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Feathering Palm Wax Flower Pillar

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This is the palm pillar that I made with my daughter the other day. Palm is perfect for pillars and it looks so pretty with its sparkling patterns.

It also throws a scent very well and doesn’t require additives. In fact, if you add additives it might mess the feathering effect up.

Also, if the palm wax cools down too quickly, it might not feather either.  I learned this the hard way when making votives.

This time, we warmed the mold in the oven before pouring the wax and that helped. Palm wax needs to be heated up to 200 F (93 C) and poured at about 190 F (88 C). We used a cotton wick, which seems to work well with palm pillars.

I think the last time I made palm candles, it was the summer, so the temperature wasn’t an issue.  Besides that, palm is very low maintenance because you don’t need a second pour of wax and it slips out of the mold easily without any sort of mold release.  Palm wax is great to work with because it’s so lovely and it burns well for a long time.

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Natural Beach Living has some great printable shark information guides, where kids can learn about different kinds of sharks, match the facts to the pictures, or print out doubles and do a shark memory game. 

Living Life an Learning has some great shark activity pages including the parts of a shark, types of sharks, a crossword puzzle and more. Also check out their parts of a shark and word scramble download, and a life cycle worksheet.

Learn about how sharks float with this great activity from JDaniel4’s Mom. 

Need more facts about sharks? This fact pact from The WOLFe PACK on Teacher Pay Teachers includes fact sheets, a printable flip book, informational text, vocabulary, comprehension questions and more. 

Living Montessori Now has a great collection of shark themed activities with a Montessori inspired twist. You’ll find a shark roll and cover, shark phonics and lots more shark activities Deb has collected from all over the Internet. 

Remember the “Sharknado” movie? A Few Shortcuts turned the combination of sharks and tornadoes into a fun science activity. You’ll need a bottle connector for this project but otherwise should have everything you need on hand. Use their template to make your sharks out of aluminum foil. So fun!

You can also do some shark themed coloring with these coloring pages from Encouraging Moms at Home. Or make a cool 3D shark with this template from korkotak. And there are tons of different shark crafts collected in this post from Kids Activities Blog.