Paper Sparklers!

A very happy new year to all my avid readers/followers. I hope you had a dandy celebration on nye. I did! 
Although, frankly speaking there is not much that can be done here, what with the abandoned trucks menacingly blocking roads, and rightly so, people here don;t know what control is. 


Anyway, enough of that, off to the fun part I go. I know I should have put this earlier so you people could use them on new years eve, but my busy schedule prevented any such post. however, it's never too late, right?


:)


Today we will learn how to make paper sparklers that are children-safe and a lot of fun for them!


You will need:

• Festive straw 

• Wooden skewers

• Vellum Paper in red, white and blue colors (we don't get any here so I used those L files instead)

• Scotch tape

• Scissors

Cut a piece of paper about 4 inches by 3 inches. Make very small fringe cuts almost all the way through as shown above, leaving about 1/2 at the top uncut.

Starting at one end of the uncut section, carefully roll the paper up as tight as possible (you'll want that end to fit into the end of a straw so make sure it's a  super tight roll!)

Stick it into the end of the straw. In all three I made with the dimensions I gave it fit perfectly, nice and tightly into the straw but you may need to snip off an inch or so at the end of your roll to make it work. You shouldn't need any tape but you can always add a small piece around the top where it meets the straw for added sturdiness.

Festive straws look great but they aren't very sturdy. Here we cut down a skewer to about the same size (just not larger) of the straw and inserted it into the middle of the straw to add structure to the inside. Use a small piece of tape at the end to keep it inside.

Bend the paper a little bit to give the sparklers a little poofing up

Enjoy a safe New Yea...umm...ENJOY! :D

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