Basic Candle Making – Business / or Great Gifts!

Candle making in itself can be a reward, but can also provide a great cost effective business idea. Making candles is simple, and allows you tap into creativity, so it can be less boring then other small businesses. Candles are so easy to make that it will take very little time before you are ready to move on more advanced projects.

Now let’s put together a list of resources you will need to prepare Candles

  • Candle Making Wax
  • 100gm Coconut Oil (For Greasing)
  • Candle Making Mold(it is better to have steel/glass container or pot as a mold to shape the candle as desired)
  • Candle Making Jar (to melt wax)
  • Wooden Spoon (to stir the wax)
  • Gloves (optional)

That list should be all of the basic tool needed to make some Candles at home–even less if you really don’t want to pick up all of it.

Let’s get started; here are the basic instructions for making a candle.

Basic Candle Making:

Cut a piece of wick about the same length as your candle making mold–or if you’re going to do a dip candle then make it a little longer then the desired candle.

Place you candle making wax in the candle making jar. Heat the wax on low–or place jar in a pot full of water and heat to prevent wax from burning.

Once the wax is melted stir it a little with the wooden spoon. Once it’s fully melted turn the heat off.

Dip the wicks into the wax a few times–two or three will do nicely, and lay them on a plate to cool. Apply the coconut oil on the inside of the candle making molds. After the mold has been oiled, pour the hot candle making wax into the candle making mold until it reaches the brim. Leave it to cool for a little while.

After around 20 minutes take one of the now hardened wicks and place it in the center of the candle–while it is in the mold, hold it still for a moment so it sticks then leave it to fully cool. (Sometimes up to two hours)

When the candle making wax has finally cooled, turn the mold upside down and try to release the candle. If all went well you candle should come out easily due to the oil, you may now carve or decorate your Candle as desired.


Get started with Crayons – Candle Making Crafts

Hey, do you ever think about the things you did when you were younger? The fun things you mom or dad showed you have to do as a child. Well I do, and one of the wonderful things I did learn from my mother was how to make candles.

Yes it might sound a little odd really, but making candles is both fun—and it gave me something to do with all the crayons I broke—and didn’t eat. *grin* By the way it seems to be the popular opinion that the blues one are by far the best to munch.

Anyway, I learned to make candles by dipping a wick into hot wax—which it is important to remember is best heated in a pot floating in a pan full of water, or you risk the chance of setting it on fire…

So what can you do about candle making crafts you might ask? Well they are great fun to do with your kids, or if you simply like to have a lot of fun little hobbies. Homemade candles also make great gifts.

For over a thousand years candles have been an important part of human life. Back when the United States of America was first founded some families would burn some 200 to 400 candles a year for lighting. But I suppose enough of the history lesson already.

I am going to describe a simple candle making example to get you started—really this article only scratches the surface of the art of candle making.

First off you are going to need wax..and a good amount of it as well. (Crayons are a great example, or you should be able to pick up candle wax at a crafts store locally)

You will also need some lengths of wick—the part of the candle that will actually burn when you are done, like a fuse but with no explosion at the end *grins*. I would suggest you stop by a local crafts store and pick some up, substituting other things for wick rarely works out well in the end.

First off fill a large pan about half full of water and heat it up. Place another pan—or my personal favorite a empty can from say olives or something—in the water filled pan, but make sure it doesn’t tip over.

Now places you wax—or crayons into the can—or pan that you don’t mind if you never get the wax out of again… It should melt without any trouble as long as you have the heat up, and since the water is in the first pan and the second pan is floating, it will not burn.

Once the wax is melted, you should take a length of wick and dip it into the wax slowly. Then slowly lift it straight back out of the wax. Wait a few seconds for the wax to cool, and then repeat the steps until you candle is as thick as you want.

You will want to hold the candle by the wick for a few moments and let it cool before you lay it down anywhere and trim the wick to about 1/3 of an inch at the top.

Booo-ya! You have made your first candle—told you it was easy. Now if you did as I like to you have a can that you can keep with that color of wax for any time you want to make a candle. Try keeping 3 or 4 colors hot and twisting the candles as you dip them into the different colors. You can make some wonderful candles this way.

I hope you found this article a fun introduction to the art of candle making. Please check back often for more great information!