nitro_nemesis
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Was w/ my cousin who resides in Honduras now over the holidays and he showed me a neat new hobby that i've just about perfected - made for quite a show last night :lol: Anyhow, go to any walmart and around the card section and get the color tissue papaer for cramming in gifts. Cut you out a reasonably big pattern for a balloon about 4 ft. X 4 ft. The ones I make are basically 8 big triangles glued together @ the edges w/ some white elmers and @ the bottom theres a square hole about 6 in. X 6 in. (looks like a big four sided diamond w/ the bottom triangles being upside down of course) Make a small wire frame that will hold a candle that you make from dipping rolled toilet paper in wax - don't make it too heavy and secure it to the frame centered so the balloon doesn't catch fire !!! Keep in mind the lighter the better. What you end up w/ is a big lantern that floats up, up, way the hell up if it's not too windy. I think my cousins best is a 30 minute flight w/ the balloon reaching between 1 - 2 thousand ft. or so. But he makes balloons that are somewhat bigger than 4 X 4. My first floater which was last night went about 70 - 80 ft. and then caught fire and burned up - I made the candle frame from tape instead of wire and it gave out dropping the candle and burning the balloon in a nice airborne fire They posted a nice article in a hondurian paper where people actually thought his balloons were ufo's and that the apocalipse was taking place because he had about 6 of em riding wind currents burning up here and there !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Gonna take some pics of my next one tonight and post em.