Let me make your special candles, too! Each candle in this birthday set of seven rainbow colors is approximately 4" tall by a little more than 1/4" wide. The colors in your set of seven follow the order of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. If you'd like to order a different number of candles, please start a Conversation.
Each candle has an approximate burning time of 35 minutes, which makes them perfect as birthday candles and for all the little ceremonies and gatherings that young lives require. After a child has blown out her birthday candles, I enjoy carefully saving them until the next occasion--I love the thought that the same candles add continuity to our family's varied celebrations.
Children often play happy imaginative games with my unlit handmade fairy candles, but these birthday candles are thinner, and so a little too delicate for enthusiastic pretend play. For fairy ceremonies and other child's play, check out my rainbow fairy candles at http://www.etsy.com/listing/71636371/a-rainbow-of-rolled-beeswax-fairy
The set of candles will come to you in a hand-sewn drawstring bag, hand-stamped with my hand-carved candle stamp. Each drawstring bag is unique, and you won't receive the one in the photograph--your exact fabric print will be a surprise! Use the bag for gift-giving or for storage--I like the things that I create to be as sturdy and useful as they are pretty.
Want to know what else we do with melted wax and fire? Check out our encaustic art tutorial at http://craftknife.blogspot.com/2011/02/crayola-crayon-encaustic-art.html. It's homeschooling in science AND art!
Interested in other natural playthings? Check out my entire section on natural playthings at http://www.etsy.com/shop/pumpkinbear?section_id=8115399
Natural playthings are a child's birthright. But beautiful, imaginative, purposeful things? Well, we all deserve those.
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