Bug Day / Homemade Beeswax Wraps
Homemade Beeswax Wraps
Older children help make reusable food wraps by melting beeswax into cotton squares, learning about reducing plastic waste and the role of bees.
How to run it
- Lay cotton squares on baking paper and children sprinkle beeswax pellets evenly.
- Cover with a second sheet of baking paper.
- An educator irons over the paper to melt the wax while children watch.
- Let the wraps cool before children handle them.
- Talk about how bees make wax and how the wraps replace plastic.
You will need
- cotton fabric squares
- beeswax pellets
- baking paper
- iron
Make it easier or harderYounger children can sprinkle pellets only; older children can design patterns on fabric.
SafetyOnly educators use the hot iron, and children wait until wraps are fully cool to touch.
My Time Our Place · Outcome 2, Outcome 4Children take action for the environment and learn practical skills.
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