Mother's Day Crafts For Kids To Make - Make Mom A Sand Candle

This Mother's Day Craft for kids to make is easy and mom will love it, we know all women love candles. Because heat is involved this mother's day craft must be done under adult supervision. Sand candles are beautiful and very easy to make. The sand you need for this mother's day craft for kids to make can easily be obtained from the beach, a garden store or even from a toy store. Lots of toy stores keep clean sterilized sand for kid's sand pits. For me personally, I would prefer the sand from a toy store.

This is what you need for this easy craft:

First, of course, your sand
Candles (enough candles so you will have enough wax for the size and amount of candles you want to make)
Wax crayons in the colors you prefer
A cardboard box lined with a plastic bag (so the sand will not leak out and make a mess)
A knife
Newspaper
Bowl, cups or anything in the shapes you would like to make your candles
A fork
A spray bottle filled with water
A saucepan for melting the candles (It is best to use an old pan you do not use anymore)

How to do your easy kids craft for mother's day:

Place your sand in the lined cardboard box.
Spray the sand with the water until it is moist enough to hold its shape when make a hollow in it.
Now, using your cups, bowls or any other mold you prefer, make a hollow in the sand. If you want to make more than one candle at a time you must ensure that there is at least an inch between the hollows.
With your knife cut off a piece of a candle to use as a wick. Remember to cut it into such shapes that a little piece of wick sticks out from the wax so you can lit the candle when you want to use it. Obviously as many wicks as you need if you are making more than one candle. If you are making large candles it is also a good idea to use more than one wick for a really pretty effect.
Cut up the rest of your candles into small pieces to make the melting process easier.
With the help of an adult, melt your pieces of candles in your old pan over a medium heat.
When the candles are melted, fish out the wicks with a fork. You can of course remove them before hand and save yourself this rather dangerous part of this craft.
Remove the papers from your crayons and add the crayons to your wax to serve as dye.
Now you pour the wax into the hollows you made in the sand.
Wait a few minutes, just until the wax starts to harden, then you put your pieces of candles that are to serve as wicks in the middle of your candle or where ever you think it will look pretty.
Now you have to wait until your candles have hardened completely. Small candles will take about an hour and larger ones longer. Be patient, the end result is worth the wait.
When your candles have hardened, gently lift out of the sand and carefully brush of all extra sand.
Your candles are now ready for you to wrap as mom mother's day gift.
This is one of our really fun and easy mother's day crafts for kids to make.