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craft projects can be great family fun. Candle making crafts are a particularly good click=’ShowSpinOptions(14)’>choice. Here’s an easy candle making craft that the whole family can enjoy that I discovered when I was searching the web at: candle making crafts

The only materials you’ll need are: pine cones, wick or a cotton string, and wax.

Gathering the pinecones is a good excuse to get outdoors in nature. Pine trees are easy to find once you start lookingIf you don’t have any pine trees of your own, a visit to almost any park or wood land should yield good results.

One of the good things about this project is even if you don’t regularly make candles you can use the remnants of candles you buy for this project. I suggest using paraffin wax for this craft activity. Soy wax is likely to be too soft and sticky at room temperature to be successful in this application. I consider beeswax too precious to use for something like this. If I had any left over beeswax, I’d save it until I had enough to make another beeswax candle.

Once you’ve collected the materials, the project is pretty straightforward. The process is very similar to making dipped candles, only you dip the whole pine cone not just the string.

Wrap a length of string around the pine cone, working it in between the segments, and leaving a length of it extending from the end of the pine cone. If you have left over wicking, you can use it but cotton string is generally good enough for this application.

Melt whatever wax you’re using to about 180°. For safety’s sake, use a double boiler.

When the wax is that temperature, you can take it off the heat and begin dipping the pine cones. It usually works best if you prepare the pine cones before you start, then dip them each once. After the initial dipping, you can let the wax cool slightly then dip each pinecone multiple times until a nice layer of wax as build up on the segments.

Once the wax has hardened, all you need to do is trim the string and you’re done.

As with most any candle project, you can use dye to color them or fragrance to add scent.

To learn about even more candle crafts, click here.  And I highly recommend that you follow this link to learn about a complete guide to home candle making.

Have fun with this hobby.

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