Candle Night

In conjunction with summer solstice (the day in the year with the longest daylight hours) tomorrow, there is an energy-saving campaign in Japan where you're encouraged to turn off the lights at home between 8-10 pm and use candles instead (http://www.candle-night.org/english/).

So for ladies' night, we made candles. First, you melt wax in a pot over boiling water. Then, pour a little wax into a paper cup with a string suspended in the middle (you can tie the string on a chopstick placed across the top of the cup) and wait for the wax to solidify with the string in it. That's the wick for your candle. After that, just add wax to make the candle. To add colours, just stir bits of shaven crayon into the hot wax. You can also add essential oils, flower petals, beads, marbles, etc. When the wax has cooled, tear the paper cup off and you have your very own homemade candle. It's really easy!
Here's mine...there're orange, yellow and lavender layers with some flower petals in it.