Making Colored Flame Pine Cones
By
Stormy Stewart
@karlyn255
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This is an easy craft, requires about 15 minutes of your time, for those who love a great bonfire. The season is coming folks. Remember this project requires an adult supervision and 4 days to make so plan ahead
Ingredients
- pinecones
- deep glass bowl
- any one of the counpounds for flame color
How to Make Making Colored Flame Pine Cones
- 1Tips:
To get the pine cones looking their best, heat them in the oven at 225 degrees F on a foil-covered cookie sheet. They will open all the way and look fuller.
Warnings:
Use only one salt or compound for color.
Be very careful handling these chemicals and follow the manufacturer' s directions. Some compounds can be poisonous if mishandled - 2Pour 1/2 gallon of hot water into a deep glass or plastic bowl.
- 3Dissolve 8 ounces of any one of the following chemicals in the water:
Alum (thallium) for a bright green flame
Strontium chloride for a bright red flame
Boric acid for a deep red flame
Calcium for a reddish-orange flame
Calcium chloride for a yellowish-orange flame
Table salt for a yellow flame
Borax (sodium tetraborate) for a yellow-green flame
Blue vitriol (copper sulfate) or barium for a green flame
Saltpeter (potassium nitrate) for a violet flame
Or Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) for a white flame. - 4Soak the pine cones in the solution for 6 hours.
- 5Dry them for at least three days in a warm, dry area on newspaper or hang in a mesh bag.
About Making Colored Flame Pine Cones
Course/Dish: Other Non-Edibles
