Making Beeswax Candle Tips - Candles with the Kids

The warm illuminating glow it emits. That deliciously fragrant smell as your candle fades. Sigh! Making beeswax candles is truly a "ton" of fun!

Making candles out of beeswax is a fun "hands on" activity for the little tykes. Don't worry about kids having to get within one foot of a hot stove because this project doesn't involve any burning wax.   There is no mess and the amount of items needed for making beeswax candles is just about nil.

Making 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

Learn 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.With the tips of your fingers, roll the wax around the wick in a straight and secure line while pushing both sides at the same time. This is probably the most difficult step thorughout the process of making candles.

Another method to consider is by flipping it over then folding the wax down with a seam---approximately an eighth of an inch---by utilizing a cutting board or perhaps the corner of a counter. Whatever you end up doing, just be certain you come up with a perfect-looking seam.

Candle thickness is something you need to consider when you're making your candle. You'll have to add more beeswax if you want a thicker candle. Do this by putting the additional sheet edge to edge with the original and melding the pieces together with your thumb. Be careful to roll the beeswax in a straight line finishing only when the last part of the beeswax is wrapped securely around itself.

With your thumbs, press the corners of the beeswax down softly upon reaching the end.  Continue going along the whole length of the candle creating an invisible seam.

Pick out what would serve as the best candle top then cut the wick half an inch over the wax. Remember to take the residual parts of your wick from the end.

Even if the children don't understand the true pleasurable part, you do. So no more dilly-dallying---light up your candle and enjoy the amazing feeling of completion as you gaze upon the result of your hard work! As for the children? And voila --- their very own candles!

The art of making candles is ancient and the things you're about to do are practically the same things parents in the old days did. At the start the whole point was to simply have light...an all-important must at such situations. Most, however, view making candles as a pastime. Other reasons may also apply of course. As mentioned above, this activity is often taken up for personal purposes. 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. Finally, the last reason is profit. A number of individuals take up candle making for money-making purposes.

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How to Make Beeswax Candles You and the Kids will Enjoy this Activity