Non-Electric Lighting

Hand-dipped taper candles

How To Make Hand-Dipped Candles

Making hand-dipped tapers is one of the oldest ways to make candles, and also the most hands-on. Here’s how I made my own hand-dipped taper candles.

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evening lamp

When The Lights Go Out

There’s a reason oil lamps and lanterns have been around for centuries. Besides being simple lights to use, they give you dependable light whenever you need it.

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Solar and Hand-Powered Safety Flashlight

Can you make your Wind-Up Flashlight Sing?

When is a flashlight not a flashlight? When it joins the orchestra!

While this sounds like a joke that some of the kids would get up on stage to tell on Camp Cabaret Night, it is quite soberly a fact.

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