72 hour kit.

We never can tell when an emergency will come up that will require the need to move out be it a tornado or a hurricane , a flood the list is endless. I personally recomend that everyone have a small backpack or bucket that can hold what we would need to carry out with us in a hurry.
A one gallon Milk Jug will do good for a fast easy kit.

72 Hour Kit Instructions

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 at the bottom of the page and purchase the food items from Walmart or your neighborhood grocery store. All the food will cost around $8-10.

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 below 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. In another post I will be showing you how to make a small gel alcohol stove out of two used soda can's and will also be showing you how to make a fordable solar cooker out of cardboard and aluminum foil.

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 our video below if you are having trouble visualizing how to do this.

Step 5 – Place the necessary items into each milk jug according to the list. Put the Tang and cocoa servings into small zip-lock bags or purchase the drinks in the individual packages (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 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)

The list for a simple seventy two hour kit is.

2 servings of tang or other fruit drink. sugar free cool aide in one oz containers
2 packets of Instant oat meal
2 granola bars
2 packets of instant cocoa
1 packet of libbeys pasta meal
1 pack of ten sticks gum
10 pieces of Jolly Rancher candy or any other hard candy
1 can Vienna sausage another mead would work to such as a foil packed tuna or a can of corned beef or spam
3 fruit rollups
1 can of pasta meal ready to eat.
1 oz box of raisins
1 foil packed stick of beef Jerky
1 space blanket
4 1 liter bottles of water
24 squares of toilet paper

Camping spoon and fork. ( Walmart and any ace hardware will have them in the camping section comes as a pocket knife with a fork on one side a spoon on the other a knife blade and can opener saw inside)
Matches and water proof match container on top of the matches in the container put a small wad of toilet paper)
Magnesium fire starter and steel
Wing stove and fuel pellets.
In another post I will show you how to take two old used pop cans and make a wonderful jell alcohol cook stove in another one I will show you how to  make a hobo stove ( small rocket wood gas stove)


1 blue tarp 
1 small roll of parachute cord.
around the milk jug or gallon can fold and wrap the blue tarp around it as an emergency shelter then quick knot tie and loop the para-cord around the can and tie it off.
for a more complete kit you can use a five gallon bucket with a lid along with the gallon jugs or can's an unused paint can can be gotten at almost any hardware store along with small back packs etc.