I bought a couple sets of the make your own beeswax candlestick sets for our Christmas craft this year. We worked on them over Thanksgiving weekend, but ended up loving them so much, we found a new craft to do for our families :) As you can see, we had a lovely time doing this together.
Fast forward to February, and I had pretty much forgotten about the candles. A certain 5 yr old remembered we still had almost a whole box to make, so we thought of special things that we could do. And then we got creative. We first thought of making Holy Week candles and an Easter candle and Emily wanted one for St. Patrick's Day. Then I made her a special one for her birthday. We made daddy one, and then she made me mine as I worked on Oliver's. Then we made birthday candles for the dogs, and she wanted candles to remember her pets who have died (froggy and Sashimi our fish). We also made one for Vader, her Uncle's cat who passed, and Sunshine, my mom's bird who flew up to heaven. Not to be left out, we made one for my Sister's cat, Stinkerbelle. Here she is at the end, proudly showing off our handiwork. And they all fit so nicely wrapped up in the drawer of my baker's rack for storage. We had so much fun doing this, especially with celebrations and rememberances in mind. The candles burn very nicely as well. We will definitely do this again, and next may try our hand at making our own beeswax jar candles. Pure beeswax with a cotton wick is the cleanest candle you can burn and smells absolutely divine! Highly recommend.
