Candle Making Recipes – 2 Simple Candles For Beginners

Beginner Candle Making Instructions

Candles from the store can be expensive. Whether it is because of its decor, style, color, or fragrance, all of them make the price tag go up. Let us resist the urge to spend money and make them ourselves! Maybe you always wanted to create your very own candles but just didn’t know how to start.

Why not try the candle making recipes below? It will surprise you on how cheap it will be.

Balloon Candle Making Recipes

Follow this recipe and it will assist you in creating one of the simplest candles available. There are only 3 items needed to make this balloon candle!

The steps are simple and easy:

* Fill up the balloon with water (you read right – water).

* Close of the top of the balloon.

* Melt the wax in an electric skillet, sauce pan, or a double-boiler (better to use an old sauce pan or skillet).

* Allow the wax to fully melt by keeping the temperature between 165 to 185.

* Allow the wax to cool until it is almost firm.

* Dunk water balloon into wax, pulling out quickly, letting layer of wax cool and set.

* Repeat dipping and cooling process until you have about 1 cm of wax around the balloon.

* Burst the balloon and remove from center of the candle.

* Slowly pour warm wax inside your balloon shell, rolling the shell constantly until the inside is full.

* Position the wick in the center before pouring the final warm wax to allow the wax to 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 recipe and make beeswax candles! Supplies include: 1 pair of sheers, 1 sheet of beeswax along with 1 cotton wick. Instructions? It’ll be easy!

* Seal the cotton wick in place by gently spooling the edge of the beeswax around the wick. The heat of your hands will help make the wax softer and assist in closing the wax candle.

* Follow through by slowly rolling the candle wax, making sure the 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.

* Snip the cotton wick flush at the base, while cutting the wick on top part of the candle to about 1/4 inch.

With these short and sweet candle making recipes and with a little practice, you will soon master the art of making beautiful candles!

It will be fun making beeswax candles with children.