Candle Making Recipes – 2 Candles For Getting Your Feet Wet

Candle Making Recipes for Balloon and Beeswax Candles

So, you want to make your own candles. But how do you get started and what is the easlest approach? The answer is…the 2 recipes found below.

We know how daunting the prospect of creating candles on your own for the first time might be, but with the candle making tips we have provided it will be sheer fun.

No stress, little mess. And did I include having “fun”? Of course, I did it!

Candle Making Recipes – Balloon Candle

Grab a balloon, some wax, paraffin or regular, and a wick. That’s it – you have what you need.

Melt your wax in a double boiler, old electric skillet or an old saucepan at a temperature between 165 and 185 degrees. Dip a water-filled balloon into the melted wax. Pull it out quickly, allowing the wax to cool and set. Repeat until a 1cm thick wax coating forms around the balloon. Deflate the balloon and take it out of the candle’s center.

Begin pouring the warm wax, rotating around the shell until the inside is almost entirely covered. Insert the wick and pour the remaining wax, holding wick until supported by wax that has firmed by cooling down. Your wax creation is complete!

There is even a simpler candle making recipe…

Candle Making Recipes - Beeswax Candle

Grab your scissors and a sheet of beeswax and some cotton wick. Fold and cut the beeswax sheet in half. Select one of the sheets and place the wick on the long side with about 1 inch of wick extending past both ends of the beeswax sheet.

Using your fingertips, gently spool the beeswax sheet around the wick…sealing the wick securely to the wax. The heat from your fingers will create a seamless candle. Tightly roll the beeswax making sure it is straight to the very end.

Once reaching the end, again with the heat of your fingertips seal the border of the beeswax candle. Trim the wick at both ends. The one that is to be your base, cut flush against the wax. The other end, which will be the top of your candle, snip the wick to 1/4 inch above the wax.

See? I did not steer you astray! Simple, quick, easy and painless. And what about fun, fun, fun and very self satisfying! All that is left to do now is to show off your beautiful creations!

And you may want to check out gel candle making next…what are you thinking?