Gift Making Ideas For Children

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Children love to be creative. They can make many things from papers, cardboard boxes, and plastic bottles available at home. You may never know what a rubber band can be used for other than fastening something, but your kid might create a gun out of it.

The best way to use their creativeness is to keep them busy. You can get your children to create attractive gifts. Following are some helpful gift making ideas for children which keep them occupied for hours together:

Crafts and hobby kits:
Find a craft and hobby sets such as kid's crafts, craft templates, and arts and crafts projects for every vacation and season. These sets have easy-to-follow instruction manual in them which will help your kid in making gifts. You can also help them in making some gifts. They can create some wonderful gift items such as paper mache figurines, baskets, a Christmas tree, Easter eggs in a basket etc.

Picture frames:
Give your kids some thick white paper, some crayons or paints, some pencils and let them draw whatever they want to. During Christmas, they can draw a Christmas tree. Get that picture framed in an expensive looking frame. This will prove to be a unique gift because it has your child's imagination in it.

Colorful stones:
Let your kids gather smooth palm size stones. With the help of some colored paper and glue, kids can make cutouts of eyes, mustaches, bow, tie or anything from colored paper and glue them on to the stones. They can also stick velvet paper all over the stones to make Easter eggs.

Rock candy:
Among other easy gift making ideas, the easiest is making a delicious rock candy that can be prepared from home. For preparing rock candy, a child should have parental supervision and guidance. Dissolve sugar in water and boil it. Put the mixture in a jar and cover it with wax paper with a string, make your child add some strawberry or vanilla flavor into the concoction. As the water evaporates after one week, your rock candy will be ready. These can be given as gifts or added into a gift basket.

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Soy Candle Making Supplies - What is Special About Soy?

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Soy candles are a relatively new product on the market. Although they are becoming easier to find in retail establishments, they are still considered at the high end of the market. However, those that know their candles know that soy candles have advantages over paraffin candles that, for some, make the extra cost worth it.

Soy based candles are healthier. Paraffin candles are a petroleum based product and burning petroleum releases a large number of harmful chemicals into the air, making them unhealthy for those with chronic breathing problems.

Soy candles have another element that makes them unique. Soy based candles burn at such a low temperature and the soy has such a unique make up that they can be used as a massage oil. In fact, this is one of the newest treatments at some of the finest spas in the country.

Soy based candle making supplies also have advantages over paraffin candle making products. Most soy candle making supplies are easier to handle than their paraffin counterparts. Paraffin wax comes in large blocks, which makes measuring and melting harder than soy. Soy wax comes in flakes which means that there is no trying to cut large blocks of paraffin, just simply measure out the amount that you need.

Soy based candle making supplies also benefit American farmers and other industries that process the soy beans. Soy candle making supplies are just one of the environmentally friendly and healthy products produced from soy beans. There has been a lot of talk in the news lately about reducing our country's dependence on foreign oil supplies and by using soy candle making supplies we are making a small stride toward oil independence.

When making soy candles, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, soy candle making supplies can only be used with each other, meaning that you can't use paraffin primed wicks with soy wax or use paraffin colors in soy wax. So if you decide to make soy type candles, you'll need to buy exclusively soy based candle making supplies.

Soy based candles can be scented with all natural essential oils. If you are making the candles to be used as massage candles, then this is the best way to scent them. These essential oils will be absorbed through the skin providing a variety of health benefits that cannot be derived from synthetic fragrances. It is also advisable if you plan to use your candles for massage that you leave them color free. Adding color to massage candles will make the person you are massaging look like an Easter egg.

Soy based candles offer a variety of benefits to the environment, the economy and the user. These are still relatively unknown products in the major market and often if you want to find soy candles, you need to purchase them mail order or through a specialty holistic or metaphysical store. If you can make your own soy candles, you'll not only have complete control over what goes into your candle as well as it's size and shape, you'll also save money and in this economy that's something everyone can appreciate.

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