Today 5-4 learned that it's very difficult to make hand-dipped candles like they did in Colonial times. It takes a lot of time and you have to be very patient and careful.
FIRST you have to melt the wax (we did it in a microwave, the colonists did it over a fire)
NEXT, once it has turned to liquid, you dip your wick quickly into the melted wax.
THEN, you dip it into cold water so it can become solid
Then you do the same thing again and again and again and again and....
It took a really long time for our candles to even look like candles. Now they are about the size of a little birthday candle.
FIRST you have to melt the wax (we did it in a microwave, the colonists did it over a fire)
NEXT, once it has turned to liquid, you dip your wick quickly into the melted wax.
THEN, you dip it into cold water so it can become solid
Then you do the same thing again and again and again and again and....
It took a really long time for our candles to even look like candles. Now they are about the size of a little birthday candle.
(written by Marshall, Holly, Luke and Josh-AKA Jonathan, Priscilla, Nathaniel and Jeremiah)
Message from Ms Dolan's Office with Priscilla, Jonathan, and Mallory:
ReplyDeleteIt was really cool making the candles even though it took a long time. The candles smelled good because we put pine needles in the wax. During colonial times we could have also used berries or flowers from the fields to make our candles smell good.
This is terrific - very excited to follow and loved seeing the video on making the whirly toy - way to go 5-4 colonial kids! Love, Zackaria's mother "Abigail" aka Alissa
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that Colonial kids and adults had to have a lot of PATIENCE and work REALLY HARD just to survive. It's quite inspiring.
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