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177 Cool DIY Projects for Preppers

Sarah Davis by Sarah Davis
June 16, 2020
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Want a cool preparedness project for this weekend?

Here are a few ideas:

#1 How to Make Homemade Bread in a Can

#2 Using Mineral Oil to Keep Eggs Fresh for up to One Year

#3 How to Make a Keyhole Garden

#4 How to Make Pine Syrup at Home (Step by Step Guide with Pictures)

#5 How to Build a Water Purification System in 10 Minutes

#6 How to Adjust the pH in Soil and Water for Abundant Harvests

#7 DIY: Bedside Holster System

#8 Making Butter at Home Like Our Grandparents

#9 How to Make Your Own Apple Sugar

#10 How to Build Your Own Solar Panels

#11 An Awesome 72 Square-Feet SHTF Medicinal Garden Plan

#12 Building an Attic Sniper’s Nest

#13 Learn in 5 Minutes How to Whistle with Your Fingers Really Loud

#14 How to Build an EMP Emergency Car Bag

#15 How to Dry Can Beans and Rice for 20+ Years Shelf Life

#16 How to Make a Smoke Grenade

#17 How to Make Powdered Eggs

#18 How to Make Your Knife as Sharp as the Devil Himself

#19 How to Build an Automatic Watering Tube for Chickens

#20 How to Make Antibacterial Laundry Detergent at Home

#21 How to Make the Most Powerful Natural Antibiotic

#22 How to Turn a 5 Gallon Bucket into a Solar Still

#23 How to Camo Paint Your AR15

#24 DIY Generator (Video)

#25 Free Heating – How to Build a Solar Heater Using Aluminum Cans

#26 DIY Trip Wire Alarm Very Simple and Outrageously Loud (High-Security Perimeter)

#27 DIY Gun Solvent

#28 How to Prepare Medicinal Pickled Garlic

#29 How to Keep Grains Edible and Fresh for Over 40 Years with Nitrogen

#30 10 Faraday Cages You Can Make at Home

#31 How to Build a Solar Oven

#32 Homemade Water Wheel Electric Generator

#33 How to Build a Secret Bookcase Door

#34 How To Make Pemmican: The Ultimate Survival Food

#35 The Lost Art of “Cut Shells”

#36 5 Ways to Make Survival Candles From Household Items

#37 How to Clean Cooking Gear with Wood Ash

#38 How to Build Your Own Ghost Gun

#39 How to Get Power Out of Your Dead Batteries

#40 How to Preserve Beef in Glass Jars

#41 How to Heat Your Home Without Electricity

#42 12 Woodworking Projects for Preppers and Homesteaders

#43 How to Make a Glass Arrowhead

#44 How to Make Firebricks (fire logs) and Wood Stove Logs for Free!

#45 How to Make Ballistic Gel

#46 DIY Rattle-Can Camo for Weapons and Other Gear

#47 How to Make Delicious MREs at Home

#48 How to Make Waterproof Matches At Home In 5 Minutes

#49 How to Make Beef Jerky

#50 How to Pickle Eggs

#51 How to Make 2400 Calorie Emergency Ration Bars Designed to Feed You for a Full Day

#52 DIY: Hidden Kitchen Pantry

#53 How to Assemble a Flawless Snare for Survival in Just 5 Minutes

#54 How to Make Delicious Biltong with 1 Year-Shelf Life

#55 How to Conceal Weapons in Your Vehicle

#56 How To Make A Mini Root Cellar In Your Backyard In Less Than Two Hours

#57 How To Make Survival Lamps With Used Cooking Oil and Mason Jars

#58 How To Build an Earthen Oven; DIY Easy Tutorial With Pictures

#59 How to Make Gun Powder the Old Fashioned Way in Less than 30 Minutes

#60 How Our Forefathers Made Glue Out of Pine Resin

#61 How to Build a Smokehouse In Your Backyard (with Pictures)

#62 How to Repackage Foods in Mylar Bags with Oxygen Absorbers for Long Term Survival

#63 How to Can Chicken (Step by Step Guide with Pictures)

#64 How to Make Your Own Semi-Automatic Off the Grid Washing Machine (No Electricity)

#65 How to Make Dandelion Bread (With Pictures)

#66 How to Make a Powerful Calendula Extract to Keep in Your Medicine Cabinet (with pictures)

#67 How to Can Potatoes for Long Term Preservation

#68 Canning Amish Poor Man’s Steak

#69 How to Make Amish Sweet Bread

#70 How to Keep Eggs Fresh for a Year with Isinglass

#71 DIY Mosquito Trap That Really Works!

#72 DIY Dollar Store First Aid Kit

#73 How to Make Your Own Turmeric Drops

#74 How to Cook Burdock

#75 How to Make Tea Tree Oil to Treat Infections

#76 How to Make Fire Cider: the Ultimate Natural Remedy to “Burn” Your Cold Away

#77 DIY Stove Made From Used Tire Rims

#78 Make Your Own Peppermint Oil – The Best Insect Repellent

#79 How To Make Delicious Lard With 2 Years Shelf-Life (+ 5 Tasty Recipes)

#80 DIY Mini Greenhouse for Year-Round Vegetables

#81 How to Make Acorn Flour 

#82 How to Make Your Own Solar Stove 

#83 How to Make Vicks Vapor Shower Tablets to Treat Your Flu this Winter 

#84 How to Smoke Bacon the Old-Fashioned Way

#85 How to Make Ginger Oil To Counter Prostate, Ovarian and Colon Cancer 

#86 How to Make a Trench Cake: WW1 Survival Food 

#87 How to Make The Coolest Wool Boots Ever, Easily 

#88 How to Make Portable Soup

#89 How to Make Calcium Supplements from Eggshells 

#90 How to Use a Ham Radio When SHTF (With Pictures)

#91 How to Make Your Own Wind Turbine 

#92 How to Make Fruit Leather and Add it To Your Stockpiles

#93 How to Build a Solar Dehydrator

#94 How to Build a 44-Day Stockpile for Only $2.40 a Day

#95 How to Dehydrate Chicken for Survival (With Pictures)

#96 How to Make Shotgun Shells at Home? (with Pictures) 

#97 How to Make Bannock the Survival Food Rich in Vitamin C 

#98 How I Got a 260 Pill SHTF Antibiotic Stockpile 

#99 How to Turn Your CB Car Radio into a Powerful Transmitter 

#100 How to Preserve Food with Duct Tape and Bentonite Clay

#101 How to Make Yeast for Long-Term Storage 

#102 How to Treat Migraines with an Herbal Tincture

#103 How to Store 100 Gallons of Water Using A WaterBOB 

#104 Emergency Shelters When You Are on the Move 

#105 How to Prepare Your House Against Looters 

#106 How to Make Cheese from Powdered Milk 

#107 How to Make the Most Effective Herbicide 

#108 How to Make Moringa Powder (DIY with Pictures) 

#109 How to Make Cabbage Bandages to Treat Inflammation and Joint Pain

#110 How to Dry Plums for Long-Term Storage Just Like Grandma 

#111 How to Cook in a Cactus 

#112 How to Make a Lot of Compost this Winter 

#113 How to Charge Your Phone When There Is no Electricity 

#114 How to Pickle Meat 

#115 How to Build a Silencer for .308 Rifle 

#116 DIY Wilderness Soap And Shampoo from this Plant 

#117 How to Install a Trip Wire Alarm on Your Property 

#118 How to Make a Bulletproof Body Armor Plate 

#119 An Ingenious Way to Catch Pigeons and Other Birds in Your Own Backyard 

#120 How to Use Avocado Seeds to Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol 

#121 How to Make Sauerkraut – The Most Effective Probiotic 

#122 Bean and Rice Survival Soup; Easy and Adaptable Recipe 

#123 15 Survival Uses for Plastic Bottles 

#124 How to Change an Electrical Outlet 

#125 8 Ways to Use Your Rancid Oil for Survival

#126 How to Use The Old Cupping Method to Get Rid of Back Pain 

#127 6 Easy Ways to Siphon Gas in A Survival Situation 

#128 DIY Seed Tapes with Toilet Paper 

#129 How to Make Anti-Inflammatory Band-Aid Using Plantain 

#130 The Lost Ninja Superfood (Video)

#131 How to Make A Rope Out of Common Plants 

#132 DIY Beehive in a Jar 

#133 How to Make Spam 

#134 How to Get Rid of Poison Ivy

#135 DIY Mason Jar Soil Test 

#136 15 Simple Solutions to Help You Get Rid of Ants 

#137 6 Easy Ways to Remove Mold Naturally 

#138 The Only 4 Knots That You’re Going to Actually Use in a Survival Situation 

#139 7 Survival Uses for Expired Gas

#140 5 Traps to Catch Animals While You Sleep 

#141 How To Make Pepper Spray 

#142 10 Ingenious Ways to Keep Moths Away From Your Grains 

#143 How to Harvest Your Own Seeds from Garden Plants 

#144 DIY Home Remedy for Bronchitis 

#145 How Shooters Are Building Firearms with 80% Receiver Kits

#146 How to Catch Fish with a Bottle 

#147 How to Make Potted Meat 

#148 All-Natural Fruit Tree Bait for Insects: It Works! 

#149 How to “Winterize” Your Pipes and Prevent Damage 

#150 8 Old West Cowboy Recipes 

#151 How I Grow My Food in a Basement 

#152 How to Keep Moisture and Pests Away from Your Food Stockpile 

#153 How to Use Milk Thistle for Inflammation 

#154 How to Make Oil from Plants at Home 

#155 36 PVC DIY Projects for Your Homestead 

#156 How to Make Matzo Bread With a Long Shelf Life 

#157 How to Make Black Garlic For Boosting Your Immune System 

#158 How to Can Your Leftover Turkey 

#159 200 Pounds of Food With this Plant You Can Harvest in Winter

#160 How to Grow Potatoes in Shopping Bags for an Extended Harvest

#161 How to Protect Yourself from 5G

#162 How to Make a Natural Remedy for Food Poisoning 

#163 Grow Your Own Toilet Paper

#164 How to Make A Survival Cache and What to Put in it 

#165 How to Lower Your Blood Sugar Levels with Fenugreek 

#166 How to Decontaminate Yourself in 5 Easy Steps when Back at Home from Infected Areas

#167 How to Make Your Own Mask for a Pandemic 

#168 How to Grow Suspended Food Indoors 

#169 How to Protect Your Home During this Pandemic

#170 Canning Meatloaf for Meals in a Jar

#171 6 Ways to Sterilize Your N95 Mask for Endless Protection

#172 Making Your Own Toilet Paper 

#173 How to Stockpile Ammo

#174 Homemade Traps for Garden Pests

#175 DIY Projects for Your Prepper Pantry 

#176 How to Build Your Own Wall Hanging Can Rotator

#177 75+ DIY Projects For a Self-Sufficient Homestead (Video)

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  1. Gallo Pazzesco says:
    5 years ago

    Helluva list thank you Sarah and Claude!

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  2. Kat says:
    5 years ago

    Are the links in the DIY projects list supposed to be live?

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  3. submariner says:
    4 years ago

    To the “DTV” admin.,…….
    I can no longer get onto the site,… it refuses to let me re-register,…. can you fix this (or delete my account) so I can try again? I liked the ‘old’ site better,… less problems!

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  4. Phyllis Ms. Crubaugh says:
    2 years ago

    Thank you SO MUCH for all of these wonderful articles!

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