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How To Clean Your Presto Pot Wax Melter

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I think the biggest downfall of DIY candlemaking or any DIY Crafts for that matter is the boring, tedious cleanup part. Lots of small batch candle makers are using the Presto melter as its the perfect dedicated candle wax pot. I remember years ago turning my mother’s electric frypan into my wax melter. She wasn’t very impressed.

This tutorial by Jeff from Standley Handcrafted will show you how to clean up your Presto Melter.

Wondering about Presto Pot Melters?

A professionally built Magic Wax Melter has a few features that make it attractive to candle-makers that are looking to expand their wax melting capacity beyond the traditional double boiler.

It has a premium non-stick surface that is easy to wipe clean with a paper towel while it is still warm. And the most attractive thing about them is that they are affordable, and as your needs grow you can scale up the number of Super Size Magic Wax Melters that you use.

With Magic Wax Melters “dial a temp” heat feature, your pot will maintain the proper temperature for which you set. We use these in our daily production of soy candles and these wax melters are work horses!

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Shark Week Learning for Kids

Shark Week generally happens in July, but any time is a good time to learn more about sharks. 

First, start with some fun whale facts like these from Kids Craft Room. Here I learned about the dwarf lantern shark, which is the smallest shark and only grows to about 6-8 inches (about 15-20 cm) long. It also emits light. How cool is that?

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.