending on the size of your crock pot this also might be another way that you can have meals ready
to go for your family from freezer set it into the crock pot and let it heat up from frozen
stock up on some paper plates disposable utensils because in an emergency if you don't have water
you don't want to use your precious little water washing dishes you still need to be able to
prepare and serve a meal then you also should make sure that you have plenty of garbage bags because
all of this eating and cooking and preparing makes a lot of trash have a way to dispose of trash keep
them sealed up especially if you're out in the woods in the summertime because there are other
critters who definitely want to get into your garbage and you want to avoid that if you can
look for tall white kitchen garbage trash bags the drawstring if you can find them
because they are the perfect size to put into your luggable loo portable
toilet sanitation head over to the party aisle and look for Fancy Heat it's a little
way to cook in a can it's an alcohol stove it's like sterno you take off the lid of Fancy Heat you
light the wick and fancy heat burns the fuel inside these will burn for about two
hours if you can't find the fancy heat you can always look for the stainless steel scrubbies
you can find them in a two pack I've also seen stainless steel scrubbies in a three pack make
sure that they're stainless steel you can put them in a clean small can like a tuna fish can
fill it up with some alcohol and you can light it and then it makes a DIY buddy burner it's very
simple but it gets very hot I don't recommend that you ever try this inside this would be something
you would use cook outside look over the Dollar Tree kitchen tools do you have tools that you
could use to cook outdoors if you needed to the nice fancy cookware and utensils that we have
in the house don't translate very well to outdoor cooking so make sure that you have basic supplies
metal utensils that you could use if you needed to cook over a fire what about lights Dollar Tree has
all kinds of candles you can find the tall 80 hour candles you can find battery operated
candles you can find small candles if you're going to use candles for cooking make sure that you get
unscented candles the last thing you want to do is heat up a can of chili over a lavender scented
candle you don't want any scent or aroma to be added into your food plus a lot of us just aren't
fond of artificial scents in the air if you needed to use candles as a light source in
an emergency you don't want to smell up your house if it's not necessary one trick I do with the tall
80 hour or religious candles I put them in a mug and then you have a surface that's holding
the candle up you have a handle that you can move it around if you need to look for strike
on the box matches and the long utility lighters Dollar Tree sell cigarette lighters if you can
find BIC brand get those because they seem to get a far better review than generic lighters
solar lights are great they last nearly forever I've had Dollar Tree solar lights outdoors in
Alaska all winter long even when they get buried in the snow and then the snow melts and guess what
there they are I can find them because they're lit up again unless they got hit by the snow shovel or
the snowplow Dollar Tree solar lights awesome how long they last and can work the solar lights are
a great way to have some light indoors rather than burning candles you need to make sure that either
you've not activated them by pulling the little tab out or that you've allowed them to charge up
in the daylight because if you've already pulled the tab out and you have them sitting in a drawer
they're not charged up they need to be able to sit in the sun for a while so that they can continue
to work look over the battery operated lights and flashlights sometimes you can find really nice
ones at Dollar Tree lately the ones I saw did not appeal to me I have found some nice flashlights
before and even some little battery lanterns and I wish I bought a whole bunch more of those
if you can find the big packs of batteries like the eight packs that's still a deal they may not
be the very best batteries ever but they last long enough and you're certainly getting your
money's worth if you can buy an eight pack what's the next category for prepping first aid supplies
it's amazing all of the first aid supplies that you can find at the Dollar Tree there's
probably 150 categories of first aid items I don't really know because it varies from store to store
every time I go to Dollar Tree I keep thinking do I need more of that or I've never seen this before
it is getting harder to find things for one dollar at Dollar Tree
stores always be on the lookout because you can be pleasantly surprised from day to day and even
from store to store if you have more than one Dollar Tree in your area that you can go to
the next category is hygiene supplies you can find everything you need shampoo toothpaste
toothbrushes hair brushes body lotion foot cream powders even baby wash baby powder baby wipes
stock up on those baby wipes because everybody needs to be clean and having a way to get clean
whether you're out for the day or the water goes away you'll want to have baby wipes to
keep yourself clean and fresh as possible the last time I went to Dollar Tree a trip down the tool
aisle was a really a great experience because I was surprised how many tools they had the
options were great everything from rubber mallets for putting the lid on your five gallon bucket
screwdrivers pliers and Dollar Tree also had all kinds of zip ties bungee cords carabiners paint
brushes all kinds of tools tape measures saws look things over and think to yourself is there a tool
here that I need that I don't have but remember these aren't going to be the top quality tools
if you're a handyman or you work in construction you need to just pass by Dollar Tree tool aisle
because those tools aren't going to be the standards you need if you're just someone need
to change the batteries in a child's toy pick up the screwdrivers that fit those little tiny screws
so that you can handle that task there's all kind of ropes and twine get some rope for a clothesline
pick up some clothes pins if you need to hang your clothes up you have a rope and some clothes pins I
picked up jute twine because not only does this work as a great fire starter it's a handy cord
when you just need a string I plan to use jute twine in my garden this year I have some sticks
I'm going to tie together with jute twine to make some climbing trellises for my beans and peas
the Dollar Tree store I visited had all types of different glues and adhesives I picked up
some super glue some fix all adhesive and some tacky glue tacky glue is more for crafting and
I think it's washable even so look over the glues the adhesives and see if there's something that
you think how could I use this do I have a task at home that needs to be repaired or something that
I plan to do in the future and you may be able to find some adhesive for that Dollar Tree have duct
tape it's not the top quality but if you don't have any tape that's good they have things like
scotch tape if you can get the real scotch brand get that it's far better than the dollar tree
brand tape you're probably going to need to wash dishes whether there's an emergency or not pick
up a bottle of dawn dish soap I bought a couple of black little washcloths for no other reason
than if you're out at camp and everything is dirty you can use this on your face and it doesn't look
like oh my gosh look at all the dirt that came off like you would have say you had a white one you're
still going to dry yourself and yes the dirt is still going to be there but it isn't going to be
as obvious and you might feel better about being able to clean up at camp I also like these dish
drying towels it's like a mat put it out after you wash the dishes lay dishes on here to dry
and they're fold up because it's just like a extra thick spongy towel so these work great
one of the areas of prepping is sustainability if you can find garden seeds pick them up look for
vegetables especially if you can find seeds that are heirloom because the heirloom seeds are the
ones that will continue to produce the plant that you can harvest the seeds and continue to plant
them again you can collect the seeds off of the produce that you provided at the end of the summer
some of the just gmo or new spangled seeds the seeds have been genetically modified to produce
for one year so that the company can sell you more seeds what do these have in common cookies
in a can and a puzzle in a can yes kids love them both but guess what now I have a container when
the puzzle has been used and the cookies are gone I can make little emergency kits in these this
is like an altoids container and I've used these cookie tins before you make a hole in the top fill
it up with cotton rounds and then you can burn it and you make char cloth which is a fire starter
all times of year it can be cold so look for hand warmers look for gloves stocking
caps sometimes you can find fleece scarves that you wrap around your neck and help keep
you warm because it holds your body heat in a problem we battle in the summer is mosquitoes
if you can find the little mosquito repellent bracelets they're like a little coil
get those they work well you can find citronella candles but remember you need to be able to smell
it if you can't smell anything it's probably not going to be very effective the deal with
how citronella works is it overpowers your scent and so the mosquitoes can't smell you it's not
that they don't like citronella is it it's masking your scent I also found these citronella incense
sticks that are going to be great to stick outside light them and then it'll help keep mosquitoes out
of the area and something that I've used for many years are the mosquito repellent coils
you separate these light them they give off a little bit of smoky aroma I've got one lit
right here and what happens is that it gives a scent in the area that the mosquitoes don't like
and they seem to work you can put mosquito coils around on the corners of your patio
but you shouldn't use them in an enclosed area there's lots of air flowing in granny camp so
mosquito coils are safe remember it is burning and the little tip as it burns will fall off
so you want to make sure that you put it on like a tile or a plate and not on a wooden surface that
could catch on fire or be damaged so when you go to the dollar tree walk up and down each aisle and
think to yourself do I need food water a way to cook things do i need some lights do i need a way
to start a fire do i need a way to clean myself do i need first aid supplies how about tools
and even simple shelter items like perhaps you can find a poncho or a plastic tarp tablecloth
or something if you have nothing else you need a way to keep yourself protected i don't think
that they're going to be very effective in a big stormy area but sometimes you can find some tarps
they may not be the best but it might be better than nothing if you have one dollar extra and you
can spend to make sure that you are sheltered then make sure you have something let me know
what items you've discovered at the Dollar Tree store that help fill your prepping categories
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