Funky Colored Flames – Campfire Fun

How do you make a campfire even more entertaining for kids? Why not try adding some funky colors when the marshmallow roasting is done?

A couple months ago two little boxes arrived promising a “brilliant spectacle of colors” in my campfire. I was keen on giving it a try, so when the time was right I pulled them out. I tried them in our fireplace in the house and later (read a few days ago) in our outdoor firepit.

Let’s take a look at what they are and then look at how they performed.

 

Features:

• Colored Flame Crystals
• Burn Blue, Green and Purple
• Non-Toxic
• Burns for 30 minutes on your wood fire
• Indoor or outdoor use
• 3-pack
• Price: $8 on amazon.com

 

What do we think:

Funky Flames is a fun little treat to pull out for kids any time you start a fire. Instructions are to put a pack on the fire unopened and then sit back and watch. After following the simple steps I sat back with the kids to watch the dancing flames and to take some photos.

Instructions state to not cook over the flames. I’m not sure if that’s because of the packaging or the “non-toxic” contents, but either way we were fine waiting until after the smokies and marshmallows had run out. It gave more of a chance for the sky to darken too, so the show could be more “spectacular”.

 

As was mentioned, we tried this indoors and outdoors. The indoors fire was one of those fire logs and outdoors was a bit of a bigger blaze. It was immediately obvious that bigger fires would require more than one pack for a grander display… or perhaps better placement of the flames.

 

With a smaller fire, the colored flames are much more visible (see above photo). As you can tell, the combination of better placement and a smaller fire make for a more noticeable “show”.

With a larger fire, it was harder to spot the colored flames, but they were always visible. I would recommend putting all three packs in at once if you’re going to use them in a larger campfire. All of the colors (Blue, Green, and Purple) are clearly visible in the burn and the kids really enjoyed watching the changing colors.

Conclusion

The title speaks for itself. Funky Flames are designed to liven up your fireplace or campfire with brightly colored flames.

When correctly placed and in sufficient quantities they show off Blues and Greens and Purples amongst the yellow flames of a campfire.

One pack can be drowned out by larger fires, so be sure to add more for bigger blazes.

The concept is fun and the kids enjoyed watching the different colors show up as we say around our backyard fire.

All in all, if you have campfire plans this summer and are looking for a fun treat to spice up the campfire this summer, keep an eye out for Funky Colored Flames or one of their other products.