Maple leaves in beexwax

Maple leaves are too beautiful not to be used for home decoration. However, soon after they start to wilt. This can be proponed by laminating them in beeswax.

Me and my DD collected left overs of beeswax candles. She grated them with a small child-sized grater.

Then I heated water, poured it in a bowl and put the bowl with already grated beeswax inside. Soon the wax started to melt.

Then she carefully, watching to to put fingers in the hot wax, immersed leaves in the wax, took out, put them on a napking to cool down and for wax to harden.

When all the leaves were coated, she put them in a vase.