She said she was unable to sleep for weeks due to the chemical burns in her mouth - because she would wake up in the night and it would feel “like it was on fire”. In the 1999 comedy Big Daddy, Julian bonds with his biological father, Kevin, by throwing bang snaps (even at Kevin's feet).

Take a trip down memory lane with Fun Snaps, a nostalgic and entertaining novelty item from Bright Star that has delighted generations. And secondly I absolutely hate the things, they make me jump a mile when someone throws one anywhere near me. Bang snaps consist of a small amount of gravel or coarse sand impregnated with a minute quantity (~0.

I guess if there's a few kids playing in a large open space and no one else is bothered then that's one thing, but I really don't like seeing kids throw them around when there are other people about. When energy is introduced, such as by throwing or stepping on them, the explosive is detonated and produces a sharp, loud bang. These small white party snaps make a bang noise when they are thrown on a hard surface or stepped on.

It was a box of these bang snap things that did actually look a bit like sweets and had not for under 16's printed on the box! I think your DD would be fine with them, however YANBU to confiscate them and express your desire for her not to have them if you yourself are uncomfortable with her having them as they are potentially dangerous (can cause burns) so I can see both arguments. A month on, the burns have healed but she said she's still waiting for an appointment to repair her cracked tooth. Once the snappers hit the floor they are sure to make the scariest of bangs, giving everyone a little (or big) surprise!

Fun Snaps are incredibly simple; they consist of a coarse material such as gravel or sand, with a small amount of explosive, wrapped in a thin paper. If you snap more than one at a time, you obviously increase the heat and the sound, so be careful what you do with them. In Jackie Chan's film Police Story 2, bang snaps were thrown against Police Inspector Chan Ka-kui (played by Jackie Chan).