Ugly candles to Fabulous

Do you have old ugly broken candles laying around or on their way to the trash? Like this one?

I will show you how easy it is to give them new life!

You will need:

candle

cardboard foil lined container (like planters peanuts)

or a wax lined mike carton

or a glass jar if you want a jar candle

stove

old cooking pot (you will be melting the wax in this)

pan bigger than the old cooking pot

tape

clothes pin

sissors

cooking spray

The best way to melt the candle is with a double boiler. Place the old pot inside the bigger one.  Fill the bottom pan with water just full enough to touch the bottom of the melting pot. Bring water to a boil, turn heat down to med. Remove the bottom sticker from the candle and place in the top pan.

Depending on how big your candle is will determine how long it takes to melt, obviously! This one was pretty big and took about an hour to melt.

Once its completly melted, use a clothes pin to pick out the wicks to reuse.

Lightly spray the inside of the foil lined canister with cooking spray.

Place a tape over the top to hold the clothes pin. Place the wick in the clothes pin to hold it in place while it dries.

Carefully pour the melted wax into the mold. Leaving about and inch and a halft from the top. Be sure to save about a cup or 2 of wax for filling the candle later.

Let cool completly this takes several hours and varies depending on the size.

Now the mistake i made was taking it out of the mold before it was completly cooled. this is what happened. This is called shrinkage, which happens during most candle making its no big deal, as long as its in the mold still.

so LEAVE IT IN THE MOLD UNTIL ITS COOL. and the shrinking has finsihed.

remelt the remaining wax and pour it over the candle again just enough to over the whole top.

let cool again. a third pour may be needed, just keep repeating until its flat on top!

I had to do 4 pours with these candles, they had really bad shrinkage!!

Next removing the mold is a little tricky, cut the mold down to just above the candle. Then just tear it down in a spiral motion all the way down and the candle should pop out!

TA DA!!!

Happy candle making!!

Dollar tree is one of my favoriate stores, they sell 2-3 inch x 2 inch pillar candles you could buy 3 or 4 and make one big candle for half the price if you were to buy it!

you can also add fun designs to your candles! which ill show you soon!