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Beeswax Candle Crafts With Kids

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Cheryl from Sew Can Do made the most adorable rolled beeswax candles with her children.

I love the decorative shapes they added! Beeswax isn’t messy and yet the cut outs stick to the candles easily.

All you need are beeswax sheets, wicks and cookie cutters.  The sheets come in so many different colors and depending on your cookie cutter shapes, the possibilities are endless! Cheryl did point out that she used fondant and mini cookie cutters as the big ones wouldn’t work.

These rolled beeswax candles are easy, smell sweet and make pretty handmade gifts for family or friends. For the full tutorial, see Kids Can Craft: Beeswax Candles.

You can buy ready-made beeswax sheets for making rolled candles here and check out our youtube video.

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Stitch Your Favorite Fruit on a Sweater

The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.” 

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them. 

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits. 

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves. 

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit. 

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy. 

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]