Create Your Own Candles.

Create Your Own Candles. Create Your Own Candles Laura Check Williamson Books c/o Guideposts Guideposts is a Christian-faith based non-profit organization founded in 1945 by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and his wife, Ruth Stafford Peale. The Guideposts organization is headquartered in Carmel, New York, with additional offices in New York City, Chesterton, Indiana, and Pawling, 535 Metroplex Drive, Suite 250, Nashville, Tennessee “Nashville” redirects here. For other uses, see Nashville (disambiguation).Nashville is the capital and the second most populous city of the U.S. state of Tennessee, after Memphis. 37211 0824986636 $8.95 1-800-586-2572 The latest in the Quick Starts for Kids series, Create Your Own Candles: 30 Easy-To-Make Designs is a guide for readers ages 10 to adult to making candles and candleholders. An easy, fun, and inexpensive activity book, Create Your Own Candles requires little more than wax, wicks, old pans for heating the wax, utensils for stirring and cutting, and suitable glass containers which can be found at secondhand stores. Chapters cover beeswax beeswax:see wax. beeswaxCommercially useful wax secreted by worker honeybees to make the cell walls of the honeycomb. A bee consumes an estimated 6–10 lbs (3–4. candles, molded candles, hand-dipped candles, gel candles, and vibrant candleholders that can be made from recycled materials. A list of safety tips, such as the importance of using baking soda baking soda:see sodium bicarbonate. or a pot lid to smother a wax fire A wax fire is created when melted or boiling wax is doused in water. The following reaction creates a large fireball or enlarges the flame of the already existing fire incredibly. Only a small amount of wax and water is needed to create a wax fire. (water will not extinguish a wax fire because wax floats on water) rounds out this practical and adventurous guide, illustrated with black-and-white sketches throughout. Of course, Create Your Own Candles presumes that younger children will have adult supervision when engaging in this craft, and warns that certain types of wax will render pots and pans too waxy waxy(wak��se)1. composed of or covered by wax.2. resembling wax, especially denoting some combination of pliability, paleness, and smoothness and luster. for use in regular cooking. A handy, easy-to-follow walkthrough for a great craft project, holiday giftmaking, or family fun activity. Children who have parents who read, who live in homes filled with books, fare better in life than children who do not have those two key advantages.