candle making

It's my first time so I kept the first few simple, no color and no scent. I'm just using them as emergency candles so it doesn't really matter, LOL. The last one I added a crayon to see what would happen since I didn't have enough for a full candle anyways. I put them in old baby food jars I've had for nearly 3 years. I saved them for this very purpose and just never got around to it. The tin foil was to hold the wick in place. I improvised when they wouldn't stand up on their own, LOL Anyways I had fun doing it and thought I would share in case anyone else wants to give it a try.



I got a pound prechipped soy wax at Michaels and 12 soy wicks. Soy wax was the cheapest and I didn't feel like chopping up a big block on my own. It cost about $12, a pound gave me 3 1/2 candles. I'll probably get 2 more pounds to finish off my 12 jars. I melted the wax in a glass measuring cup and a pot of water. All the directions I looked up said to use a candy thermometer, I didn't and they seemed to come out fine without it. Guess I'll see in a few hours when they harden completely, LOL

SO and I want to start making candles, because we constantly have them burning. You used a crayon in the candle? lol nothing smells worse then melted crayon.
I really want to use a hemp wich, lol

Quoting GrumpsMama.:" SO and I want to start making candles, because we constantly have them burning. You used a crayon in the candle? lol nothing smells worse then melted crayon. I really want to use a hemp wich, lol"

I never use them, one of my cats is a well.. idiot and won't leave them alone. After he burned his whiskers last time and knocked over the candle in his panic I stopped buying them, LOL.

Yeah I just threw a little nub from our crayon box in there to see what would happen when I was melting the last batch. I'm probably not even going to light that one. I was thinking of sticking it on a shelf in my bathroom for a pop of color.

Quoting 3 little monsters:" I never use them, one of my cats is a well.. idiot and won't leave them alone. After he burned his whiskers ... [snip!] ... I'm probably not even going to light that one. I was thinking of sticking it on a shelf in my bathroom for a pop of color. "

That's a really good idea!

What kind of scents do you have?

I kinda want to try and make the really long candles. They look fun to make. Just time consuming

Quoting GrumpsMama.:" That's a really good idea! What kind of scents do you have? I kinda want to try and make the really long candles. They look fun to make. Just time consuming "

I didn't use any scent this time, it was purely experimental so see if I even wanted to bother with it, haha. It didn't take me any time at all really, about an hour and thats just because I was doing small batches that fit in my measuring cup. If I had gotten a big block I needed to cut up and did all the wax at once it would have taken longer. All and all though it was one of my faster projects.

Here are the finished products if anyone cares, LOL. minus the blue one

Quoting 3 little monsters:" Here are the finished products if anyone cares, LOL. minus the blue one "

Sorry, I was going through old topics I was subscribed to. Those look really nice. I'm thinking of doing this for the holidays..plus we spend a smurfload of money on candles as is.