This week’s Unplugged Challenge theme was Sand. We made sand candles using the kids hand/foot prints. They were really easy and we used recycled materials… so it was a free craft too.
First I collected up a bunch of random votive candles. I seem to have them in mass, but seldom actually use them. I pulled the stickers off the bottom, then pulled out the wicks and set those aside. I put 2 votives at a time into my potpourri crock pot to melt.
Then the kids and I filled a Pyrex baking dish with sand from the sand box (I would recommend using clean craft sand, but this is what we had on hand). We dampened the sand and each kid got a turn to make an impression. The older kiddos used their hands (I had to help push them down far enough) and for B we did her footprint. I poured the melted wax into the impression (each candle took about 2 votives worth of wax) and set in one of the wicks in the deepest part. Once the candle cooled to the touch, we removed it from the sand, rinsed off the excess sand with cool water and set up the sand for the next impression.
I think we ended up with some really cool Halloween candles.
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Those are fantastic! I also like the idea of melting them in a potpourri container. I have an old crock pot I could use…it’s so questionable to do it on the stove. Thanks for the motivation.
What a fun, neat project!
So fun! I remember doing this at camp as a kid, out on the beach. I love the idea to melt the candles in a crock pot. Seems slightly safer than over an open fire with lots of kids running past. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this.
Love this! We might have to try it before Halloween!
This is a very cool project! Great idea to do it in the potpourri pot.
Oh man, I just remembered that we did this in the wet sand at the beach as a kid. It was fantastic, and your candle look just like I remember them, how wonderful!
Wonderful! We’ll have to try this some day that I am feeling brave…
I saw this idea and thought about it. Didn’t end up doing it but now seeing yours I may have to. Very cute!
I had totally forgot about this craft!! they look great!! so much fun… good job..
The candles turned out great! Who’s foot was it? 😉
Thanks for all the wonderful feedback ladies. It really was a fun project and using the crock pot made it super easy. I highly recommend it.
Those are so cute. I had wanted to make sand candles but did not know how to go about making them. Thanks for sharing how. I will have to remember this.
Those are perfect for Halloween, they’ll be the cutest decoration that’s for sure.
How fun! I can’t wait to try these! And I think you are right, perfect for Halloween!