~Candle Making & Painting~

~There`s a little candle~
glowing in the night
helping to give some light
if more little candles
shone around the world
they`d make the world so bright!







Stained glass Candle Windows



We cut out circles from cardboard.........
then circles from contact and attached to the back
we stick on our designs.....................
then stick on pieces of torn up kite paper.






To warm up our spirits on cold days................



OK mum`s got a inspiration !!!! Lets make a snow candle.......

here we go..............................
I need a base?
look what is in the bottom of the saucepan from yesterdays candle making.
great...............we have a base now.


just as the wax is starting to set
we whip it with a fork ............
and then spoon on to a ready made pillar candle......




We drip wax over our base to form icicles.......
children very curious about what mum is up to here.....




............... ~Snow candle~..........................




~Candle Dipping~

We melted different colours of wax into cans
then we started dipping our wicks in.................
I found the children having two wicks to do
helped them to wait between dippings.........................


these are the beautiful candles we made....
It was truly magical as the candles dried
the colours changed if by magic...............................





~ Glass Lanterns ~


lots of painting..........the gold was very enchanting....


~ Beautiful lanterns to warm our Winter nights ~



~Floating Candles~


we melt the wax................
which the kids loved breakingup with hammer and srewdriver.



then poured the melted wax into moulds & cookie cutters
the children put the wicks in when the wax started to set.



~ Enchanting candles on a Winter Day~




~Star hexagon star Lanterns~

(( At night when the candle is lit stars appear))
~all in amazement to the children~



~Paper Star Lanterns~
water colour painted paper




Let dry over night then the fun begins................


we traced circles then folded following instructions
how does that go mmmm......
lets unfold the one given to us...........
rrrrrrrrrr Stephanie I wish u were here...
then we kept trying and all of a sudden...
it just started folding into place..................
we were so happy we kept trying and didn`t give up..

~They are trully beautiful~


A star lantern alight at nightime



~Rolled Beeswax Candles~


I find the beeswax sheets I bought at the steiner fair.........
we unfold them
a sweet smell fills the air
we cut the sheets and start rolling...........
our candles ~come to life~ by our hands.

Snowman Painting & Making

~Frosty The Snowman~


we rolled balls of wool and then needle felted together
and these cute snowmans appeared................................

Witches Painting

Heee Heee........rrrrr....away goes the witch..............




In a dark dark forest
lived a witch
the forest was her home
she wandered through the trees
on the golden pathways...........
in her hand she always carried
her magical stick........................

Apple Painting

One windy Autumn day
the wind blew and blew
it was so strong a apple dropped to the ground
along came a worm........
and he thought what a yummy apple to eat
so he starting to chomp the apple
chomp, chomp, chomp
and made a hole all the way
through the apple......................



Apple Printing


We cut some apples............
filled plates with some paint and the fun begins...............




~~Our Apple Trees~~

Pumpkin Painting

One starry night
a magical pumpkin appeared
and within the pumpkin
lived a very special person
THE PUMPKIN KING ~)~

( the stars are done with beeswax crayon first)
then painted over with watercolour paint
the children were so excited when they appeared.







One Autumn Day
there came some grass
and on that grass grew a
great big pumpkin
so big and round
shinning orange bright
our pumpkin ~