OK, SO YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN FIREWORKS? NOTE: ALL THE AMOUNTS GIVEN IN THESE DIRECTIONS ARE IN PARTS BY WEIGHT. DO NOT USE PARTS BY VOLUME (LIKE TEASPOONS OR SOMETHING), OR ELSE YOU COULD HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM. ALWAYS MIX THESE CHEMICALS BY SHAKING THEM ON A SHEET OF PAPER OR SOMETHING. IF YOU GRIND THEM, STIR THEM, ETC. THEY COULD EXPLODE IN YOUR FACE!(AFTER ALL, I DON'T WANT YOU TO KILL YOURSELF WHILE DOING THIS!) FUSE: 1. DISSOLVE AS MUCH POTASSIUM NITRATE AS YOU CAN IN ABOUT A PINT OF WATER AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. 2. SOAK 5-6 INCH PIECES OF STRING OR PAPER IN THIS SOLUTION AND LET THEM DRY. 3. LIGHT THE FIREWORKS WITH THE STRING OR A PIECE OF PAPER ROLLED INTO A TIGHT TUBE. FLASH POWDER: 1. MIX: 1 PARTS POWDERED MAGNESIUM METAL & 4 PARTS POWDERED POTASIUM NITRATE. 2. IGNITE WITH A VERY LONG FUSE. THIS STUFF EXPLODES WITH A HUGE WHITE FLASH, AND MAY BE BRIGHT ENOUGH TO SCREW UP YOUR EYES IF YOU LOOK STRAIGHT AT IT. "SNAKES": 1. MIX: 5 PARTS POTASSIUM NITRATE 10 PARTS POTASSIUM DICHROMATE 5 PARTS REGULAR SUGAR 2. MIX THESE POWDERS WITH ENOUGH MUSCILAGE OF ACACIA (THAT GOOEY BROWN GLUE YOU CAN GET AT A DRUGSTORE) SO THAT YOU CAN MOLD THEM INTO CONES ABOUT 1/2 AN INCH HIGH. 3. WHEN DRY, LIGHT THE TIPS OF THE CONES WITH A MATCH. FOUNTAIN #1: 1. MIX: 1 PART POWDERED MAGNESIUM METAL 1 PART POWDERED IRON METAL 1 PART POWDERED ZINC METAL 1 PART ANTIMONY SULFIDE 1 PART POWDERED CHARCOAL 1 PART POWDERED SULFUR 1 PART LYCOPODIUM POWDER 1 PART POWDERED SUGAR 1 PART POTASSIUM NITRATE 2. COAT A CARDBOARD TUBE AND PLUG THE BOTTOM WITH PLASTER OF PARIS (THIS IS SO IT WON'T BURN). 3. FILL THE TUBE WITH THE MIXTURE, INSERT A FUSE, AND LIGHT IT.