New Years Revolution

The horrors of war. We like to re-enact it to wrap up the old year and enter the new. It also helps us to dispose of our graham cracker houses from Christmas. We have done it on New Year's Eve, but we waited for the 2nd this time. We start by arranging our houses out back, and setting up about 100 plastic army men, and imported sparkler tanks.

We then begin the action with a napalm strike, this time we used a plastic golf club. The melted plastic when dropped from a height makes a nifty "zipping" sound as it falls, splashing the scene with fire, especially when it bounces off of the tin-foil. It will begin to ignite the scene, and helps later for the houses to "flame on". Jonathan & Caleb led this part of the strike, and Hannah did most of the night photography.

With a little help, flames spread, and tanks fire off: igniting soldiers in front of them, and then rolling forward over them. Soon the war is ablaze.

The next morning I get the camera to document the carnage. War is a terrible thing.

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