How to Make a Teacup Candle

If you have a passion for making candles and a love of old teacups, then a teacup candle is a craft you need to try. This cute craft is fun to make and carries style both in decoration and as a conversation starter at home parties. It takes less than an hour, so you might even want to make a few sets.

Things You'll Need

• Teacup and saucer
• Tape measure
• Wick
• Pen
• Wax
• 2-cup metal coffee can
• Saucepan
• Newspaper

Instructions

1. Visit a thrift shop, rummage sale or even a regular store and purchase a teacup and saucer you like. Measure the teacup and cut the wick to a length 4 inches longer than the cup.

2. Tie the extra wick around a pen or anything else you can lay across the top of your teacup.

3. Chop the candle wax block and add 1 1/2 cups of chopped wax to a metal coffee can. Set the can inside a saucepan, filling the saucepan with approximately 2 inches of water.

4. Put the saucepan on the stove and heat it over medium heat until the wax in the coffee can melts. Spread newspaper on your work area away from the stove and place your teacup on the paper.

5. Pour the melted wax into the teacup, filling it to approximately 1/2 inch below the rim. Quickly center the wick in the candle wax and cool.

6. Set leftover wax in the hot water until you're ready to do the next candle.

7. Trim the wick after the candle cools completely. Cut the wick with scissors approximately 1/2 inch above the candle top.

Tips & Warnings

• Make scented teacup candles by adding scents to the wax after it melts.