Materials:
rubber gloves
large bag of fine craft sand
food coloring
inexpensive pillar candle
spray adhesive
plastic tub
- Put on rubber gloves, then mix together sand and food coloring with your hands.
- Hold the candle by the wick, then apply spray adhesive and roll into the sand
Sand Candles
Materials:
store-bought sand
water
large bucket or tub
glasses, jars, bottles, shells or other decorative items
1 lb. paraffin wax
1/3 lb. beeswax
double boiler
thermometer
crayon in color of choice
wicking with metal-bottom tabs
wooden skewer
pencil
small paintbrush
potholders
- Melt paraffin and beeswax in a double boiler (that is no longer used for cooking). Do not exceed 180 degrees. Add a crayon to color the wax, if desired.
- Dampen sand with water.
- Make the sand mold by placing a layer of damp sand at the bottom of a large bucket or tub.
- Place glass, jar, bottles or shell into the large tub and cover with dampened sand, making sure to leave enough space to remove the item from the sand . Remove the glass, jar or bottle from the sand.
- Place wicking into the sand mold, winding excess wick around a wooden skewer.
- Very slowly pour the wax into the sand mold, making sure that the wick stays straight and upright. Let the wax stand overnight.
- Remove the candle from the sand and brush off any excess with a small paintbrush.
- Snip the wick off to about an inch.
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