Making Molded Beeswax Candles

Start making molded beeswax candles, the perfect gift for the holidays. This beeswax DIY project is simple and easy to make after you have the right tools.

Reader Contribution by Mary Lou Shaw
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Start making molded beeswax candles, the perfect gift for the holidays. This beeswax DIY project is simple and easy to make after you have the right tools.

Winter is the time for craft-type projects in our home because summer is too full of garden, orchard and animal projects to have extra energy for crafts. After several years of bee-keeping and accumulating beeswax, I wanted to make beeswax candles, and I wanted to make them in time for Christmas gifts.

I already had a sputtering start with candle-making last winter when I thought I could just pour wax into jelly jars and have instant candles. I bought the correct-sized wicks and the metal tabs to hold the wicks to the bottom of the jars. Unfortunately, the candles burned for only a short time before the flames smothered in the melted wax. It was then too close to springtime projects to investigate further, so I put candle-making aside until this winter.

Choosing Candle-Making Equipment

This time I was better prepared; I had spoken to a couple of vendors who sell beeswax candles at the local farmers market. There seemed to be a consensus to use candle-making equipment from Mann Lake including their candle molds and wicks. I was surprised that the molds cost about $25 each, but I really wanted Christmas presents that worked, so I splurged.

  • Updated on Oct 16, 2022
  • Originally Published on Feb 15, 2021
Tagged with: beeswax candles, candle making, Mary Lou Shaw, Ohio, Reader Contributions
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