Getting Burned By Making a Fake Fire!

Okay, I know that I've written a children's book about fire safety and it's just too ironic that I got burned, but let me start at the beginning...

I wanted my booth at the upcoming Gaithersburg Book Festival to be attractive and engaging.  I bought two jars to hold candy.  One will have red licorice Twizzlers (the Fire Hoses) and the other will have candy corn (the Fire Drops).

Next I purchased a doll with blond hair.  Since she came with hair down to her knees, I had to cut it all off.  Her bangs were all wrong (basically she didn't have any) so I cut them too and had to train them to stay on her forehead with scotch tape.  I dressed her the best I could (can't believe I found doll Uggs at Michaels!) and used a pipe cleaner for the cane.

Finally, I wanted some fire because, you know, Leona fights a dragon and there's lots of fire.  Of course, I knew I couldn't have a real fire.  I went online and found a way to make a fake fire out of plastic that I had to speciality order.  This blog has gone on long enough.  I will continue the story in the next posting...