Candle Making At Home - Which Candles Are The Easiest To Make For Beginners?

Question

Creativity and skills permitting, I'm keen to start my own candle making business as well.

Answer 1

The easiest candles to make are dipped candles.  Cut a length of the wick, attach something for a weight to the bottom.  Have melted wax ready in buckets in different colors.  Dip in one color several times until its about a 1/2 inch in diameter.  Then dip in each color one at a time to have a layered candle.  Let it dry for a few seconds between dipping.  

Another easy kind is to find rolls of beeswax.  It looks like honeycomb, but its thin and flexible.  You can just cut a strip of it to be the height you want for the candle, lay a piece of wick down and roll it up.  They have a slightly strong smell when they burn, though.

For more advanced candles, go to Michael's or somewhere like that, they have all kinds of molds and types of wax

Answer 2

A simple votive candle is the easiest to make for beginners. Apart from your basic candle making setup, all you need as ingredients are:

- Dixie cups

- zinc core wicks

- votive-blend paraffin wax

- fragrance oil

- a few drops of yellow candle dye

Answer 3

Making beeswax candles are a simple and inexpensive way to introduce yourself and/or your children to candlemaking. All you need is a sheet of beeswax and a wick. No heat required! Beeswax sheets are inxpensive, they come in a variety of colors and have a pleasant, natural scent.

Answer 4

candle dipping needs the least equipment and can look good if done in multiple colours