What do I do with a brick of beeswax?

[Shelly in MD]

A while back, I was feeling CM-ish, and I liked the idea of the kids molding wax in their hands while I read aloud. So, I went to the craft store and bought a brick of it. Well, as it turns out, you can't just peel off a sheet or a chunk of it! So what do I do with this wax now?

Thanks!!

[OnTheBrink]

Show it to people and say, "See this? It's none of your beeswax!" ROFL!

Anyway...I have no serious suggestions, sorry. ;)

[mellifera]

nt.

[momo4]

Polish wood, make lip gloss, wax thread so it is easier to go through a needle, make hand salve,

Unstick a drawer. A thin coat of beeswax on wooden rails makes the wood drawers on Granny's old bureau slide smoothly. It does windows, too. Use wax to lubricate sashes,

[Carol in Cal.]

Pysanky! Or, Ukranian Easter eggs.

Beeswax is the best for these. It goes on smoothly and sticks well.

You start by covering the part of the egg that you want to stay white with the wax, using a small instrument called kitska. Then you dye the egg the next darkest color--often yellow. You cover the parts that you want to have stay yellow and move up to the next colors--maybe red, green, black.

At the end, you heat up the whole egg and wipe off the wax with paper towels. Stunning!

[Shelly in MD]

Not helpful, but clever! Thanks for the smile!

[Shelly in MD]

Thanks, all; the suggestions are great. About the pysanky eggs (which I mean to try each Lent, then I promptly forget... this is my golden opportunity, isn't it?!) - where do you buy the kitska? Do you purchase a particular type of dye?

I'm supposed to go to work now, but I really want to google pysanky, candle making, and lip gloss instead!