How to Build a Spooky Working Drawbridge with Sounds and Light

Step 7 Make the Torches

For the torches, we started with some large Tiki torches that we found stashed away in the barn. We cut the bottoms off at an angle to leave a tail about 20" long (this can be whatever looks right to you). We painted them black and filled them with oil. Because we wanted a large flame, we removed the screw on cap with wick and stuffed the opening with a larger wick (strip of cotton material about 5" x 8" rolled tightly lengthwise) and left it sticking up about 2". Then we made 2 more rings (just like the ones in the frame-see instructions) and welded each to an S-hook that we formed out of a piece of 3/16" steel rod (we bent the ends in opposite directions around a small diameter steel pipe). We attached the end of the s-hooks to the frame (one each side) with fencing staples, slid the torches through the rings, and placed a small screw through the bottom of the tail piece just for added stability.