How to Make Sand Candles
July 8, 2010 |18:25 | Candle Making By : Team X
Well it was the second last day of school today and in Kindergarten we had "Beach Day".
I know you're thinking....."they have to go back on Monday!"....well that's the schedule this year..go figure.
We made sand candles as our Beach Day craft. The kids had a blast and they were very easy to do.
Required:
paraffin wax (1 box will make around 6 candles)
old coffee cans or metal pot
electric frying pan
wicks
seashells
disposable plastic bowls (optional)
crayons
sand
waterThe first thing you want to do is get your wax melted. Put 2-3 inches of water into your electric frying pan. I found some old ones at a garage sale for about $3.00..I use them only to melt wax and that way I don't care if they get all scratched up.
Put your wax chunks into a metal coffee can or old pot. If you are using an old coffee can squeeze one end to form a spout...this helps when pouring out the melted wax. Place into the water and turn it on low. You don't want to melt your wax on high heat as it is a combustible...
I try to keep the water just below boiling. Keep extra water nearby in case you need to add some....the water evaporates as you are melting. If you want to color your wax take some crayons in the desired color....remove wrapper and add to melting wax. You don't need much about 1/2 a crayon or so. Stir your wax every so often to get it all melted. Here I'm using pencils as my stir sticks. NEVER LEAVE MELTING WAX UNATTENDED.
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