AY Honors/Sign Language Interpreter/Requirements

Tools

• Double boiler (see requirement 5)
• Wooden skewer or paint stirrer
• Candle mold (or paper cup)
• Pencil (or another wooden skewer)

Materials

• Wax or paraffin
• Wick
• Wick anchor

Procedure

1. Melt the wax in a double boiler.
2. Attach the wick anchor to the wick
3. Tie the other end of the wick to a pencil or skewer
4. Place the anchor-end of the wick in the mold laying the pencil/skewer on the rim.
5. Adjust the knot until the anchor just rest on the bottom of the mold. You may turn the pencil to take up extra wick and not have to get a knot tied in exactly the right place.
6. Pour melted wax into the mold
7. Allow the wax to settle. It will normally form a depression in the top of the candle after a few minutes. Pour more wax into this depression to fill it up.
8. All the wax to set for an hour or so.
9. Once the wax has set, pop it out of the mold.