How to Make Cookie-Cutter Candles

Make a plain candle a work of art by adding contrasting wax cutouts.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Beeswax
• Candle Wax
• Candles
• Colored Crayons
• Ice Cubes
• Ice Cubes
• Silicone Lubricants
• 2 Bowls
• Butter Knives
• Cookie Cutters
• Double Boilers
• Glass Baking Dishes
• Candles
• Ice cubes

1. Choose a base candle for your project. Be sure that your round candles aren't too small in diameter (like tapers) to stick the cutouts on.

2. Melt a colored candle or crayon or make up some colored wax. It should be of a contrasting color for best results.

3. Pour this wax into a glass dish lightly coated with silicone spray. The wax should not be more than 1/8 inch thick.

4. Wait for the wax to solidify. While it's still soft, spray silicone on a cookie cutter and press it into the wax.

5. Pry the scraps from around the shapes with a butter knife and allow the shapes to cool completely.

6. Fill one bowl with hot water and another with ice water. Put a cutout in the hot water to soften it.

7. Press the cutout onto the base candle so that it takes the latter's shape. Then dip the cutout into the ice water to keep the shape.

8. Dab a little bit of hot wax onto the back of the cutout and stick it on the base candle.

Tips & Warnings

• Some people like to dip the entire finished project in clear wax (this is called overdipping).
• Cutouts can be made from sheets of beeswax as well.