Homemade Friday: Wax Hand

When we were in Squaw Valley last winter, Connor and Helen made candles at a candlemaking shop. For a while, they were too nervous to burn them because I think they both believed the candles would just disappear. That, however, is not the case - because they are both huge candles.

While in Williamsburg, the kids had an opportunity to make other was creations - Helen made a jar candle, and Connor made a wax hand at the Yankee Candle Company. The hand is seriously awesome. Connor had to make two of these, because the first one couldn't be pried from his hand in one piece.

Connor, with a claw shaped hand. I thought it was fabulous. Sadly, it ended up in the trash bin in several pieces.

What could be more awesome than a rendition of your child's hand floating around in a tub of ice. Fist-shaped = much easier to remove from hand.

After the wax hand was released from Connor, he had it dipped in green and red wax, so now a fist of Connor's sits on my mantle with green, white, and red stripes - just like the Italian flag. I might have preferred one color, but Connor was set on having as many colors as possible - which turns out to be two, with white in between them.

Helen had a ball selecting which color of wax she would deposit in her jar. Ed was not as enthusiastic.

Afterwards, we ate lots of candy at the candy store embedded in the Yankee Candle Company, bought some fudge, and then called it a day.

I wish I had a was hand of Helen, but she was too short to be able to dip her hand in the wax and also, having Connor keep his hand still was hard enough, asking Helen to do it would have been an impossible task. I would love to have a collection of wax hands of both Helen and Connor though. I think it'll be fun to see how their hands grow over the years.

Elaine

Disclosure: For this vacation, my family was guests of Greater Williamsburg. I received a free candle and wax hand from the Yankee Candle Company.