Candle Making Recipes for Beginners

Balloon and Beeswax Candle Making Recipes

Below you will find two very unique and easy candle making recipes that are just perfect for beginners.

So if you’re tired of the cost for those fancy, expensive, store bought ones and not quite ready to give up on the ambience, the following candle making recipes will do the trick.

The Beeswax Candle

First let’s try out the beeswax candle recipe.  Items needed are short and simple. A pair of scissors, 1 beeswax sheet and a cotton wick.

Ten easy steps are required for this candle making recipe.

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

Congratulations! With this candle making recipe you have created your first candle.

Let’s Try a Balloon Candle

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.

Voila!  You have mastered candle making recipe number 2.  You are now ready to get creative and try playing with color, size and style.  Remember – it’s all about the fun!