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Make Lemon Beeswax Candles With Actual Lemons

July 19, 2015 by Shellie Wilson

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Baking is a delightful activity that is loved by many, especially during the holiday season. However, after spending hours in the kitchen, you might find yourself with a surplus of lemon skins. If you’re looking for a creative and eco-friendly way to use them up, then this tutorial for making lemon candles is perfect for you.

Unlike traditional candles that are made with wax and wicks, these unique candles use lemon skins as the vessel to hold the wax. Not only do they smell amazing, but they also make a beautiful and natural addition to any home decor.

To make these lemon candles, you’ll need a few basic supplies such as wax, wicks, and of course, lemon skins. The tutorial is easy to follow and provides detailed instructions on how to create your own lemon candles step-by-step.

Once you’ve finished making your candles, you can use them to add a refreshing and uplifting scent to any room. The lemon aroma is known to be energizing and invigorating, making it the perfect choice for a morning pick-me-up or to combat the winter blues.

Not only are these candles a great way to use up leftover lemon skins, but they are also an eco-friendly alternative to traditional candles. By reusing the lemon skins as a candle holder, you’re reducing waste and giving new life to an item that would have otherwise been discarded.

The lemon candles tutorial can be found on the website linked in the intro, and it provides helpful tips and tricks to make the candle-making process go smoothly. Whether you’re an experienced candle-maker or a beginner looking for a fun and easy DIY project, these lemon candles are a must-try.

The full tutorial can be seen here: Lemon Candles.

 

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Using Pizza and Pretend Play to Learn about Fractions

When my daughter was young she loved the PBS show “Peg + Cat,” and if you’ve got a fan of that show in your house this activity will be even better, but it doesn’t matter if your kids don’t already know these characters to learn about fractions with pizza. 

There’s an episode of “Peg + Cat” where they are working in a pizza place and have to divide pies to put different kinds of toppings of different parts of the pie (there’s also an online game with the same concept, which I can’t believe still exists because my kiddo played it years ago). 

Inspired by the episode and a companion book, Nature Homeschool developed an activity for learning about fractions and entrepreneurship using pizza. They developed a pizza shop and used the printables and teaching guide from Teacher Vision to learn more about fractions using pizza as the foundation. Their post also has a pizza order form printable you can use when you role play a pizza shop. 

The Inspiration Edit also has some cute printable worksheets using a pizza to learn about fractions. And Life Over Cs has some fun printable pizza fraction activities, such as the printable fraction memory game shown here. 

If you want to increase the pretend play factor with this one, you can make a pizza and toppings out of paper, cardboard or felt. Or use a paper plate as your crust and simple shapes cut out of paper to be toppings. The pretend play pizza making kit from Glued to My Crafts uses an individual slice, but you could do the same thing with a whole pie’s worth of slices. 

Kids Craft Room has another fun pizza play food idea, this time using salt dough for the crust. The toppings are made out of felt so you can practice putting different toppings on a fraction of the pizza and learn as you play. 

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