Make Candles Together, WHAT A GREAT DATE!
So this is a bit different then my normal topic, but I think it’s fun and you’ll love it. Many of us often try to think of something fun to do on a date, or after a date. My thinking is why not make it a fun craft date—with the added bonus that it’s likely they haven’t ever done it before, so it will be memorable.
So if this sounds like something you might like to do on a date keep reading, below I’ll describe a very simple candle making project you can do with stuff you have laying around for the most part, and the best part is they will have something THEY created with you to take home and remind them of the fun date they had.
It really is a fun idea for you and them, they get to try something new and fun, and you get to help make a memorable and fun date they will remember for quite some time. So enough talk, onward; take a look at the list below and make sure to have the supplies on hand.
1) An empty can—from say canned fruit or something, make sure to wash it out of course
2) Wick—this is the one you will probably have to drop by a crafts store and pick up, you can use other things such as strings, etc but they often don’t work well at all. Best to grab the real thing.
3) Wax, now you can either pick some of this up at the crafts store or use Crayons—a decent sized box should do nicely.
4) Crayons—If using only crayons you are already covered. These are to mix with the other wax for color.
5) A sauce pan half full of water.
To start, heat the sauce pan half full of water up—not boiling, and place the empty can inside the water. Put the wax in the can—or break up the Crayons and drop them in. Heat until the wax melts.
Take a shorter piece of wick—about 4 inches, and slowly dip it into the melted wax; then slowly pull the wick back out and hold it until it cools. Repeat this process until the candle is as wide as you want.
Now at this step if you haven’t been using Crayons for wax, melt some into the wax can now. Dip the candle a few times and turn the wick—so the candle spins a little as it comes out of the wax, this should make a swirl effect with the Crayon colors.
Yay! A wonderful candle made on a date with someone that is hopefully having a lot of fun doing these wonderful little candle making crafts. (And if they are having a good time with this one you better check out more candle making instructions right away!)
So what are you going to do with the candles now eh. Some people like to keep them in the bedroom, some people like to make candles as gifts, and some people even start their own businesses making candles and selling them.
Online, and offline it’s only a matter of finding a market, candles will always hold a special place in our hearts.
Just imagine all the other things you can do together! More great ideas and crafts about candle making crafts
Heya, do you ever think about the things you were showed how to dowhen you were younger? The fun things your mom or dad showed you how to do as a kid. I certainly have, and one of the most interesting things I did learn from my mother was how to make candles.
Yes it might sound a little odd really, but making candles is both fun and it gave me something to do with all the crayons I broke—and didn’t eat. *grin* By the way it seems to be generally agreed upon that the blues one are by far the best to munch.
Anyway, I learned to make candles by dipping a wick into hot wax—which it is important to remember is best heated in a can floating in a pan full of water, or you risk the chance of destroying the wax[spin]…
So what can you do about candle making crafts you might ask? Well they are [spin]great fun to do with your kids, or if you simply like to have a lot of fun little hobbies. Homemade candles also make great presents.
For as long as people have known how to make them candles have been an important part of human life. Back when the United States of America was first founded some families would burn some 200 to 400 candles a year for their only source of light. But I suppose enough of the history lesson already.
I am going to show you a simple candle making example to get you on your feet, and at the end of this article I will provide some links to some more awesome resources about Candle Making Crafts—really this article only scratches the surface of the art of candle making.
First off you are going to need wax..and a good amount of it as well. (Crayons are a great example, or you should be able to pick up candle wax at a crafts store locally)
You will also need some lengths of wick—the part of the candle that will actually burn when you are done, like a fuse but with no explosion at the end *grins*. I would suggest you stop by a local crafts store and pick some up, substituting other things for wick rarely works out good in the end.
First off fill a large pan about half full of water and heat it up. Place another pan that you do not care about—or my personal favorite a empty can from say olives or something—in the water filled pan, but make sure it doesn’t tip over.
Now place the wax—or crayons–into the can—or pan that you don’t mind if you never get the wax out of again…It should melt without any problem as long as you have the heat up, and since the water is in the first pan and the second pan is floating, it will not burn.
Once the wax is melted, you should take a length of wick and dip it into the wax slowly. Then slowly lift it straight back out of the wax. Wait a few seconds for the wax to cool, and then repeat the process until you candle is as thick as you want.
You will want to hold the candle by the wick for a few moments and let it cool before you lay it down anywhere and trim the wick to about 1/3 of an inch at the top.
Yay! You have made your first candle—told you it was no sweat. Now if you did as I like to, you have a can that you can keep with that color of wax for any time you want to make a candle.
Try keeping a bunch colors hot and swirling the candles as you dip them into the different colors. You can make some great candles this way.
I hope you found this article a fun introduction to the art of candle making. Please visit my great site for more ideas, articles, and information about the fun hobby of Candle Making Crafts
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