Waxtastic

A friend from our local Timebank came round this afternoon to show Hermione and a couple of her friends how to make candles. Here are some chunky tea lights and a chunky votive which Hermione made.

These were made by arranging wax chunks in transparent tea light holders or a mould and then pouring some melted wax over the top. Doing it this way reduces the need for the children to be involved with the hot wax and it also means that they set quickly as a lot of the wax is still hard.

This candle below (which hasn't photographed at all well - you can't even see the wick) was made by putting a thin candle wick side down into a cut off small juice carton. We then filled the cavity between the candle and carton with crushed ice cubes. Then we poured the melted wax on top of the ice and left it to set. Once it had set we cut the carton away and were left with a lacy effect candle from where the ice had been.

Now we know the basics I foresee lots more candle making around here.