Quote:
Originally Posted by mickkk
Now that could be the explanation, however it doest explain how they got up so high in the first place as it was breezy and a clear sky and I couldnt see "a great big orange garbage bag" through the binos.
To my mind, they werent garbage bags as Ive tried to imitate the effect and its hard to generate enough heat to fill a grbage bag with candles suspended below. Once the wind gets going, the whole rig collapses and of course the candles go out.
|
Hi Mick,
those flying bags are very easy to make and a lot of fun. I have made a lot of them and even shown my boys! (but they can cause bushfires, so not a hot weather activity).
Don't use a large Garbage Bag. Use the ones they give you in supermarkets for your groceries. And you only use a small 'Tea Candle'. If you can't get Tea candles small enough, a cotton ball soaked in metho works even better!
They float up extremely high until you can't see them any more, or get carried away by the wind.
