Crafts!!!

                                    Here is a great summer candle craft!!

Materials:

• clean tin cans with top completely removed.
  • rectangular cans (olive oil, molasses, etc.) work especially well
• water
• hammer
• one nail
• sand or dirt
• small candle 

Instructions:

• Draw a connect-the-dots type of design on the can, a simple house, a tree, stars, an adobe church, etc.
    
• Be sure that the design involves the middle third of the can, at least.
    
• Make sure the design is on at least 2, opposite, sides of the can. When it is punched out, it should allow circulation of air and so keep the candle lit.
     
• Fill the clean can with water and place in freezer for at least 24 hours.  (More if the can is large.)
    
• Take out the ice-filled can and place n its side on a towel or a thick pad of newspapers.
    
• Now you will need to work fast because as the ice melts the force of the hammer and nail may bend the can.
    
• Use the hammer and nail to punch out the dots for your design.
    
• Place 2-3 inches of dirt or sand in can.
    
• Put the unlit candle in the can.
    
• Move to the location where it will be needed.
     
• Use another candle or stick to light the candle.
   

Craft ideas from: http://www.dltk-holidays.com/summer/mluminaria.html