Glowing Tissue-Flame Bonfire
Captain A will help you learn: Builds a pretend bonfire from cardboard-tube logs and tissue-paper flames that glows with a battery tea light. Along the way children learn that a real fire needs fuel, heat and air, and the Bonfire Night safety rules: grown-ups light fires, and everyone else stays well back.
⚠️ Use a battery tea light only, never a real candle or flame. Keep the tea light's battery compartment closed, as button batteries are very dangerous if swallowed. An adult should help cut the tubes if the cardboard is thick.
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