Projects

Making a Big Pillar Candle using a Pringles Tube

July 12, 2012
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Last month we used a “health salts” container (so very middle aged!) to make a lovely chunky candle and decorated it with applique stars. We’re really keen on recycling household objects to use for candle making so the next step was, naturally enough, to step up to a Pringles tube. For ages, we’ve been looking [...]

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How to make Votive Candles

June 8, 2012
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How to make chunky applique candles

May 29, 2012
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These gorgeous applique candles are made from soy candle wax with separately made decoration. We’ve found that some food containers make excellent disposable moulds – especially those with “metallic” surfaces inside, for example Pringle containers. The container must be cardboard based, not plastic, but you should find you can use it several times. A good [...]

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How to make container candles – a child friendly candle making recipe

April 23, 2012
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Kids like crafts and, for a while now, we’ve offered child-friendly kits for making candles with beeswax sheets. However, the candles we see all around us tend to be container candles. These are usually created by melting container wax in a “double boiler” and pouring it into the glass jar, tea cup or whatever. This [...]

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How to make Egg Shell Candles

March 29, 2012
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We had Ham, Egg and Chips for dinner last night and instead of throwing the egg shells in the bin I kept them to make cute little Easter candles in. I washed the shells and put them to one side to dry. Then I sat them upright in the old egg carton. Meanwhile, I melted [...]

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How to make a spring bulb container candle

March 6, 2012
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Making this container candle with a twist is pretty simple, as long as you follow the steps! This candle is actually two in one: a flower tart embedded within a container candle and you can experiment by adding one scent to the flower tart and a different one to the container. Here’s what you need [...]

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Recycling Candles Project 1: Recycled Pillar Candle Making

March 9, 2011
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We’ve spent a LOT of time over the past months working out the most effective ways to recycle old candles into new. We’ve set up a Recycling Group which receives the latest projects and advice on how to recycle candles, please think about joining it by clicking the link: it’s entirely free! We’re going to [...]

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