Here in Oklahoma, I have been using up my stash of quick homemade fire starters to get the wood stove cranked up in the AM's. Easy to make and uses resources a lot of folks just trash:

Save old toilet paper rolls. Save the used wax from old candle stubs or from (as in my case) used scented candle wax.

Used candle wax cubes stuffed into the middle of the double toilet paper rolls (the bent inner one keeps the cubes in place). Add one of these to a tinder pile, or two of these to a stack of small logs and (almost) instant crackling fire.