k- here’s my idea. BUCKETS. nuff said. it may take a few thousand shkalim….. but i think that will be legit persumei nissah you can see from here to tokyo
tall glass with different amounts of colored water in each glass – stair stepped. only problem, the last one must have taken a LOT of oil and burned for a LONG time!
You can’t use potatoes or other food. Wood and glass are also not first preferences. Also, clay pottery needs to be new for each lighting and glass must be clean for every lightning. Ner Chanukah should be lit using an esthetically pleasing menorah, preferably of metal.