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Fuzzy Buggy on Travel Tip Thursday!

This winter, we traveled back and forth from Chicago to Des Moines quite a few times. We spent a lot of time in the van, and one of the projects that kept my daughters occupied for a long stretch of time was a big bag of pipe cleaners. You can find them at craft stores under the name of “chenille stems”.

The girls had so much fun bending and twisting the pipe cleaners! These are a couple of the bugs I made for them. The bug on top is a lightning bug, and under that fellow is a bee with pink wings…by request from Emmy! The pipe cleaners were all one length, and next time I think I will have a variety of lengths available for them.

I read about pipe cleaner creatures on MomsMinivan.com, which is a great source for travel ideas! Do you have any tips on traveling with kids? Share them in the Lemon Drop Pie Community!

Happy Travels!

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It’s All Beeswax to Me!

Remember the week before Christmas when I almost showed you the Christmas presents we made? And I almost ruined the surprise for the people receiving the presents?

Thank goodness I stopped myself!

I am a well-known procrastinator. If you want to know where to find me on Christmas Eve, I’m usually at the mall. So when I saw this cute craft in Family Fun magazine, of course I waited until the last minute to go buy honeycomb wax sheets! I thought they would be easy to find at a craft store, but… they weren’t. I finally found a candle making kit at Hobby Lobby, but it’s cheaper to buy beeswax sheets through candlewic.com.

To make these candles, we cut star shapes out of the beeswax sheets using cookie cutters. I warmed the sheets first using a hair dryer to make them more pliable. We put five layers together, added the wick, and put five more layers of beeswax on top. We used a smaller star cookie cutter to add a little extra decoration on each side of three of the candles. We were only able to make four candles from the kit; I was disappointed that I couldn’t find more beeswax sheets.

We gave two candles to my grandma, and two to my dad. Homemade gifts are always nice, and the girls were proud of their creations!