Hand Made Candles
These days it can be challenging to find unique and personalized gifts that are usually created by the millions and stocked on the shelves of Target and Walmart. A great idea especially during the holiday season is to create and present unique personalized candles as gifts that you have made yourself.
You may think you do not contain the skill set essential to make candles, but armed with the right information, you will soon recognize it is not as challenging as it may seem. A quick trip to your local crafts store will reveal a multitude of supplies and kits that can make the procedure even easier to complete.
Your basic supplies are simple, wax, something to melt the wax in, something to pour the wax into and usually a pre-made wick for your candle. If needed, you can make do with usual kitchen supplies like a pot and a cup. But you can also buy special supplies. If you don’t want your candle shaped like the inside of a cup, you can buy a candle mold for a very low cost.
Of course, unless you have a large brick of wax lying around then you will need to purchase some of that. As far as the wax goes, you may select a color free type and add color later, or maybe a pre-dyed wax will suit you as well. This and how much wax to buy will all depend on how many candles you want to make. If you want to make a gift for a friend, a smaller amount of pre-dyed wax will suffice.
However, if you are creating candles for a large group you probably do not want all the candles to look the same so consider this when picking up your supplies. If this is the case, I would suggest you select a clear wax with a variety of dyes so you can create many different colors of hand made candles.. Just consider what exactly you want the candles for, and you’ll have no trouble deciding what supplies you require.
