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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!

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. You won’t need to worry about obtaining the necessary materials or long hours of cleaning up with a beeswax candle making project.

Creating Beeswax Candle 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

How to Make Beeswax Candles

2. Lay out your sheet of beeswax
3. 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 wick on edge of sheet and begin to start rolling beeswax by folding over 1/8 inch of wax. The wick will be be securely enclosed by this seam.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 probably the most difficult step thorughout the process of making candles.

An alternative is if you flip over the beeswax, fold down the wax creating a 1/8 inch seam using either the counter corner or a cutting board. Either or – just make sure you obtain a perfect seam in the process.

The thickness of your candle is a critical factor when making your candle. For thicker candles, pour in more beeswax. This is done by placing the extra sheet of wax edge to edge with the original & using your fingers to gently meld the pieces together. Be careful to roll the beeswax in a straight line finishing only when the last part of the beeswax is wrapped securely around itself.

Press the edges gently down with your thumb once you have reached the end of the beeswax.  Continue going along the whole length of the candle creating an invisible seam.

Determine which part would work well as top for your candle then slash half an inch off the wick above the beeswax. For the rest of the wick, remove it starting from the base.

Although the younger ones might not find these parts enjoyable, you and other parents certainly would. Now, get on and set your candle alight to celebrate your wonderful project and let the intoxicating scent of success wash over you! As for the children? And there it is — candles that your kids made by themselves!

And while you are learning to make wax candles keep in mind that the makings of candles have been here for centuries. In the beginning the purpose was to create light…something you can’t forget during such moments. Most, however, view making candles as a pastime. Or it can be for any other purpose. If you recall, we’ve said before how some consider candlemaking a leisurely activity. Sometimes however, it is for giving as a gift on special occasions. One of the most popular craft projects that parents teach to their kids is wax candle making. Of course, let’s not forget about the money you could make. There are those who learn candle making in hopes of making money from it.

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