Solar Cooker (cardboard Box)

Solar Cooker - using a cardboard box construction lined with aluminum foil to harness the sun's energy for cooking your meals, dehydrating foods, and even purifying water!

Recipes can be found at: http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Recipes

or http://www.sunoven.com/sun-cooking-usa/how-to-use

Cardboard box (large enough to for cooking pan or pot to fit in)

Aluminum foil

Oven bag (large enough to cover opening on side of box)

Box cutter

White glue

Straight edge

Pen or marker

With the box top closed, using the straight edge and pen draw a line from the upper right corner to the midline of the box.

Using the box cutter cut the box top along line.

Using the straight edge draw a line down the midline on the side of the box to meet the cut made in the top of the box.

Cut down the side of the box along the line.

On the bottom of the box, again using the straight edge, draw a line from the upper left corner to the midline of the box to meet the cut made on the side of the box.

Cut along the line.

Open the box up along the newly cut lid. Glue the flaps inside the sides of the box together using the white glue.

Close the newly formed lid and draw a window leaving approx. 1 inch border.

Cut along the line to create the window in the lid of the box.

Open the box lid and apply glue around the edges of the window.

Place the oven bag over the window and press down along the glue edges.

Trim along the edges of the oven bag. You will need to glue the second layer of the oven bag down to the first to keep it doubly thick.

Apply glue to all the interior box surfaces.

Place the aluminum foil to line the interior surfaces of the box.

Close the lid and measure where to create the corners using the flaps. Apply the glue to both flaps and seal to create the corner.