Materials:

• Heart-shaped baking tin
• Plastic bowl or container that is wider than your baking tin and about 2″ deep.
• One cup sand
• One-half cup water
• Candle wick
• Small metal washer
• Wax
• Candle dyes or crayons for color
• Candle scent (optional)
• Double boiler (Note: You can melt wax in the microwave or in a tin can in a shallow pan of water over low heat. Add color and scent after wax is melted.)
• Newspaper
• Scissors

Fill bowl with sand and water. Press bottom of heart tin into wet sand.  Pull out leaving a heart shape. If the sides fall in, press tin in again and add some more water to sand. Tie wick to washer and place in center of the sand-shaped heart. Tie other end of wick onto a pencil and set on top of container. Make sure wick is taut. Pour melted wax into the heart-shaped hole in the sand. Position wick so it is in the center. Let wax harden and cool, about 45 minutes. Carefully lift heart candle from container and place on newspapers. Trim wick with scissors.