How to Make My Own Silicone Candle Molds
Candle making is a fun and rewarding hobby. Making your own candle puts you in control of the scent, color, shape and size of your candle. Shaping a candle requires a mold, such as the flexible silicone type. These molds can be purchased specifically for candle making through candle supply shops. However, you can also make a silicone mold from items you probably already have around the house, as well.
Things You'll Need
- Silicone cake pans
- Silicone muffin pans
- Silicone candy molds
- Candle wax
- Double boiler
- Wick
- Candle fragrance oil and colorants (optional)
Instructions
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Look around your kitchen cupboards for silicone cake pans, muffin pans and even candy molds. These molds withstand high temperatures and work well as silicone candle molds. Consider what size and shape you want your candle to be, use a cake pan or muffin pan for traditionally shaped candles, or use a candy mold for fun and whimsical candles.
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Place your double boiler on the stove, and melt your wax.
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Cut off enough candle wick so that it rises about 1/4 inch over the top of the mold. Place the wick into the mold, leaving that 1/4 inch sticking up.
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Make sure the wax is thoroughly melted. (If you are adding fragrance and color, now's the time to do it.) Carefully pour the wax into your prepared mold.
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Allow the candles to harden for four to six hours, then release from the mold (carefully) by gently twisting the mold and removing the candle.
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Tips & Warnings
Remember, a big cake pan will make a big candle which you may not want. On the other hand, you can add chocolate or vanilla fragrance to the candle wax. Then drizzle colored wax on the finished candle and decorate it to look like a cake.
Only use silicone pans for candle making that you no longer want to use for making cakes or candy. The wax, colorants and fragrance used in candles will likely ruin your pan for anything other than candle making from that point on.
Be extremely careful when working with hot wax--it burns. Consider wearing protective gloves when making candles to spare your skin an accidental and painful burn.
