Candle-making and beaded jewelry

That’s Sam holding the candles she made. Rolled, to be more precise.

We bought a beeswax candle making kit from Ilog Maria but it’s not the kind of kit that requires melting wax and all that messy stuff. The kit we bought contained sheets of beeswax and candle wicks.

It was just really a matter of rolling the sheet of beeswax around the wick to make a candle.

Actually, it was Alex who asked me to buy the beeswax candle rolling kit. Sam wasn’t particularly interested although both of them are very much into crafts. But the candle making kit was just lying around forgotten for weeks until Sam took interest one afternoon. By the time Alex got wind of what was happening, there was nothing left for her to make. Sam made three candles in just a matter of minutes. Not too challenging unlike the beaded costume jewelry they made three summers ago.

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• Dorm or driving school?
• The difference between a compromise and a negotiation
• Playing with dolls can be educational
• What is pikot?
• The less than perfect child
• Beyond my baking skills
• The difference between girls and teenage girls
• Choices mothers make
• The problem with too much