Clementine Candle

Mar 23, 2011

Dis­cov­ered this fun project while doing some “research” once again on Pin­ter­est. And since Clemen­tines are out right now I thought I would share my find with you. If you want to impress the lit­tle ones you need to try this but don’t even bother on the teenagers as frankly I think there is very lit­tle you can do to impress them at the moment. I just got a cool and then that look. You know the one that says, “Like really mom, is this what you did all day”. Do you know what look I am talk­ing about?

Sup­plies Needed: Clemen­tine, Olive Oil, Knife, Matches

• Using a knife care­fully cut all around the Clemen­tine hor­i­zon­tally. You want to cut just enough so you feel the meat part of the Clemen­tine with the knife.

 

• Now care­fully peel the Clemen­tine top and bot­tom halves off. To get started I gen­tly pushed my fin­ger in between the inside of the Clemen­tine and the rind and ran it all around the Clemen­tine until I got to the bot­tom. When you peel the halves off make sure when you to get the “wick part” of the Clemen­tine you do not pull it off of the rhine. You want it to remains as long as pos­si­ble. This is be the part of the Clemen­tine that has the area where the stem was attached to the Clementine.

• When you peel off the two halves they should look like the photo above. Oh and I had to share a few pieces of my Clemen­tine with Chiefie… he thinks I’m won­der­ful and is totally impressed with my candle.

• Fill the bot­tom por­tion of your can­dle (has the wick part) with olive oil just so the wick sticks above the oil a bit. Now let the oil absorb into the wick. It took about 5 min. for mine. Using a knife care­fully cut a star on the top that does not have the wick. You need to make yours larger than mine as the heat started to burn mine as you can see with the photo.

This photo is not the best but you get the idea of what it looks like in the dark. LOL, it kinda looks like a glow­ing sea urchin but remem­ber you are impress­ing the lit­tle ones not the teenagers. Have fun.