Kindle Pine Cones - Handmade & Homemade DIY Gift Idea

1. Kindle Pine Cones - Handmade & Homemade DIY Gift Idea Want to make your own eco-friendly firelighters to give as a gift? Kindle cones are much more efficient than paper and 100% greener than chemical firelighters. And to top it all – they are fun, quick, and easy and you can create these in minutes with your kids (just watch and be really careful with the hot wax)! To explore the effective paper Christmas decorations UK, please check out linked page. You will need the following for the DIY Kindle Pine Cones gift: Natural pine cones (if you pick them wet and un-opened, then place them in the oven for a few hours at 80c (and add a bit of cinnamon and aniseed, the house will smell gorgeous and very seasonal) and just watch them pop, such a satisfying thing to do. A bit like popcorn! Any candle stumps, tea lights, or new candles can be used too (use soy or 100% wax candles) even the fairy cupcake cases (small cupcake cases). One can also consider an oven and a baking tray (ideally a cupcake baking tray though a flat baking tray will work too. Here are set of Instructions to follow: •Take your candle ends and tea light remnants plus any larger pieces of candles (often the last bit in a glass does not get used nor does the bottom of pillar candles, most likely producing plenty of wax) Place these either in an oven-proof container and melt in the oven at 170°C or over a pot of boiling water. I use a coconut bowl for this, it’s also where I gather and keep wax remnants.

2. •Make sure you remove any wicks, but keep these aside as they will come in handy for lighting the Kindle cones (but are not essential). •Wait for the wax to melt and then place the cupcakes in a cupcake baking tray placing them on a flat tray will work too, though a cupcake tray helps to hold the shape better. •Now add a pine cone, bottom down in a cake case. •Take the wicks snip off any metal circles at the bottoms and cut into 2cm pieces. •Remove the wax from the oven or the water it’s been ‘sitting’ on top of, but be super careful and watch the wax as this is now very hot. If children are involved, we suggest they do not get involved in this part and the pouring. •Wait for the wax to cool down a little and if you are adding lavender or other scent, add these to the melted wax once it’s cooled a little but not so cool that it is starting to set. •Pour a small amount of wax over each pine cone and enough so that they sit in a small pool of wax. •As the wax begins to set, add the wicks to the wax by the side of the pine cone. They just need to be submerged approx 4-5mm so that they sit in the wax and you will be able to use this wick to light the kindle cones. If you haven't got any wicks, just add a sprig and this will act as a sprig too. •Wait for the wax to set completely and then wrap it beautifully in a Kraft box! By following the above instructions you can create a perfect eco–friendly and handmade Christmas present from Kindle Pine Cones.