Sky Lantern

We have been having so much fun lately with a packet of sky lanterns we picked up on a discount website.
Personally, i had never encountered them before, and i was very nervous about how they would work.
Turns out, they are supremely easy to use, and such alot of fun, i totally recommend that you get some, and try them out yourself.


Here we are getting set up. Obviously, you have to do this at night, the darker and clearer the night, the better. You light a small fuel block on the bottom of the lantern.

Here it is after a minute filled with hot air and ready for take off. Everyone is excited!



Take off! There she goes...look carefully and you can see a house at the bottom.



Here's the kids in awe of how high its getting. Theres lots of excitement, and lots of conversation. We try to guess how high it will go. We were also nervous it would land on someones roof and cause a fire!

Here is it just before it burnt out. The packaging says it will reach 800m high, And the burn time is approx 5 mins.

The sky lanterns are fully biodegradable, so they arent a problem for the environment when they come back down, although imagine waking up to find one on your lawn! It would make for some puzzling conversations!