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Posted on 2006-Mar-28 at 08:13

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Photo of Susan holding her newly made beeswax candles.

Photo: copyright 2006 Alaina Friesen




I learned a new craft—beeswax candlemaking. A fellow homeschooling mom invited other moms and kids over to her country home to learn this skill. “Nan” lives on a 5-acre spread, and raises bees and chickens, grows vegetables and herbs.  She crumbled a sheet of expensive beeswax into a container on a hot stove, liquefied it, then set the hot wax on an outdoors table. Kids and adults grabbed a wick and learned how to dip, roll wax, keep on dipping until a proper taper candle was made.

Some people used pieces of colored wax to press designs onto the hot candle. I took the time while the candles dried to walk to the bees-hives and chicken coops. I was raised in the suburbs—not exposed much to ranch life. My youngest daughter was a bit panicky when a bee followed me back to the candle-dipping area.  I wasnÂ’t afraid of it, knowing it was just checking me out.

ItÂ’s fun to learn a new craft. Soon, the girls and I want to melt-down our old stubby crayons and make multicolor crayon candles. Wish us luck!


Imparting knowledge is only lighting other men's candles at our lamp without depriving ourselves of any flame. –Jane Porter



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Posted by glenda on 2006-Mar-28 at 08:19 - Link

Now that sounds like a wonderful day.. And wow to have a candle that you made yourself.. I have to say it sounds like a great day to me..
glenda

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