Great fun and children love it! Easy to learn and you can make quite sophisticated candles very easily. It is possible to roll up beeswax so that it is square, or round. Please also look at the photo at the end of the project which shows how effective it is just to cover the outside of an ordinary candle with beeswax! NB You can also
use this sheeting to make cut out appliques - just press them onto candles and they will stick!
CLICK HERE to see our selection of beeswax sheeting. You will have to scroll down to the bottom of the page.

You will need:- Two different coloured sheets of beeswax, a 16cm length of primed wick (ie wick dipped in hot melted was ands then straightened).

Cut one sheet of beeswax diagonally across, using a sharp craft knife.

Cut the second sheet the same way but  make the cut 2cm away from the first sheet - so that one triangular sheet
will be slightly larger than the other.

Now you are ready to start rolling!   Lay the two sheets down on top of each other, with the smaller of the two sheets underneath. Now lay be wick along the short edge of the sheet. Turn the wax over the wick along the length as tightly as you can. Now you just roll! Do it firmly and as tightly as you can. Be careful you do not press too hard or you may make an indentation which is difficult to remove afterwards. If you think it is not neat enough you can always undo it and roll it up again.

Below a picture of an ordinary candle just covered in beeswax.

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