Need a new DIY Prepper Project to try out? We’re always looking for new DIY projects and new things to try to improve our skills.
So we made a list of 54 DIY projects you can try. Also from reading the list, you might get a few DIY prepping ideas for other prepper projects or DIY survival projects. I know I get tons of ideas that flood my head as I’m learning new ways to make things.
Preppers are do-it-yourself’ers and for good reasons. It saves you loads of cash and it makes us more self-reliant. Here are 54 projects you can try to hone your skills.
54 DIY Prepper Projects
1. Make a Drinking Straw Sewing Kit
You can do this project in just 5 steps.
Full instructions right here.
2. Fire Bow Kit on Training Wheels
Bows and fire, what more could you want?
This project is one of our favorites.
Full instructions right here.
3. Cigar Survival Fishing Kit
Full instructions right here.
4. Adjustable Paracord Rifle Sling
Watch this video on how to make this DIY paracord rifle sling.
5. A Can Rocket Stove
Make a DIY Can Rocket Stove. It’s one of the more fun DIY projects to try.
Full instructions right here.
6. Pack the Alpha Tent
Full instructions right here.
7. How To Render Tallow
See how to do it here.
8. How To Make a Paracord Bracelet
Have you ever made your own paracord survival bracelet? These gadgets are great. Most of them have over 5 different tools and functions. They’re small and lightweight to pack if you don’t decide to wear them on your wrist.
See the full guide on how to make them right here.
9. Practical Performace Prepper Workouts
Full instructions right here.
10. Vertical Spine Shelves
Get the step by step guide here.
11. Moving Raised Beds
Full instructions right here.
12. Siphon Gas (Without Sucking)
You got to see this…
Go here.
13. Homemade Medical Kits
Make your own DIY medical kits so you can make them quicker and save money at the same time. Makes it much easier to replace them as you use them.
Full instructions right here.
14. Camouflaging DIY Rain Barrels
Full instructions right here.
15. Ed’s Red Bore Cleaner Recipe
Full instructions right here.
16. Build The Ultimate Survival Shotgun
This shotgun is no toy…
This is for hardcore prepping for a zombie apocalypse. Or just for loads of firing fun.
Full instructions right here.
17. Clever Storage for Old DVD Containers
Full instructions right here.
18. Build a Dirty Road Girl Compost
See the building instructions for it here.
19. Coffee Can Hobo Stove
Even if you don’t want to make a hobo stove… it’s another excuse to have coffee.
Full instructions right here.
20. Todd’s Tomato Ladders
Full instructions right here.
21. DIY Camouflage for Your Rifle
Full instructions right here.
22. DIY Pallet Garden Fence and 100-Year-Old Windows
Full instructions right here.
23. DIY Fire Starter in a Drinking Straw
Full instructions right here.
24. Make Your Own Herbal Medicine Kit
Conventional medicines have gotten out of control today. Go natural with herbal remedies.
Full instructions right here.
25. DIY Pemmican: Bread of the Wilderness
Some say this is the ultimate survival food.
Full instructions right here.
26. Arm Pit Probiotics and DIY Deodorant
Even when SHTF and you’re alone in the wild, after a while you will need to make your own deodorant to save yourself…
Full instructions right here.
27. A DIY Survival Sling Shot with Big Game Capabilities
Would you rather have a slingshot or a tactical knife?
Full instructions right here.
28. Make A Low-Cost DIY Sub-Surface Irrigation System
Full instructions right here.
29. Make a Tin Olive Oil Lamp
Full instructions right here.
30. A DIY Farmhouse Table, DRG’s Grocery Bag, and Chair Planter
Full instructions right here.
31. How to Make a Bench From a Cedar Tree
Make your own Cedar bench using tools you may not have used before.
Full instructions right here.
32. Make Down and Dirty Sauerkraut
Full instructions right here.
33. Fletching Arrows with Duct Tape
Full instructions right here.
34. Build a Fresnel Solar Cooker
Full instructions right here.
35. Make a Portable Camping PVC Pipe Air Conditioner
Full instructions right here.
36. How To Make Homemade Cream
Full instructions right here.
37. Grow Your Own Organic Grocery Store
Full instructions right here.
38. How To Make Char Cloth
Full instructions right here.
39. How Yo Make a Hand Pump
Full instructions right here.
40. Make Zeer Pots: Keep Food Cool Without Electricity
Full instructions right here.
41. How To Run Electronic With Dead Batteries
Full instructions right here.
42. How To Make a Solar Oven
Living off the grid and use solar for energy?
Full instructions right here.
43. How To Make an Oil Lamp
Need a light source? Make a DIY oil lamp
Full instructions right here.
44. Free Hot Water Forever
Free and forever are two words that have a nice ring to them.
See how you can get free hot water here.
45. How To Make a 5 Gallon Bucket Air Conditioner
Air conditioners will run you at least $100. Save that money and make your own DIY air conditioner.
All the steps are here.
46. How To Make a Solar Powered Box
Get the full instructions here.
47. How To Make a Prepper Stove With Just Scraps
Instead of tossing your leftover scraps. Make a DIY Stove.
Right here.
48. How To Use a P-38 or P-51 Can Opener
Watch this video guide for a survival can opener.
49. Make a DIY Survival Shelter With $5
50. Prep Your Fruit Stockpile In Your Prepper’s Pantry
There are many different fruits you can store for emergencies that won’t go bad for a while.
Canned and freeze-dried fruits for example. Check and prep your stockpile, add some fruit next to the beans and rice.
Check out this emergency supply of freeze-dried fruit.
51. How To Make a Firebrick
Instead of recycling your newspapers and magazines. You can use them to make firebricks and firelogs.
Think about how much you’d save from having to buy firewood.
52. How To Make a Winter Cowboy Bedroll
Watch this video on how to make a DIY Cowboy Bedroll.
53. How To Store Spices In Straws!
Straws make great ways to store spices. They’re easy to pack and weigh next to nothing.
Here’s how to do it.
54. How to Build a Bushcraft Tripod
Are you a hardcore bushcrafter? Make a DIY Bushcraft tripod.
Go to the step by step guide here.
Conclusion
There are tons of DIY projects for preppers that you can try in this list. I’ve done most of them and they were fun to try out. Most DIY projects are fun and you always learn something.
How many of these DIY prepper projects have you tried?
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