Candle Making Recipes for Beginners
Below you will find two very unique and easy candle making recipes that are just perfect for beginners.
So if you’re tired of paying for those expensive store bought candles and not quite ready to give up on the ambiance, the following candle making recipes will come in handy.
Balloon and Beeswax
Candle Making Recipes
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Let’s Try a Balloon Candle (pictured above)
Items for a Balloon Candle: obviously a balloon, wax (paraffin) and a sized wick.
Step 1: Fill balloon with water (No water fights permitted!)
Step 2: Secure top of balloon
Step 3: Best using a double-boiler to melt the wax
Step 4: Keep wax anywhere from 165 to 185 degrees until completely melted
Step 5: Let cool until almost set
Step 6: Dip balloon in melted wax, pulling out quickly and letting wax layer cool and set
Step 7: Dip in wax again, letting that layer cool and set
Step 8: Continue until a good wax shell develops around balloon approximately 1 cm thick
Step 9: Pop balloon once satisfied with the shell and remove from candle
Step 10: While rolling the shell in your hand, add warm wax so that it coats the inside of the shell. Continue adding wax until the inner cavity is nearly filled
Step 11: Before the last pouring, place a wick in the center of the remaining cavity and then pour wax around it to fill the cavity. The wax will cool and support the wick as it solidifies.
Congratulations! You have completed candle making recipe #1 and created your first candle. You are now ready to get creative and try playing with color, size and style.
The Beeswax Candle
The beeswax candle recipe is even simpler as the wax doesn’t need to be melted. Items needed are a pair of scissors, a beeswax sheet and a cotton wick.
This candle making recipe involves ten steps.
Step 1: Fold beeswax in half
Step 2: Cut along the fold
Step 3: Lay out one of the pieces
Step 4: Place wick on edge of beeswax
Step 5: Leave wick, half an inch, extending over each edge of beeswax sheet
Step 6: Slowly roll edge of beeswax around wick
Step 7: Press edge of beeswax gently with fingertips sealing wick in place (Allowing the warmth from your hands to melt the wax, thereby sealing the seam)
Step 8: Roll candle slowly – keeping a tight, straight line while doing this
Step 9: At end, attach edge of beeswax to candle with the heat of your fingertips
Step 10: Trim wick flush on one end for the base and snip wick 1/4 inch from top on the other
Voila! You have mastered candle making recipe # 2.
Watch this video for a complete demonstration on making beeswax candles.
Remember – it’s all about the fun!
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