This simple project will bring light and colour to dark days now the evenings are longer

You will need: two empty food tins; plain taper candles; old crayons (or new ones, paper coverings removed and broken up) in two colours; old candle stumps or wax pellets from a craft shop.

1. Put the candle stubs or wax pellets and some broken-up crayons in each of the tins; one colour per tin. Blue candles with yellow and hot pink dips look great, but do as you please. The higher the ratio of crayons to wax, the deeper the colour.

2. Stand the tins in a pan of water and bring to the boil, stirring. Once melted together, take the tins out and stand on a heatproof surface.

3. Dip one end of your candle into one of the colours and the other end into the other colour. Shake off any excess and hold until the wax begins to harden. Place the dipped candles on greaseproof paper until completely hard.

The kitchen table project above is taken from our November Almanac pages by Iona Bower, which each month feature seasonal things to note and notice, plan and do.

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