How to Make Your Own Candles at Home

According to the National Candle Association, the average cost of a large candle is right around $35 these days. Additionally, it isn’t out of the ordinary for extra special candles to sell for upwards of $100 or more in some cases.

With these things in mind, you might want to consider trying to make your own candles if you’re someone who appreciates having scented candles in your home. Creating homemade candles from scratch will be easier than you might think once you master the art of candlemaking.

Check out some tips on making your own candles at home below.

Step 1: Gather the Necessary Candlemaking Ingredients

To make your own candles, you can invest in a candle kit. You can also pick up all the candlemaking ingredients that you’ll need separately.

These ingredients will include things like candle wax, glass candle jars, essential oils, candle wicks, and more. 

Step 2: Prepare Your Candle Container

Once you have all your ingredients, you should begin the candlemaking process by preparing the candle container that you’ll use to hold your candle. You can do this by washing and drying it.

You want to give your candle wax a nice clean surface to stick to. 

Step 3: Measure and Melt Your Candle Wax

After you have your candle container clean, you can measure your candle wax by filling your container with it. It’ll help you figure out how much candle wax you’ll need to melt for it.

Generally speaking, you should use twice as much wax as what will fit into a candle container for a single candle. Your wax is going to melt down so much that you’ll need this amount of wax to make a candle.

Step 4: Put a Candle Wick Into Your Container and Fill It With Wax

While your candle wax is melting in a double boiler, you should work on putting a candle wick into your container. This wick will need to be fastened to the bottom of the container and cut to size.

When you’re finished melting the wax and putting the wick into place, you can then fill your container with wax. 

Step 5: Give Your Candle Wax Time to Harden

As long as you’ve followed all the steps listed here, the only thing left to do should be to let your candle wax harden. Once it does, you’ll have a homemade candle that you can enjoy.

You can also skip all these steps by investing in a diffuser that will make a whole room smell great just like a candle will. View these medium scent diffusers to see if they would be good options for you.

Attempt to Make Your Own Candles at Home Today

Now that you know how to make your own candles at home, why not give it a try? It might not be as challenging as you initially thought.

It might take you a few tries before you nail it. But if nothing else, you’ll enjoy mixing different waxes and scents to see what kinds of results it produces.

Learn about some more fun DIY home projects that you can try today by browsing through our other blog articles.