2 Beeswax Candle Making Recipes
Beginner Candle Making Instructions
Store candles can be costly. The following make the prices of candles go up: color, decor, style, and fragrance. Let’s resist the urge to spend money and do it ourselves! You might have always wanted to create your own candles but did not know how to start.
How about trying out the candle making recipes below? It will surprise you on how little it will cost.
Balloon Candle Making Recipes
This recipe will help you in creating one of the simplest candles there is out there in the market. You will need only 3 items to make this balloon candle!
The steps are simple and easy:
* Fill up the balloon with water (yup, that’s correct – water).
* Close of the top of the balloon.
* Melt wax in double-boiler, electric skillet or sauce pan (make sure to use an old skillet or sauce pan).
* Keep temp somewhere near 165 to 185 until wax is fully melted.
* Let cool until almost firm.
* Place water balloon into the wax, pull it out quickly, and let the layer of wax cool and set.
* Dip the balloon and cool the wax repeatedly until you have approximately 1 cm thick of wax surrounding the balloon.
* Burst the balloon so you can remove it from the center of the candle.
* Slowly pour warm wax inside your balloon candle shell and roll the shell continuously to fill up the interior.
* Before the last pour, place the wick in the center and allow the final warm wax to surround it.
* Do not release the wick until you have allowed the wax to cool so that the wick is supported.
Beeswax Candle Making Recipes
Now, you thought that was easy?
Check out this recipe and make beeswax candles! Supplies include: 1 pair of sheers, 1 sheet of beeswax along with 1 cotton wick. Instructions? It will be as easy as that!
* Carefully roll the edge of the beeswax sheet around the cotton wick to seal it into place. The heat your hands generates will help in softening the wax to assist in seaming the wax candle.
* Slowly roll the candle wax and be sure it is straight and tight.
* The heat of your fingertips will be able to join the edge of your wax candle together once you reach the end of your wax sheet.
* Cut the bottom part of the wick then cut the top part to about a quarter of an inch.
You will soon master the art of making beautiful candles with a little practice and these short and sweet candle making recipes!
You will have fun making beeswax candles with the kids.
