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d. Ice candle

Ice candles combine ice and hot wax to form a cool, lacy-looking candle. This procedure will take two to three hours to complete.

Tools

• Scissors
• Knife
• Large saucepan and a large tin can (or a double boiler)
• Wooden skewer or paint stirrer
• Bowl, plastic tub, or sink

Materials

• Cylindrical cardboard container (such as a salt or oatmeal box)
• Paper towel
• Cooking oil (or spray can of cooking oil)
• White tapered candle
• 1 pound of paraffin wax
• Crayon pieces
• Crushed ice

Procedure

1. Cut off the top of the cylindrical container to make the mold.
2. Use a paper towel to coat the inside of the mold with cooking oil.
3. Use a knife to cut off the bottom of the taper candle, making it the same height as the mold.
4. Melt the wax in a double boiler - which can be improvised using a tin can placed in a pot of water. (See requirement 5.)
5. Stir the melting wax with the skewer.
6. Mix in the crayon pieces as desired to get different color effects.
7. When the wax is completely melted, pour some into the mold so that it is about a half inch deep. Immediately place the tapered candle into the center of the mold (wick end up, cut end down) and hold it there until the wax hardens enough to hold it in place. This might take a minute or so.
8. Fill the mold with crushed ice, then add wax on top of it, filling the mold almost all the way to the top.
9. As the ice melts, add more, and cover with more wax. Repeat until the mold is filled.
10. Place the mold in a bowl, plastic tub, or sink, as it will leak water. Leave it for about an hour.
11. When the wax has set, peel the cardboard off the candle.