Want to know what to do inside this winter with your kiddos?
This is a really fun and easy project that you can make for your kids!
☆ Its chemical free
☆It's a sensory experience that has a vitalizing effect on the child
☆Can impove focus
☆Creates a fun time of closeness for parent and child
☆Working with the hands trains ovservation and awareness
☆Beeswax give a qualities of warmth
Ingredients
1 cup beeswax
1 tsp of lanolin
2 tsp jojoba oil
Supplies
double boiler*
silicone muffin
Directions
Put water in the bottom pan. Add all the ingredients to the double boiler in the top pan. Keep an eye on the mixure. Use an old steinless steel spoon to stir up the indredients. *Put your color in. You can use the colors list down below.
*I have tested differnt ways to mix these colors so the color will not seperate. Simply make a paste with the colors you are using some jojoba oil and mix well over heat before you add to your beeswax.
*Colors
Colors very so you can use more or less. The nice thing is with the oven safe silicone you can melt down the wax and add more pigment to make them brighter or softer colors.
Orange: 1 tsp saffron
Green:1 tsp super greens powder, french green clay
Red: 1 tbsp Australian clay
Pink: 1/2 beetroot powder
Purple: 1/2 manganese violet, acai powder
Blue:1/2 ultramarine blue powder
Brown: 1/2 tsp coffee powder, cocoa powder
Black:1/2 activated charcoal
Yellow:1/2 tsp turmeric powder
Off White:1 tbsp ginger powder
Bright White: 1 tbs titanium dioxide for white or dilute colors
*Prevent the wax from burning using a double boiler.
How to make your own double boiler:
A double boiler consists of a bowl paced on top of a pan of simmering water. The bowl does not touch the water, but create a seal. The trapped steam keeps the top bowl going around 100C. Inside the top bowl you can put your wax to prevent it from burning.
