How To Make Beeswax Candles

How To Make Beeswax Candles

There is nothing like a burning candle in the winter months to cozy up a home. Learn how to make the easiest DIY beeswax candles with this photo tutorial, as well as simple written instructions.

 

For this tutorial you’ll need pure beeswax, heat resistant jar / tin, cotton wick, wick stickers (as a wick stickers you can use balloons stickers or glue gun) and Pyrex jug.

  1. Pick up your wick (with wick tab attached) and wick stickers, Attach the wick to the bottom center of the jar / tin. If you don't have a wick stickers you can use a hot glue gun - secure a wick at the bottom of the mason jar with a little glue.

  1. Melt wax in a microwave or double boiler. Use heat resistant jug like a Pyrex and place it with wax in microwave. If you don’t have a double boiler, you can create one by placing one inch of water in a pot, placing a smaller pot or stainless steel bowl inside, and bringing the water to a low simmer.

  1. Pour wax into jar / tin.

  1. Set the wick so that it’s in the center. You can do this by placing a pencil across the jar and taping the wick to it, or use my favorite method, which is to thread the wick through the center of a clothespin, bobby pin or bamboo skewer. This will keep the wick centered while the wax hardens.

  1. Once the wax is completely hardened, you can trim the wick, and it is ready to light. It should be about 1/2 inch long.

 

 

*Get creative and use old coffee mugs, little cute vintage containers or large shell as your base. Anything that is heat resistant can make a cute candle holder.

 

**With our method you can do any type of candle: soy candles, paraffin candles etc.

 

CANDLE TIPS:

Reuse the leftover wax from your old candles.

Leftover candles always melt in double boiler.