The Firecracker Game

Every year sometime between the 4th and 24th of July my family plays the Firecracker Game. It's very entertaining. You have to put in a dollar to play, you get the dollar back if you catch it but lose the dollar if you don't. What we catch is a can. You place an empty can of tomato paste inside a can of tomato sauce that only has about 1/2 an inch of water in it. You place a firecracker into a small hole that's nailed in the top of the tomato paste can. You light the firecracker and pop, the tomato paste can flies into the air. The garden and roof are out of bounds and if it goes among people it's considered a "dangerous play" and you get a redo.

Daniel looking to catch his. My dad lighting one for my niece to catch.

Jake catching it!
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This year I made $1!!! Usually I end up losing money but Jeremy makes up for it and we come out even, but he couldn't make it this year so I was flying solo. My sister and her husband ended up with $14. (Cheaters! no they're just good) Last year my dad did envelopes. You caught the can, you got an envelope. The most one had was $5 and the least one had $1. But if you didn't catch it you forked over your dollar. I love this game.