Valentine Candles

Difficulty: Average

Parental supervision is recommended

You and your kids can light up someone's day with these homemade Valentine's Day candles decorated with heart shaped confetti.

What you'll need:

  • Paraffin wax
  • Can
  • Saucepan
  • Water
  • Access to a stove
  • Hearts cut out of construction paper
  • Large candle
  • Ribbon
  • Heart shaped confetti, optional

How to make it:

  1. Melt some paraffin inside a can placed in a pan of hot water (on the stove).
  2. Paint the melted paraffin over construction paper hearts glued to a candle.
  3. Tie appropriate ribbon around base of candle.
  4. Variations: Use a Valentine cutout with an arrow going through it. Glue heart shaped confetti to candle. Add decorative ribbon.
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