WElcome to day 18! Other posts in this series can be found here

I love making these candles and we make a large batch every year. They are great as a little extra, a stockingstuffer or as a lovely box filled with them (save the expensive chocolate box works great!)

I don't melt any wax for this so it is very suitable to do with small (or just fidgety) children.

You need was (grated of chips) wicks I buy them ready made like this, a knife for opening your walnut and a walnut.

Push your knife into the flat end of the walnut along the natural break line. Now gently wiggle it, you will hear the nut cracking go slow and gently so you have a good chance of breaking it nicely

place the wick in the bottom and press it down a bit to shape the metal to thhe botton of the walnut

if you have a block of wax you can grate it. I was using some left over soy candles here.

Fill your walnut all the way to the top

The only childunfriendly bit in the whol making process, gently warm the wax a bit with a lighter. You could put it on a hot radiator for half an hour or so till its soft enough to compress it together. This will stop it all from falling out.

Turn of all the lights and light your candles and make a wish :)