Making Beeswax Candle Tips – Candles with the Kids
The warm illuminating glow it emits. That sugary-sweet smell as the candle wanes. Sigh! The art of beeswax candlemaking is undeniably interesting and fun!
Making beeswax candles is a great “hands on” project for the kids. In this activity, the younger ones will have nothing to do at all a burning stove or even scorchingly-hot wax. Beeswax candle making is a neat and tidy project with easy-to-find materials.
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
- 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. The wick would be safely enclosed when you use the seam. Pushing firmly from left to right continue to roll the beeswax forward around the wick with your fingertips, making sure the beeswax is wrapped tight and straight as you go. This is probably the most difficult step thorughout the process of making candles.
Another thing you can do is use either a cutting board or counter corner as you create a seam (1/8 inches) by flipping the wax overthen folding it down. 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. For thicker candles, pour in more beeswax. Do this by placing the additional wax sheet edge to edge with the original, melding the pieces together with your thumb. When rolling the beeswax, make sure you do so in a straight line and continue until the very end.
Press the edges gently down with your thumb once you have reached the end of the beeswax.Imagine forming a seam as you continue with the rest of your candle.
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. So go ahead, ceremoniously light your glorious achievement, inhale the exotic perfume and enjoy this splendid moment! But for kids? 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. Originally, the goal was to have a source of light…something you can’t forget during such moments. Now-a-days however, learning how to make wax candle is mostly a hobby. Or it can be for any other purpose. As mentioned above, this activity is often taken up for personal purposes. There are also occasions when they can serve as the ideal gifts. Many parents decide to teach their children how to make wax candles as a craft project. Of course, let’s not forget about the money you could make. A number of individuals take up candle making for money-making purposes.
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