Diy Soy Candles At Home

Connect your candle wick to your stabilizer.

Diy soy candles at home. Directions for making diy soy candles. Protect your work surface with newspaper or wax paper. First you re going to want to determine the amount of wax you re going to need. Batches i add roughly 200 drops of essential oils to each batch of wax.

Since i make my candles in 2 lb. Decorate your home with the finished product use the candles to create a sweetly scented space or gift these homemade gems to your friends and family. Even with this much essential oil in your candle you can still expect a pretty mild fragrance once candle wax has set. Gather all of the ingredients and equipment listed above.

Next you re going to measure out your wax flakes. Make sure you wash and thoroughly dry your glass jars. Now we need to melt the wax and we need to do this relatively slowly as soy wax. Check out other craft projects on the diy naturally board from tomsofmaine on pinterest.

Then using either a hot glue gun or a bit of melted wax affix your wick and stabilizer to the. A good rule of thumb is to double the volume of each candle. You will need about double the wax flakes for the size of your container. You ll need this for step 3.

A general rule of thumb for soy candles is if you want 1 cup of wax after you melt it down you re going to want 2 cuts of soy flakes. Once you determine how much you re going to need weight it out on a scale. Scented soy candles ingredients soy flakes wicks essential oils small mason jars 1 2 pint. Lay some parchment wax paper down next to your stove to make cleanup easier step two.

Making soy candles is an easy artsy activity for crafters of all levels.