produce colorful flames, and can reduce your home heating costs.
cut the old candles into small pieces with a knife or grate them on the big holes of a cheese grater and put the wax shavings in a bowl.
take a 1-inch stack of newspaper, removing all glossy ad inserts. sprinkle some of the wax shavings between two or three layers of the newspaper. the wax helps the log to burn longer.
roll the newspapers up into a log then tie tightly at each end and in the middle with the cotton string.
fill the bucket or tub with enough water to cover the newspaper logs and let them soak for about an hour. 