It’s been 20 years since Ryder Werts and his classmates visited his family’s candle store on a second-grade fieldtrip, but Werts, whose parents own Waxman Candles in downtown Lawrence, still remembers the magic of it all.

The experience actually turned out to be somewhat “traumatic” for the veteran candle maker — in his excitement, Werts ended up accidentally spraying hot wax over the face of one unlucky classmate, he now recalls. These days, he’s following the lead of his father, Bob, in stressing the importance of fire safety to every tour group that passes through Waxman, 609 Massachusetts St.

The shop’s second annual Kiddie Candle Dip, slated for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, will be no exception, Werts promises.

“We don’t send them home with candles and matches,” he says of the family-friendly DIY activity. “Just the candle.”

Each participant of Saturday’s free event (Werts says he’s hoping folks will stop by before and after that day’s Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade) will be given a peek at the Waxman workshop, as well as their own small candle to dip in their choice of approximately 20 colorful waxes.

That’s the “toughest choice,” adds Werts, who says the shop hosted around 150 little dippers (get it?) at last year’s Kiddie Candle Dip. He’s hoping for a similar turnout this year while Christmas parade trots down Massachusetts Street starting at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Families can stop by anytime between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to partake in the candle dipping, says Werts — just look for a line of green tape leading from the front door to the back of the shop. That’s where the magic happens.

For kids, Werts says, the experience really is magical.

“It’s just a fun thing for families to do, and we know they enjoy it,” he says of the event’s popularity. “It’s just that they get to dip it themselves and they get to keep it. They get a little take-home treasure.”