Making Candles

In History the girls are studying early America Colonial Times.  They have been enjoying learning about the very first days of our country.  They especially enjoyed learning how the women contributed to the early colonies.  One of their contributions was candles.  Of course, that lead us to last weeks activity - candle making!!!  We started out making them the "old fashioned" way - dipping the wicks in melted wax.  They soon learned this method took a very long time.  Anyone who knows my children, will understand why this method DID NOT work for us!!!

 Yes,  occasionally some of us stay in our P.Js all day!!!

 Making progess!

We're getting there.

Looking pretty good.  This is as far as anyone got.  We all got tired of standing there dipping, drying, dipping, drying,dipping, drying,........  Well, you get the picture.  We then stopped for a few minutes to talk about how easy our lives are compared to the Colonial Americans.  They decided they were glad they were born in the 21st century!!!

So,  after some thought, we came up with a quicker idea for candles!!  We poured them into mugs to make pillar candles. Once they dried,  we held the mug down in some hot water, then easily pulled out the candles.

   Here's the oldest girl holding her pillar candle.

Another great school day at Mullenax Homeschool Academy!! 

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