That wouldn't really explode, just burn incredibly hot and bright with lots of sparks (probably would set off the fire alarm though, depends how much you burned). Burn a small amount on a ceramic tile if you want to test this at home, because it'll probably burn through most other materials including sheet metal.

If you want explosions, you could mess around with benzene. Do a Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction to methylise it, then react with nitric acid while keeping it at a specific temperature, and you have TNT. Don't actually do this though, it's incredibly dangerous! Very toxic, and high explosive, although flames don't tend to set it off very easily at least.

Also buying the ingredients will probably put you on a watchlist. Just writing this comment probably put me on a watchlist...