Samantha, age 9 of Rio Bravo wrote:
it floated!

Bryan, age 9 of Trenton, NJ wrote:
at first it didnt work but when we tied the strings tighter and put some more of the materials it worked really good. it was so cool.

Jaden, age 7 of Turlock, CA wrote:
it flue up very hiy.

Trent , age 12 of Manistee, MI wrote:
It went realy high it was cool.

Grayson and Lyndon of Charlotte, NC wrote:
When my sister grayson blew up the balloon. It melted on the bottem. We did not use all the stuff because we did not have all of it. We only used the hangers the starws the trashbag the strings and the hairgriger. It was so much fun. please write back by. Grayson and Lyndon Gerber

Jellii, age 15 of Brizzy, Australia wrote:
well we used meathalated spirits as our fuel! it worked better than candles

Sarah, age 7 of Beach, CA wrote:
it was hard to make it but then I discovered that the string's are to loose. so I tryed straws. and that worked

Demetrus, age 12 of Cincinnati, OH wrote:
it went up an up

Phoebie, age 8 of Los Angeles, CA wrote:
it was fun and it worked.

Amier, age 8 of Chicago, IL wrote:
I added baking sota and vinger the bottle. Then, I put a balloon on the bottle. last, the balloon made hot air.

Maggie, age 7 of Commerce Twp., MI wrote:
i got it to work for a second but then it just went down.

Ali, age 9 of NC wrote:
I made a air balloon with a balloon and a pice of paper. It exploded

Cam, age 7 of Elgin, IL wrote:
when I first tryed it, it only went 6' off the ground. the 2nd time I tryed it I used tissue paper and it went really high like 12'

Travis, age 15 of Fort Worth, TX wrote:
It was not very impressing. I once built one with a veggie bag from the store along with thin dowell rods and candles. It was self contained and floated nicely. I would advise that you have a bucket of water on hand to put out any fires it may create. Also, stay away from grass and buildings. I tethered it with string and flew it on our street.

Cindy, age 12 of Woodbine, MS wrote:
Was in the air for 4 sec and then started to sink

Ataman, age 11 of Auburn, AL wrote:
We did ours outside. it was awsome ot went so high it was so fun and spectacular

ZOOM Fan, age 11 of Arlington, TX wrote:
it went high but not like I thought it would.. in '06 I went to chemistry camp and we used tissue paper and it went up way higher, we just threw them outside, unlike this which is where we gotta use a blow dryer and all that stuff..

Marissa, age 9 of Caldwell, ID wrote:
What happend was the hot air balloon flew a few inches off the ground.

Brent, age 12 of Pinville, MO wrote:
It worked out great I was expecting it to do that but I was suprised how high it went.

Ethan, age 10 of Milton Mills, NH wrote:
It went good when it launched but it had a hole so we fixed it and it went high.

Tyler, age 8 of Cumberland, MD wrote:
The first time it popped. The second time it worked great.

Nigel, age 9 of Jakson, MI wrote:
I didn't actually do this but your stories of what happened when you did it usually ended in popping. I would reccomend putting a small hole in the top but that might make it not go as high.

Andy, age 13 of Jupiter, FL wrote:
It is so hard. If your doing it for a science fair project I really don't recomend it. Use a small bag.

Justin, age 13 of Barberton, OH wrote:
When we put it together and it went 50 feet and turned left. I used a trash bag was 7 feet high and 8 feet wide it was cool.

Micaiah, age 6 of Albany, CA wrote:
First we used a plastic garbage bag, but it didn't rise, because the bag was too heavy. Next we used a dry cleaning bag and made it in the shape of a big hot air balloon by taping slants inside to make the opening narrower than the top. This time it was successful.

Bayan, age 12 of Oak Lawn, IL wrote:
When I did it, it did not go very high! But when I did it the 2nd time, it tottaly work! It went about 12 feet in the air because we went outside!

Aly, age 11 of Zimmerman, MN wrote:
I didn't experiment with it, but I think that if you put too much hot air into your balloon, it will either pop, or not float because it would be over filled. I think that if you didn't put enough, hot air into your balloon, it would not float, it would just sag to the floor.

Kristen, age 12 of St. Albans, WV wrote:
Well it stayed up in the air for a little while but then it went crazy and went all over the place. So I would say it was successful.