How to Make Beeswax Candles with Your Kids

If you love candlelight and like to work on craft projects with your kids, then you'll want to know how to make beeswax candles. Get the ambience of candlelight without the expense of costly store-bought candles. Once you know how to make beeswax candles, you can make them in a variety of lengths and colors.

Beeswax candles don't require you to heat up the stove or melt wax, so it's a safe project that scores bonus points for being so easy to set up and clean up. While you're saving money by making your own candles, you can also help your kids make something they'll be proud of. These candles aren't one of those knick-knacks that gather dust on a shelf. Beeswax candles are beautiful and have a unique natural scent. Once you know how to make beeswax candles, you can even teach other moms who have creative kids.

Supplies for Making Beeswax Candles

You'll need a pair of scissors that you don't mind getting beeswax on, one sheet of beeswax, and one cotton wick that is at least one- inch longer than the beeswax sheet. So if your beeswax sheet is ten inches long, your wick has to be at least 11 inches long.

How to Make a Beeswax Candle

Fold one sheet of beeswax in half and cut it along the fold. Lay one of the cut pieces on a clean work surface and place the wick on the edge of the beeswax closest to you. Make sure half an inch of the wick extends past each edge of the beeswax sheet.

Slowly start rolling the edge of the beeswax closest to you over the wick. Press the edge of the beeswax with your fingers to seal the wick into place. The warmth of your body will melt the wax slightly and help seal the seam.

Once the edge is sealed, continue rolling the candle slowly , keeping the beeswax tight and rolling straight. A straight, tight candle will not only look good, but it will burn better than a loosely rolled, uneven candle.

When you are about two inches from the outer edge of the beeswax, make any adjustments you need to make the candle straight. When attaching the edge of the beeswax to the candle you've just rolled, use your body heat again to press the edge of the wax along the entire edge until the length of the edge is adhered to the candle.

Trim the wick flush at one end of the candle to form a base. Trim the wick at the other end to ¼ inch.

Now that you know how to make beeswax candles, you can start to make all your own candles and need never to buy them again.