The ingenuity of an outdoorsman never ceases to amaze. Your tinder or anything else you wish to store will be safe with the directions below!

Materials:
-Straws
-Lighter
-Needle pliers
-Scissors
-Matches
-Petroleum Jelly
-Cotton balls
-Poking stick (skewer that fits inside straw)
If not matches, just what ever you want to put in there.

Sealing the Ends:
1. With your pliers hold the end of the straw where you will create your first seal.
Leave a little straw hanging out so you have enough plastic to melt. As heat is applied, the overhanging straw will melt back to the pliers where it will stop.
2. Allow to cool.

Making and Adding Tinder:
I like to use cotton balls with a light coat of petroleum jelly.
1. Coat the cotton ball lightly with petroleum jelly, you don't want to glob this on.
2. Then use your poking stick to push the cotton ball to the sealed end of the straw

Add Matches and Final Seal:
1. Add matches, heads away from cotton ball.
2. If you want to make a compartment, move on to the next step. Otherwise….
3. Cut the straw to length, and repeat the sealing technique as before on the open end.

For this compartment, you will be melting a seam between your two items.
1. Using your lighter, heat up your pliers. I find that 20s is pretty good, depends on your tool.
2. Simply crimp the straw where you want the compartment, hold let the plastic melt and then cool before releasing. I find pliers with teeth are best because is creates a better seal due to the teeth creating grooves.
3. Add matches and seal other end as previously stated.

Compartment #2
For this compartment, I'm not concerned about waterproofing each compartment from each other, but simply to separate.
1. Before your final seal, simply place another wad of cotton to create a separator. Don't allow the cotton separator to touch the petroleum cotton ball. This will prevent any moisture to transfer.
2. Add your matches and seal open end as stated before.

There you have it! A way to easily keep those matches and other small items dry and protected!

The above may seem a little confusing but if you go on over to Instructbles the author will give you tips on the best type of straws to use, his preferred matches and some other fun and interesting items that can be stored in the compartments.

There are also photos illustrating what he's talking about in the text. Give it a try. You know you want to!