How to Make a Solar-Powered Oven

Are you a tree-hugger, earth-lover type of person who is looking for yet another way to go green? Do you have insanely high electric bills that you need to minimize? Are you looking to purchase an oven but you don't have the budget for it?If you answered "yes" to any of those questions, then keep reading because this article might be of interest. This article will show you how to make a solar-powered oven for your kitchen.The materials that you are going to need are aluminum foil, cardboard, large and small boxes, non-toxic glue, non-toxic clear tape, stapler, black construction paper, pencils, newspapers, scissors and plastic wrap. Sounds more like a craft project right? Well, you will be amazed at the end result.The first thing you are going to need to do is to make sure that the boxes you took were of the right size. The smaller box should fit into the bigger box with roughly a two to three inches allowance. Once you have made sure that the smaller box fits into the bigger one with the necessary allowances, take the smaller box out and line the bottom part of the bigger box with crumpled newspapers.Place the smaller box back inside and fill the three other sides with more crumpled newspapers. The next thing you're going to do is to line the inside of the smaller box with some aluminum foil. In order to keep this foil in place you can use some non-toxic clear tape or just fold the aluminum foil over the mouth of the box. Line the bottom part of the smaller box with some black construction paper. This is important because the black construction paper will be used to absorb the heat. Lay a piece of cardboard on top of the larger RC Air Swimmers box and trace around the top of the box onto the cardboard. Add two inches all around the shape you traced onto the cardboard and cut it out in order to make Syma s107 upgrade a reflector.Take the cardboard that you cut out earlier and trace that onto the aluminum foil and cut it out. Place an even coat of non-toxic glue onto the cardboard piece you cut out and lay the aluminum foil on top of it. Make sure it's completely flat and get rid of any air bubbles. Place the reflector at the outside back part of the large RC Air Swimmers box ad situate it under the sun for optimum heat. Stretch clear plastic wrap on top of the large box and secure it with tape all around the entire box. When everything is done, that's it! You now have your own solar-powered oven. Here are a few important reminders when using or making your solar-powered oven. Keep in mind that cooking time would be twice as long as it would take when using a traditional oven. Also, preheating this oven would take about thirty minutes. So, make sure that you are not pressed for time.Also, make sure that you do not make use of any materials that can give off toxic fumes when heated. So, avoid the use of duct tape or Styrofoam or anything as such.So, enjoy cooking and saving the world at the same time!