Winter Archives ~ Happy Whimsical Hearts https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/tag/winter/ a Waldorf inspired blog Fri, 22 Jul 2016 02:05:30 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 How to make a simple Waldorf lantern https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2016/07/make-waldorf-lantern/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-waldorf-lantern https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/2016/07/make-waldorf-lantern/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2016 23:30:34 +0000 https://happywhimsicalhearts.com/?p=13990 This is a sponsored post The idea was for the playgroup children to make their own Waldorf lanterns this year. We made a good start, with most of the children colouring their watercolour paper and painting them in olive oil. The oil does a very special ~ and I think magical job ~ it turns the watercolour paper semi translucent. Allowing the candlelight to shine through ? Then we had a public holiday and many of us ended up with colds. So Max and I ended up finishing the lanterns ready for our playgroup Winter festival. And I thought I would share how *smile* You will need beeswax crayons watercolour paper olive oil children’s wool paint brush scissors hole punch beeswax tealight candles And away we go… You can also use watercolour paint if you prefer *wink* We tend to leave our watercolour paper to dry overnight, and then continue the project the next day. You can learn how to make a wool twistie here *grin* And there you have it, beautiful simple Waldorf lanterns! Just add a beautiful beeswax tealight candle and you are ready for a Winter lantern walk. We love using pure beeswax candles from Queen B […]

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