Beeswax Candle Making – A Great Project with Your Kids
Making Beeswax Candle Tips – Candles with the Kids
The warm illuminating glow it emits. That sweet and pleasant smell as the candle glimmers. Sigh! Making beeswax candles is truly a “ton” of fun!
Creating candles from beeswax is a practical but exciting project for the younger ones to learn. 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 tip of the sheet and then, after folding it on top of 1/8 of an inch of wax, proceed with 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 option would be flipping the wax then folding it down to form a seam—about 1/8 inches—with a counter corner or perhaps a cutting board. Either or – just make sure you obtain a perfect seam in the process.
As you make your candle, at some point in time you must decide how thick of a candle you desire. The thicker you want, the more beeswax you will need to add. This is done by aligning the new wax sheet edge to edge with the original & using your thumb to meld the pieces together. Make sure you don’t stop rolling the beeswax until it’s wrapped entirely around itself.
When you reach the end of the wax, use your thumbs to gently press its edges.As you continue working on other parts of the candle, imagine making a seam as you go.
Choosing what you consider the best end of the candle for the top, trim the wick 1/2 above the wax. Do not forget to start from the bottom as you remove the rest of the wick.
Your kids might not appreciate the finer parts of this project but you would. Now, get on and set your candle alight to celebrate your wonderful project and let the intoxicating scent of success wash over you! But for kids? And voila — their very own candles!
And while you are learning to make wax candles keep in mind that the makings of candles have been here for centuries. At the start the whole point was to simply have light…an obvious necessity during those times. Most, however, view making candles as a pastime. Or it can be for a variety of reasons. As stated previously, most of the time, it is for self gratification. On certain events, they could make the most spectacular of gifts. A craft project like wax candle making is considered kid-friendly by most parents. Finally, the last reason is profit. There are also people who make candles for a living.
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