How to make scented candles
You can make scented candles in your own kitchen and customize the candles to be any shape, size or scent you want. Making your own candles gives you the flexibility to design them for your own needs as well as allowing you to use the scents that you like the most. You can make scented candles with some basic kitchen items in less than an hour.
Things You'll Need
- Soy wax
- 32 oz measuring cup
- Candle dye
- Fragrance oil
- Candle molds
- Wire
- Wicking
- Metal pan
- Utility knife
- Scissors
Instructions
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Pour 32 ounces of soy wax into a microwave safe measuring cup and heat in microwave for 4 minutes. Add soy wax to the measuring cup until it reaches the top and heat the wax again for 4 minutes.
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Add more soy wax to the measuring cup and continue the heating process until you have 32 ounces of melted wax. Set the dial on the oven for its lowest heat and let it warm up for about 10 minutes.
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Pour candle dye and fragrance oil over the melted wax, stir it, and pour the wax into the candle molds. Tie a wick the length of the candle to the center of a piece of wire and run the wire across the top of the mold to hold the wick in the center of the candle. Let the wick run down the center of the melted wax.
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Place the molds with the candle wax in a metal pan and put them in the preheated oven. Cook the candle wax in the oven for about 5 minutes and then turn the oven off without removing the candles.
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Let the candles cool in the oven so they set. Remove the candles from the oven after they have cooled and cut the molds off the candles with a utility knife. Untie the wick from the wire and trim the wick with scissors.
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Tips & Warnings
To avoid burns, be careful of the hot wax when making scented candles.
