Candle Making Recipes – 2 Beeswax Candles For Beginners
Beginner Candle Making Instructions
Store bought candles can be expensive. Color, fragrance, style, and decor all increase the cost of the candle. 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 cheap it will be.
Balloon Candle Making Recipes
Creating one of the simplest candles there is available is easy by following this recipe. There are only 3 items needed to make this balloon candle!
The steps are straightforward and uncomplicated:
* Fill balloon with water (you heard right – water).
* Secure top of balloon.
* You can use a double-boiler, electric skillet or sauce pan to melt the wax in (better to use an old sauce pan or skillet).
* Keep temp somewhere near 165 to 185 until wax is fully melted.
* Allow the wax to cool until it is almost firm.
* Place water balloon into the wax, pull it out quickly, and let the layer of wax cool and set.
* Redo the process of dipping and cooling until you have about 1 cm think of wax around the balloon.
* Pop the balloon and take it out from the center of the candle.
* Slowly pour warm wax inside your balloon shell, rolling the shell constantly until the inside is full.
* Place the wick in the center and pour in the final warm wax so it will surround the wick .
* Let the wax cool so it can support the wick before you release it.
Beeswax Candle Making Recipes
Thought that was easy?
Check out this candle making recipe for a beeswax candle! The following supplies are all you need: 1 cotton wick, 1 sheet of beeswax, and 1 pair of sheers. Instructions? It will be just as easy!
* Seal the cotton wick in place by gently spooling the edge of the beeswax around the wick. The heat from your hands will assist in seaming the wax candle by softening the wax.
* Make sure the candle wax is straight and tight as you follow through and roll it slowly.
* The heat of your fingertips will help you bond the edge of your wax candle when you reach the end of you sheet.
* Cut off the bottom part of the cotton wick, while cutting the top part of the wick to about a quarter of an inch in length.
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 your kids.