This activity should only be carried out by a teacher.
Before performing the experiment please check the risks and safety of experimental activities with fire.
This torn and restored demonstration involves setting fire to some craft tissue paper rolled into a tube.
This causes the air inside the tube to become less dense and rise, carrying the ashes with as they float. The ashes can be caught and restored using a duplicate piece of paper hidden in the catching hand.
This can be done with certain types of teabags or a special type of craft paper found in packets of flying wish paper. Ordinary tissue paper is too heavy, craft paper from florists is the paper that was used in the video.