How to Make a Family Remembrance Candle

You can begin this project at any time, but a 25-year candle is fabulous. Start with your wedding candles and add other special-occasion candles.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Candleholders
• Candlesticks
• Clean Rags
• Taper Candles
• Clean Rags
• Small Coffee Cans
• Milk Containers
• tall, white pillar candles

1. Save family celebration candles throughout the year - the used birthday candles, the tapers used at Thanksgiving, etc.
2. Use a clean wax-coated gallon milk container. Trim off the top.
3. Glue a white pillar candle in the middle of the container. Use a candle that is about as tall as the container.
4. Separate the candles by color and melt them in small coffee cans at a low temperature.
5. Pour some of the melted wax over the white candle. Wait until it's cool; then pour again and wait.
6. Cover the cooled candle with cloth and store it in a safe place for the next year.
7. Save your family remembrance candle for a very special occasion - perhaps your 25th or 50th anniversary. Peel away the container and enjoy your masterpiece.

Tips & Warnings

• Be careful of the hot, melted wax. Do not leave it unattended while melting it.

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