Candles for the Kindergarten

This seemed a challenging project but everyone was able to complete it and proudly display their candles. We started discussing heat and light and were able to handle a battery candle to see that there was "cool" light. We were unable to observe the electric "candlelight" for more than a few seconds as it blew its bulb.
The project is made from TP tubes and tissue paper. The students had to cut the top 1" with scissors vertically then fold down all the flaps. We then used glue stick to glue down the flaps making the top of the candle. While one of the helpers cut wicks from black paper the students folded yellow tissue paper to make the flame. We glued that over the wick leav
ing a little at the bottom for "feet" and added a red center to our flame from another piece of tissue. We flattened the feet out and attached the wick to the top of the candle and had our "Oh wow" moment.
Lots of smiles on this one. We ran out of time to decorate the outside of the candle but a couple of students nabbed a strand of tissue paper and had it wrapped around in a flash!