rubber gloves large bag of fine craft sand food coloring inexpensive pillar candle spray adhesive plastic tub
Steps:
Put on rubber gloves, then mix together sand and food coloring with your hands.
Figure A
Hold the candle by the wick, then apply spray adhesive and roll into the sand (figure A).
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
Steps:
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.
Figure B
Figure C
Figure D
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 (figure B). Remove the glass, jar or bottle from the sand(figure C). If the sand crumbles, add more water to the sand and start over.
Place wicking into the sand mold, winding excess wick around a wooden skewer (figure D).
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.
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