Make Candles and Memories with Candle Making Kits for Kids
Candle making is a fun craft that you can do with your kids, and they can give the candles they make as gifts for birthdays and holidays. You could shop individually for all the supplies you need to make candles with your kids, but why not purchase a kids' candle making kit instead? Once you understand the different kinds of kids' candle making kits that are available, you can pick out a kit and make candles the next time the kids are stuck inside on a rainy day, weekend, or school holiday.
Gel Candle Craft Kits
Gel candle making kits are perfect for kids because you don't have to melt wax to use them. Melting wax means getting out the double boiler, making sure you have wax blocks on hand, keeping kids away from the stove, being super cautious when you pour the hot wax, and waiting for the wax to cool. Then you have to clean everything up. Don't get me wrong; hard wax candles are beautiful. But there are times when you want to make candles with your kids without all the drama of melting wax.
With gel candles, candle draws fuel from the gel instead of from wax. A gel kids' candle making kit comes with clear glass candle jars to pour the gel into, colored candle gel tubes, and special colored chips or other objects that are suspended in the gel to add color and interest to the candle. You can purchase a gel candle making kit for kids that makes a dozen gel candles for about $30.
Beeswax Candle Making Kits for Kids
Beeswax candle kits are another extremely popular craft for kids to do, again because no heat or melting is required. You get sheets of different colored beeswax in the kit and some wicks in your kids' candle making kit. The idea behind beeswax candles is to roll the wick up inside a sheet of beeswax. No parental supervision is needed until it's time to cut the wick or light the finished candle.
Beeswax is an outstanding wax for making candles. It burns long and has a natural fragrance that doesn't seem to upset allergies. With several different colors of beeswax to work with, kids can create multicolored candles with stripes and solid colored candles with different colored bases.
When you get your beeswax candle making kit, if the wax is too stiff, warm it up to make it easier to work with. Just heat the oven to 200 degrees and then turn the oven off. Put one sheet of beeswax in the warm oven for two minutes and take it out. It will be pliable enough to roll around the wick. A beeswax candle making kit for kids can be purchased for under $20.
