| | | | | manufacturer like Yankee or Old Virginia Candle |
| There are a number of candle making crafts that are | | | | Company, the rules for candle making crafts become |
| so easy that even children can take part in the fun. | | | | simple and finite. |
| Additionally, if your business plan to sell your wares is | | | | Next, the big companies are very specific in their |
| already in place, this can be a way to use candle | | | | measurements. This is not to reduce waste, although |
| making crafts to teach your kids about how business | | | | that is a byproduct. In most cases, the dye and |
| works. It can even boost your sales, since many | | | | fragrance used in candle making crafts are petroleum |
| people love gifts made by the creative minds of | | | | based. When mixed with wax, they actually create a |
| children. | | | | suspension. If the ratios are inaccurate or the mixture |
| But whether or not you have kids that are involved, | | | | is not performed properly, the result will not be what |
| candle making crafts are a good way to get started in | | | | you want at all. If the dye isn’t mixed right, the |
| a business that can be rewarding and fun. The nice | | | | colors will be spotty in the finished product, or it may |
| thing about candles is that there are techniques, but no | | | | be duller than you expect. If the fragrance |
| set rules regarding creativity, only the chemistry that | | | | doesn’t mix properly, as the candle burns the scent |
| makes up the product. | | | | will be very strong at times and then nonexistent at |
| Once you have worked out the proper ratios of | | | | others. So another trick is the prodigious use of |
| fragrance, dye, and wax, you need to let out the inner | | | | stirring. Again, the big companies use yard sticks to |
| artist. Working with wax, you can be as creative as | | | | constantly stir the mixture until its ready for pour. For |
| you want to be because the basic technique is always | | | | this, you may want to consider buying a few paint |
| the same. Candle making crafts are all based in the | | | | stirrers from the local hardware store. The dye may |
| same science. The only difference between them is | | | | bleed into the wood, so be sure to get several for |
| the research, development, and artistry of the candle. | | | | different color varieties. |
| As you progress, the basic tenets of the craft will | | | | Finally, wick placement is a crucial part of candle |
| become second nature, and your artistic eye will | | | | making crafts. The way the wick sits determines how |
| become your most important tool. | | | | the finished product will burn. After the pour and as |
| The basics are simple. Apply heat through boiling | | | | the wax sets, be sure to keep an eye on the wick |
| water to a pitcher that contains the wax. In the big | | | | from the top to bottom. Candle making crafts are |
| companies, there are large kettles that have a water | | | | not difficult or foreboding, but perseverance goes a |
| barrier in which they melt the wax. If you can picture | | | | long way in building beautiful candles. |
| that you are simply working on a smaller scale than a | | | | |