How to Customize Candles With Wax Designs

You can embellish existing pillar candles with new wax designs to customize them to suit any holiday. Try creating wax hearts in red wax to make Valentine’s Day candles out of existing pillar candles.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Red wax
• Candy molds
• Hair dryer
• Pillar candle
• Stove
• Pot

1. Place your wax bits into a pot you can use on the stove. Gently melt the wax at a low temperature until liquid.

2. Lay candy molds on a heat-resistant work surface.

3. Pour the liquid into small candy molds from the craft store. Fill each candy mold until level and full. Let the wax shapes dry and cool in the candy molds.

4. Pop the wax out of the candy molds. Melt some more wax in a pot on the stove. Dip a paintbrush into the melted wax and paint it onto the back of the wax shape.

5. Press the shaped wax piece into the side of your pillar candles. Gently heat the wax shape with a hair dryer to help mold it to the curved surface of the pillar candle.

6. Finish embellishing the surface of your pillar candle with the wax designs and let dry completely for 24 hours.

Tips & Warnings

• Use letter candy molds to monogram a pillar candle.
• Pour out sheets of wax and let them cool. Before the wax is completely hard use a sharp knife to cut out custom shapes and designs. Smooth the edges by melting them or using your finger.
• Add candle scents to the wax embellishments while the wax is melted and liquid on the stove. Simply pour in a candle scent and stir to incorporate.
• These wax candle embellishments can also be used on tapered candles. You will need to make smaller flatter embellishments if you are using tapered candles. You do not want to make one side of the tapered candle heavier than the other. This will cause it to lean.
• Melted wax is extremely hot. It will burn your skin if it touches it. As the hot way cools it will also stick to your skin. It can be easily peeled off, but you will be burned.
• This is not a craft for kids of any age. This is an adult candle embellishing craft.
• Never leave burning candles unattended.