Q&A for How to Make a Match Box Bomb

Yes. It really honestly doesn't matter what you shoot it from, it just matters that it hits the ground and bursts into flames.

Possibly, so don't throw them at people or animals just to be sure.

If you do this in a dry field with dry grass on a summer day then these will start a field fire and that can spread and destroy a lot of ground, sometimes even buildings.

No.

Yes, copper powder should add a bluish-green color to the flame: copper powder will need less heat to burn its impurities and heats up faster for a better effect.

It doesn't create a very big explosion, so not very effective. It's also very illegal to bring explosives to school.

Yes, but the bigger the fire, the bigger the danger. So just in case, only add a little more.

Since it is not a gas bomb, it will go 1-3 feet up, depending on the number of the match heads.

You may have added too many layers of tape so it's too tight. I suggest redoing it with less tape.

As the tutorial said, you can do both.

You can't really have a wrong matchbox size. The smaller the matchbox, the smaller the matches and the bigger the box, the bigger the matches are. It should work with any matchbox size.

Yes, but be extremely cautious since it will ignite very quickly. If you were to hold it in your hand while lighting it, it would ignite and burn your hand.

Wrap until there are no gaps. Be careful not to wrap it too tightly, because it could be harder to ignite.