Stockmar Natural Modelling Beeswax Sheets in a Box

This stuff is fantastic! The smell is a super sweet earthy beeswax smell and the colors are incredibly rich! I bought this for my oldest who is 2.5 as a stocking stuffer for Christmas! I wanted to get her something that she could fiddle with and I wouldn't have to worry about her making a huge mess! This certainly isn't a replacement for something like art dough but it definitely has a place in our art corner! Some tips I have found is to cut one piece into 2-4 smaller pieces which make it much easier for little hands to warm up. It takes a minute or two to actually become pliable but once it does it can be molded or stretched into just about anything! For younger kids I wouldn't recommend trying to get them to mold intricate little things yet, and just let them focus on stretching it out or balling it up so that way they don't get frustrated with it and they get to enjoy the sensation of it warming and becoming soft and pliable. If you are using this with more then one child you could boil some water and then let it cool for a second and then let the wax sit in the hot water for a minute or two and it warms up in no time!

We love this. We homeschool using Oak Meadow and got this to use alongside our curriculum. It sits in a little jar on the table so anyone can grab and play with it. It has a really calming honey beeswax smell, and once it's warm feels so lovely in your hands. My son likes to play with it when I read him stories. We also use it to form letters and varying shapes. I find when we're doing work together I like to play with a small bit, it's a lovely thing to fidget with. We have clay also, but this is nicer as it doesn't really leave much of a residue on your hands, and stays warm and lovely to touch as you use it. It's not messy the way clay is, either. Clay is great and has it's many uses, but this beeswax is really great to have on hand to easily pick up and use, and then put down again without all the clean up and bother of clay. This is something I'll be making sure we always have on hand. I also love it's golden orange colour :)

Always had this on hand 30 years ago for my kids, and now I make sure my grand kids have plenty of this wonderful beeswax. It's great exercise for little fingers heading to Kindergarten. Learning to write names and draw things is tough work! Mom helps warm it up first (it's pretty stiff in colder weather), then they're both very engrossed in creating things.

When you first open the box the little blocks of colorful wax are very pleasurable to look at and the faint aroma of honey is nice too. When I first picked them up I wondered how on earth I was supposed to sculpt with the stuff because it was very stiff. But after a minute or two of warming up in my hand the modeling clay started to take shape easily and I had a lot of fun creating little sculptures with the stuff. Once it cooled it became stiff again and kept its shape perfectly. I would recommend this for children and adults. Once you have manipulated it does not go back to the original shape and fit neatly into the box between nice layers of wax paper, but that is how it goes. I have already ordered more and enthusiastically recommended it to my friends.I sculpted a snail using the wax for an animation that I am doing (see attached). I love how translucent it is.

After looking at this beeswax for several months I finally went ahead and splurged on it. It's great stuff, my four and five year olds really enjoy it. It doesn't have any of the mess involved with play doh or modeling clay. The color doesn't come off on anything and it doesn't crumble. The sheets are larger than I thought they would be, the box they come in is about 5"x5"x1.5". One quarter to one third of a sheet is plenty. It can be used over and over again before it starts to get an off feel to it. The kids are able to use the same small piece every day for a week or so before needing a new piece. The used wax can then be used to decorate the outside of plain candles so it doesn't go to waste. The wax itself is a bit more pliable than candle wax at room temperature. It needs to be held for a minute or two before using. I have the kids take their piece and hold it in their hands while I tell them a short story, the story time part of it is nice and has them asking to hear a story all the time now. I had been holding off on ordering because of the hot summer but I don't think I needed to. I had thought it might arrive a melted mess but even on a 90 degree day it arrived very warm and soft but after sitting at room temperature for a couple hours it was very firm. We've even put it in the fridge to firm it back up when needed then continued to play with it so I don't think ordering during the winter would be a problem either. I'm sure we will order more of it eventually but this box should last for months.

Good for clay style model building, not good for kids playdough style playing. Too stiff and too hard to warm up and keep warm for the kids to play with. Melts to liquid (think of how crayons melt) if accidentally-on-purpose left in the sun. My intended use was for the toddlers, but that simply isn't possible. If I wanted to build figurines or models, I think it would work great.

This smells divine, like a honey garden. I use it as a fidget. Takes awhile to warm up and become flexible. Great product.