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 correct answer is…the 2 candle making recipes that you see 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 say anything about having “fun”? For sure, I did!
Candle Making Recipes – Balloon Candle
Grab a balloon, some wax, paraffin or regular, and a wick. That’s it – Let’s get started.
Melt your wax to a temperature between 165 and 185 F degrees using a double boiler. Dip a water-filled balloon into the wax and pull it out quickly, allowing it to cool and set. Repeat until a 1cm thick wax crust forms around your balloon. Burst the balloon and remove it from the candle’s center.
Add in the warm wax, rotating around the shell continuously until the interior is almost fully covered. Insert the wick and pour in the remaining wax. Hold the wick until it is supported by wax that has colled and firmed. Your wax masterpiece is finished!
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 beeswax in half. Choosing one of the sheets, place the wick on the long side with 1 inch of the wick extending past both ends of the beeswax.
with your fingertips, gently roll the beeswax around the wick binding the wick securely to the wax. The heat from your hands should create a seamless candle. Continue tightly rolling the beeswax sheet. Make sure it is straight as you go.
Once reaching the end, again with the heat of your fingertips seal the border of the beeswax candle. Trim wick at both ends. The one that is to be your base, cut flush against the wax. The other end, which will be your top, snip to 1/4 inch above the wax.
See? I did not steer you astray! Quick, simple and painless. Not to mention fun and 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’s your opinion?