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Here’s a great gift for anyone with a fireplace or woodstove.

1 block paraffin

food dye

pine or cedar essential oil

several medium or large pinecones

old tongs

waxed paper

Melt the paraffin in the top of a double boiler. Add dye of your choice to color the wax and a few drops of pine or cedar essential oil to scent. Stir with an old wooden spoon. Using tongs, dip pinecones in wax to cover, and then set on waxed paper to harden.