Keep Your Kids Entertained with This Fun Craft!

Make your own beeswax yarn strips for a fun sensory activity for your children. These strips are fun to bend into shapes to create a picture or sculpture. They also make a great quiet activity to take with you on the go.

Flexible Beeswax Yarn Art

Time: 15 minutes active; 1 hour inactive | Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients & Supplies:

• 2 cups (144 g) beeswax pellets
• 2 Tbsp. (30 ml) jojoba oil
• Crock pot
• Colored yarn

Instructions:

1. Melt the beeswax in a small crock pot or double boiler.
2. Once the wax is melted, add the jojoba oil.
3. Cut your yarn to the desired length (9 inches [23 cm] is a good starting point).
4. Add the yarn to the melted beeswax-jojoba mixture.
5. Once the yarn is completely covered in wax, remove the yarn from the crock pot using a toothpick or bamboo skewer, and lay out in individual strips to dry. (We laid our strips on a plastic grocery bag.)
6. Once the wax dries, have fun creating pictures and sculptures with your waxed yarn strips!

Extra Idea:

If desired, you can add essential oil to the wax mixture for an additional sensory experience. Start with 2–4 drops, and then add more depending on your preference for scent.