Egg boat candle

“In the darkness, an egg is shining ..., It’s an egg boat.”
Egg boat is an egg that filled from candle and is floating on the water. That shine for many hours in the night.

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Step 1: Materials

Egg
Solid paraffin
Candlewick: 2.5 cm (for each egg)

fonzuzu says: Aug 26, 2011. 4:21 AM

I made one, the wax cools and the wick secures faster if you hold the candle while it is in a bowl of water.That way it floats and cools down so you only hold it for like 30seconds

farzadbayan (author) in reply to fonzuzuSep 4, 2011. 11:44 PM

Good idea, thanks! :)

// Can you send a picture of your own? (I'm interested to see that!)

themadjeweler says: Oct 15, 2011. 11:02 AM

i like the little caution symbol :). good 'ible.

fonzuzu says: Sep 5, 2011. 3:28 AM

Ok
sure

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sunshiine says: Jul 18, 2011. 2:20 AM

I am going to remember this! I love it! Thanks for sharing.

copilarim says: May 2, 2011. 3:48 AM

Beautiful idea indeed!! Good luck:)

farzadbayan (author) in reply to copilarimMay 8, 2011. 7:13 AM

Thanks!

Cheeseman says: Apr 24, 2011. 9:17 AM

Just a few grammar corrections for you:

For "The paraffin should become fuse with water heat"
You're looking for: "The paraffin should melt from the water's heat"
fuse means to join two things together, while melt means to turn something from a solid into a liquid.

For "hold it with your hand until become fixed"
You want: "hold it with your hand until the paraffin solidifies"
fix means to repair something or to attach something in a way that it cannot move, solidify is the opposite of melt.

Good 'ible though, keep up the good work!

skiminoangel in reply to CheesemanApr 24, 2011. 12:15 PM

Actually the use of "fixed" was correct. Fix is an abreviation of Affix, which means 'fasten; cause to be firmly attached; set or place definitely; stable or stationary; put something somewhere firmly'. You can have "a fixed moment in time" which refers to a specific moment in time not a repaired or corrected moment in time. My English education teacher always drilled the proper use of this word into our heads. You correct a problem because if you fix it you make it permanent. If you are holding the wick in the wax until it is permanently attached then it is fixed in the wax.

farzadbayan (author) in reply to skiminoangelApr 25, 2011. 9:14 AM

Yes, I think you are right, because the wick don't move after that and I that "become fixed" forever. Also new word is right, because when the paraffin solidifies, the wick become fixed.
Anyway, I use "fixed" for that work. If there is a new comment about that word, I will become happy to hear that.
Thanks to you can Cheeseman!

farzadbayan (author) in reply to CheesemanApr 24, 2011. 10:13 AM

Thank you very much ! Your comment was so helpful for me, I re-edit texts and now I think it have a better grammar. Thanks you!

Madrigorne says: Apr 25, 2011. 4:16 AM

I wonder what it would look like with easter dyed shells...

stengah says: Apr 24, 2011. 10:51 AM

Beautiful idea - we will try this out. Thanks! :-)

aparks1 says: Apr 24, 2011. 10:41 AM

You can also clean out a big can, such as soup, and put that in the water to hold the wax.

porcupinemamma says: Apr 24, 2011. 8:37 AM

Thank you! Beautiful! Well done! :0)

rpowling says: Apr 23, 2011. 10:50 AM

so pretty! thank you.

h0meIandsecurity says: Apr 23, 2011. 7:25 AM

Yeah!

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ChrysN says: Apr 22, 2011. 2:35 PM

They look beautiful, I like your drawing too!

(ps: flouting means to show contempt or scorn, I think the word you want is floating -borne up by or suspended in a liquid).

farzadbayan (author) in reply to ChrysNApr 23, 2011. 3:43 AM

Thank you for your notice ! That was a problem in translating . Edited .