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by Jerry Klein
3ne way to lend a personal touch
to your Christmas decora
tions and gifts is to make
your own candles. It's inexpensive,
simple, and fun for the whole family.
A particularly jaunty candle takes
the form of a snowman about seven
inches tall bearing a sprig of
evergreen. To make this, you will
need six bars of wax, a wick taken
from an old candle, some black
crayon, and a red pipe cleaner. First,
melt the wax in a double boiler;
pour it slowly into a dishpan con
taining an inch of cold water. When
cool, form the wax into three balls
two for the body, one for the head.
Form the arms the same way and use
toothpicks to hold the wax together.
For the snowman's hat, grease the
small end of an egg cup with
shortening and fill with black wSx,
made by adding black crayon to the
melted wax. Before this hardens,
pour enough black wax into the
dishpan o form the hat's brim. After
it's cool, form a flat round shape and
place on top of the egg cup. When
the top of the hat is cold, hollow it
out, hold over a lighted candle for a
moment, and place on the snowman's
head. For trimming, press small
buttons onto the body while the wax
is warm, or make little buttonholes
and fill with glue. Make his mouth,
nose, and eyes with red crayon or
wax or broken Christmas ornaments.
Wind a red pipe cleaner around his
neck for a wind-blown muffler. Dip
a sprig of evergreen in wax to
preserve it. To place the wick in the
candle, heat an ice pick, pierce a hole
through the snowman's hat, and
place the wick all the way down.
Pour in wax to fill this hole.
For a free booklet showing how to
make other Christmas candles, write
to Candle Decorations, Family
Weekly, 179 N. Michigan Ave.,
Chicago 1, III.
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