Making Beeswax Candles - A Great School Project
Making Beeswax Candle Tips - Candles with the Kids
The warm illuminating glow it emits. That wonderfully sweet scent as your candle dims. Sigh! Few people are aware of how fun creating beeswax candles can be!
The art of beeswax candlemaking is a wonderful DIY project for your children. Don’t worry about kids having to get within one foot of a hot stove because this project doesn’t involve any burning wax. Creating beeswax candles is a nifty project for kids because it doesn’t leave a mess and the materials are easily sourced.
Making Beeswax Candles Tips - Items that You Do Need
- 8 inch by 16 inch sheets of beeswax
- Primed wick sliced for a one inch candle
- A small paring knife from your kitchen
- Flat open surface
- Lay out your sheet of beeswax
- Slice wick approximately 3/4 inches longer than wax sheet (allowing excess on both sides of candle)
Leaving available wick at each ends allows you the choice to decide which side of the candle you prefer as the top and which side the bottom.
Lay the wick on the sheet’s tip first, fold it over using approximately 1/8-inch of beeswax then begin rolling. This seam will enclose the wick securely.While rolling the wax forward and having it circle the wick tightly with your finger tips, remember to push it from one side to another. This is arguably the hardest part in the entire process of beeswax candlemaking.
Another method to consider is by flipping it over then folding the wax down with a seam—approximately an eighth of an inch—by utilizing a cutting board or perhaps the corner of a counter. Whether you go with the first or the latter, do be sure your efforts produce a textbook-quality seam.
As you make your candle, at some point in time you must decide how thick of a candle you desire. For thicker candles, pour in more beeswax. Do this by placing the additional wax sheet edge to edge with the original, melding the pieces together with your thumb. When rolling the beeswax, make sure you do so in a straight line and continue until the very end.
When you get to the end, gently push the edges of the beeswax down with your thumbs.As you proceed with the candle’s entire length, you’ll be making an imaginary seam.
Choosing what you consider the best end of the candle for the top, trim the wick 1/2 above the wax. Remember to take the residual parts of your wick from the end.
Your children might be too young to recognize the little pleasures in this craft project but you no doubt do. Go on and don’t let anyone stop your candle from burning as brightly as your achievement—breathe in its lovely scent and take pleasure in your work! And as for the kids? Gee - they made their own candle!
And while you are learning to make wax candles keep in mind that the makings of candles have been here for centuries. Initially, having light was the primary goal…an all-important must at such situations. But at present, a lot of people simply take up candlemaking for recreational purposes. There could be a number of other reasons for it. If you recall, we’ve said before how some consider candlemaking a leisurely activity. There are also occasions when they can serve as the ideal gifts. Many parents decide to teach their children how to make wax candles as a craft project. Last but not the least is the profit you’ll get. A number of individuals take up candle making for money-making purposes.
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