making+candles

=Getting Wax= Children wove straw bee hive shaped baskets. Once they were woven, they would cut a hole so the bees could get in. Then they would put honey or any other sweet and thick liquids like that in the basket.

Then they would place it face down on a stone or log. The bees would smell the honey (or sweet and thick liquids) and go and make wax and live in the basket. Then the boys or girls would bring a burning stick over and circle it around the basket. The burning stick would form smoke, and the smoke would make the bees fly away. Then the boys or girls would scoop the wax and honey out. And that's how they got the wax to make the candles. = = =Making Candles:= Get hot wax and some string. Dip the string in the wax. Dip it in and out before a second. Keep dipping until it's as thick as you want it. Here's how many times you have to remember to dip it, about 25 times! do it more if you want it thicker. Then hang it to cool down. And that's how you make candles.

How The Colonists Used Candles
They used the candles mostly for light.