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The boys have been enjoying cozying up inside a bit more in the colder weather -- we get to read more, do more crafts and "projects", and make and bake in the kitchen.
Yesterday we made hand-rolled beeswax candles and decorated them with sheet beeswax. The boys did really well at the punching and cutting out of shapes, and rolling the candle (with a little help from mom).
Supplies:
Beeswax sheets
Wick (we used a "kit" which had both sheets & wick)
Beeswax sheets for decorating
Small cookie cutters or punches (fondant cutters are just the right size)
With little hands, we also used a wood hammer to help cut out the shapes from the wax, but bigger kids could do it without.
Wax paper or cork to cover table if they are hammering shapes
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Cut shapes out of the decorating beeswax. We had stars, suns, and moons. I also cut out shapes and strips with scissors for them.
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Follow the directions for the rolled candles...basically insert wick, roll tightly, pinch at burning end, trim other end of wick off.
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Decorate the taper. Warm fingers will make the pieces of beeswax adhere.
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It looks like a weekend full of cold, snow, ice, and wind -- so games and stories by candlelight with family sounds just right...maybe with a cup of warm cider and a fresh scone. Mmm.
2 comments:
The candles are cute and the expression on the little guy to the right's face is priceless!
I hope you are doing alright with the ice, wind and snow! Keep war,
those are fantastic! gotta add that project to the list. great blog mama!
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