These are also known as King Alfred Cakes not as in to eat . Nice touch and very easy to make. Keep children away from the chemicals they can be harmful
Ingredients:
2 lbs coarse salt
2 lbs bluestone
paraffin wax (to cover paper cups)
1 lb borax (orange blue & green flames)
1 ounce strontium nitrate (red flame)
1 ounce bismuth nitrate (crimson flame)
1 ounce antimony chloride (blue flame)
1 ounce barium chloride (green flame)
1 ounce potassium chloride (purple flame)
Directions:
1. Mix ingredients in a cardboard box with a wooden spoon. 2. Put into paper cups then cover with melted paraffin. 3. Throw on the fireplace embers for colored flames. 4. Bluestone is available at paint stores. 5. Borax& salt from the grocery store. 6. Chemicals from the drug store.