Post by King Edward Potatostein on Oct 31, 2004 20:46:58 GMT -5
It's that time again kiddies... LEARNING HOW TO MAKE COOL STUFF TIME!! This weeks weapon of mass destuction is... A HOT AIR BALLOON!! *Beethoven's 5th plays* (A short history: The first hot air balloon was invented in France in 1783.) Materials needed: Plastic trash/laundry bag, drinking straws/balsa wood sticks/or wire, fire lighters/ small candles. OK, first make a light frame from either balsa wood sticks or drinking straws and make a + shape. Next get some candles and melt them along the lenth of one the frame (try melting a load of birthday candles together in the center of the frame too) Next, get a black trash bag and attatch the frame to the bottom of the trash bag by tapeing each corner of the frame to the bag. Now, this part works best with two people. Get some one to hold the balloon at the top while you light the candles. The balloon will start to fill with hot and when it feels light enough let go. It will float into the night sky and look like a huge ball of fire and can reach 2000ft! The last one I made was going ok at first then suddenly the frame caught on fire due to me using fire lighters. It was like the 1937 Hindenberg disaster!
