Learning How to Make Candles With Crayons
Candle making has always been a fun and enjoyable hobby, and you can even learn how to make candles with crayons. You will have to alter the instructions a bit, but learning how to make candles with crayons can be incredibly advantageous, especially since it tends to be so much cheaper than other methods.
Recipe
If you are interested in learning how to make candles with crayons, you will first want to gather the necessary ingredients. This includes 1 wax carton, 1 pound of paraffin wax, 4 or 5 crayons, two trays of ice cubes, a double boiler, and 1 piece of ordinary white package string.
Instructions
The first step in learning how to make candles with crayons is to trim the top of your carton off so that it what is remaining is about six inches high. Now you want to cut a piece of string six inches long, and the melt the wax over medium heat in the double boiler. Make sure that you do not boil the wax, as this can result in burning or bubbling that will be unfavorable in the end.
It usually takes about fifteen minutes for the wax to melt completely at this heat, and once it is completely melted you want to break the crayons you have chosen into pieces and add them into the wax. This is what will give the candles their color, so make sure you have chosen colors that are pleasing to you. Also remember that if you use different colored crayons they are going to blend together as they melt and create a new color so keep this in mind.
Once the crayons have melted you want to use a pair of tongs and dip the string into the wax. This will ensure that it is coated with the wax since the ice cubes may prevent some sections from being fully coated with the wax. Hold the string in the middle of the carton and fill this with ice cubes, then pour the hot wax over the ice cubes.
Let the wax cool, which will usually take about a half hour, and then let it stand for another hour or two until most of the ice cubes are melted. Then you simply need to finish off the process by pouring off the water, peeling off the carton, and placing the candle in a tray or on a plate as this will help by catching the rest of the water from the ice cubes as they melt.
Learning how to make candles with crayons is not only enjoyable but is also great because you can make them and give them out as gifts to your friends and family.
