DIY Candle Making Ideas
Is candle making your passion? Rather than blowing money on expensive candles every month, we bring you loads of tips to make your own with these easy candle making ideas!!
Whether winter or summer, we can not do without candles! This decorative accessory is much more than just a decorative element as it adds fragrance to our interior, giving it a warm atmosphere. Wood, lavender, vanilla, cotton flower, … vary the scents with the seasons and your likes.
To avoid candles taking up too much of your decor budget, we suggest you make them yourself by following detailed tutorials. Simple, fast and low budget: candle making is the DIY decor that you simply can not you pass. Jars of jam, jars of glass yogurt and old candles accumulate in your closets? Give them a new life with this DIY candle .
To make most candles, you will need the following equipment:
- Wax (beeswax, soy or other)
- Cotton candle wicks
- A container (jar, jam jar, yogurt jar)
- Essential oils if you want to perfume
- A saucepan
- Skewer picks
Nothing could be more simple, just melt the wax in the double boiler, add perfume or color as you wish and then pour the preparation in the container of your choice in which you will have previously glued a cotton wick.
Now check out the variations:
1. Muffin Candle
A solid wax base with ‘frothy’ wax frosting makes this a delightful little candle. Find the instructions at Muffin Candle.
2. Lavender Herb Candles
Add fragrant lavender to your jar candles. A simple and elegant project at Garden Therapy.
3. Crayon Candles
Use leftover crayons to create a fun and colorful candle at home. How-to at Crayon Candles
4. Chai Candles
Make Chai Candles that smell of the goodness of aromatic Indian Chai tea.
5. Dyed Eggshell Candles
Perfect for Easter, make these Eggshell Candles by either dyeing or painting the shells.
6. Vintage Teacup Candles
Make beautiful decor or favors by re-using chipped or cracked dainty teacups to make these candles.
7. Multicolored Crayon Candles
Just like in crayon candles above, make separate colored wax mixtures and then follow the above steps to create these unique and pretty candles. Make sure each layer sets completely before pouring in the next. And the next layer of colored wax should not be boiling hot so as to melt the previously set layer.
