How to Make Pine Cone Firestarters with Colored Flames

1. Equipment

• Pine cones
• Chosen Chemical for flame colour
• Bucket
• Newspaper
• 1.65 litres [half of a gallon] of hot water

Directions

1. For colored flames you can soak the pine cones in water to which one (never mix two chemicals together as this might cause an adverse reaction)of the chemicals.
2. Fill the bucket with half of a gallon of hot water. 
3. Add a cup of the chemical of your choice and soak your pinecones for about 8 hours. 
1. Use only one color per cone or break the cones apart before soaking and then when dry, mix the different chemical soaked scales together when adding to the flames to provide an array of colors.
4. After the cones have soaked remove them with tongs and spread them out to dry on newspaper.  
1. Since some of these chemicals may lightly stain the surface, do not spread them on good surfaces without proper protection.
5. The pinecones need to dry for at least 3 days before they can be burned. 
6. When dry you can add the cone to the fire and watch the colored flames dance