Candle Making for Diwali

Each year we celebrate Diwali by making candles, and sometimes diva lamps. And also with a story (usually the one from Festivals Together).

This year for the candle making we decided to use cold, mould-able candle wax from candlesontheweb.co.uk (although I'll warn that they were quite slow at posting).


We had a lovely morning playing and experimenting with the wax.

We had a friendly competition to make the slowest burning candle and some very educational discussion about why some shapes burn/melt faster than others.

The way they melted down and swirled on the plate was really amazing to watch.

I saw this Diwali message on the Sunnydaytodaymama blog and couldn't resist sharing it here too!