Decorate Candles From Goodies In Your Own Backyard
Soy or beeswax candles can be purchased just about anywhere anymore. If you purchase just any-type of candle be it not beeswax or soy wax-based, always make sure it doesn’t contain a wire wick. Wire wicks give off chemicals that can be very harmful to your lungs and growing children’s lungs when inhaled.
For this craft you want to choose/make candles that are light in color. White, yellow and even a lighter shade of tan can be used.
Take a large-base pillar candle and run a smooth knife blade down the side of the candle, just to take off a small shaving of the candle on the outside and to loosen the wax just a little. This process also removes any dirt that might be on the candle from store handling. Save those shavings for later on in the project.
Now is the fun part. Head outside your home or to a park and pick up bright colored leaves. Be sure and not get leaves that are taller than your candle. Small Maple leaves are what I have used in the past and they are so colorful when the candle is lit.
Be sure and wash the leaves and dry them before applying them to the candle. Once the leaves are ready to be applied, take some white glue and and q-tip. With the q-tip apply a small amount of white glue all over the leaf and apply to the sides of the candle. Repeat this process till you get a nice leaf decoration on the outside of the candle. You can use just one leaf if you want or use 5-6 leaves for a bigger fall decorative design. While the glue is setting on the candle and leaf, The shavings that you took off earlier, pop them in the microwave in a microwave bowl that you don’t mind using for wax. About 30-50 seconds, depending on how much wax you took off. You may need to buy some additional beeswax or wax pellets if you use a lot of leaves for your design.
Once the wax is melted. Take the candle with the leaves, and over another bowl or paper plate, pour the wax slowly over the leaf designs and make sure you go slow enough in order not to waste the wax. Coat the entire leaf, even the stem with wax. Then repeat with a second coat when the first coat is dry.
You can do several candles of different sizes to get a fall decorative design that can be used as a center piece within your Thanksgiving dinner table.
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