How to make fireworks

Fireworks are great for holidays, celebrations, or just an afternoon thrill. But how exactly can you make your own from home? Though sky-bound explosives are not something you can DIY your way through, there's some super exciting, fiery...

Different chemicals make the different colors in fireworks and pyrotechnic compositions. This image shows you some of those chemicals that are used to make the beautiful colors you see in the sky when fireworks burst in the air. Wan to learn more about how fireworks are made? Check out the over 100 free fireworks making projects available at Skylighter.com

Fireworks are great for holidays, celebrations, or just an afternoon thrill. But how exactly can you make your own from home? Though sky-bound explosives are not something you can DIY your way through, there's some super exciting, fiery...

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Here we are again, 2017 has just ended and a new year has begun. I'll spare you my list of resolutions since I'm sure we have plenty in common. The eating healthier, the exercising, the list goes on and I know you all feel me. And in only a week I'll be starting another semester at college and honestly, I'm excited. (Gasp...yes I do in fact love school.) I love learning something new, and often times school is the best way to do so. However, I want this year to be different. While my…

Fireworks in a jar are a great craft activity for young children, perfect for the Fourth of July or New Years Eve! This easy craft can be made in a few minutes with low mess!

Bill Schmidt, a very accomplished fireworks builder, active in the Crackerjacks club, and a former President of the Northern Lighters, approached me a few years ago with a book idea. He has been making fireworks for many, many years. When he first started, he would buy his supplies for Westech, a company in Utah owned by Ralph Degn. In those days, there was a lot less useful pyrotechnic literature around. To help bridge that gap, Ralph wrote a number of project-oriented papers he called…

How to Make Zinc Cut Fireworks Stars - This is a color star where the color is produced by an elemental metal, rather than a metallic salt, such as when a blue is produced with a copper oxide or carbonate. So, this blue-green color star may be among the oldest star colors that were produced. An added bonus is that this is one of the easiest cut stars to make that I've tried. It's basically a black powder with zinc dust mixed in.

If you don't have ready access to ready-made fireworks shell fuse leaders or quickmatch fuse, then making your own with black match and the paper "pipes" for them may be necessary. Here is on approach to making the quickmatch fuse leader pipes. As well as tip for making quickmatch with black powder instead of black match.