| Candle making molds are not exactly a dime a | | | | · Dumbbell: Flexible craft forms that are |
| dozen, but many seem commonplace -boring | | | | intended to create wax dumbbells can quickly |
| enough to qualify for that cliché. That may | | | | become candle making molds for infant rattles. |
| not be a problem to some people, but you may | | | | Simply insert a tabbed wick in the hand hold of |
| be one of us who look for the unusual or unique | | | | the dumbbell and pour pastel-dyed wax. When |
| in life. That is why, when planning a shower or | | | | your rattle is cool and hardened, add one or more |
| shopping for shower gifts, you probably set out | | | | small, decorative wax shapes at each end of your |
| to find candle making molds with newborn | | | | dumbbell with microcrystalline wax. This wax is a |
| themes. | | | | wonderful adhesive. |
| The perfect creations for baby showers will help | | | | · Ball: Ball-shaped candle making molds can |
| you celebrate the coming birth of a new child with | | | | quickly create lights with a bambino theme when |
| elegance and a possible touch of humor, too. You | | | | you fill them with pastel wax. Use microcrystalline |
| are sure to make a hit with little bambino-themed | | | | wax as a glue to add small wax animal, star, and |
| luminaries. Imagine pink and blue infant luminaries | | | | toy shapes when your ball has cooled and |
| as shower decorations. Imagine more pastel | | | | hardened. |
| luminaries tucked into gift baskets. | | | | · Tee Shirts: Imagine the fun of creating |
| Your local craft store may not carry infant | | | | unique infant tee shirt shaped lights for your |
| themes, but you can find them at Internet | | | | shower decorations. Find a flexible soap craft |
| retailers. My personal search turned up many | | | | form in the shape of the ubiquitous baby tee shirt. |
| different shapes: | | | | The mold I found makes a tee shirt that is 3" x 2 |
| · blocks | | | | 1/2" x 1/2" thick. Starting with this, I can make |
| · booties | | | | four identical pastel tee shirts, sandwich them with |
| · bottles | | | | a wick center, and glue them to one another with |
| · tiny feet | | | | microcrystalline wax. |
| · infant food jars | | | | · Bibs: Use the technique described for |
| · ducks | | | | tee shirt shaped lights to turn flat soap forms into |
| · teddy bears | | | | bib candle making molds. This technique can be |
| Some of these candle making molds are very | | | | applied to any thin soap shape to create small |
| small, and are best used for floating lights. Others, | | | | luminaries for the nursery, for shower |
| however, are large enough to make wonderful | | | | decorations, or for gift baskets. |
| decorations. They also make beautiful night lights | | | | Baby-themed candle making molds only do part |
| on a nursery stand, lighting early morning, two | | | | of the work for your baby shower or gift, of |
| o'clock feedings. | | | | course. You will want to color coordinate your |
| The particular shapes listed above may not be | | | | creations with pink, blue, or the parents' color of |
| sold at your local craft stores. You may not find | | | | choice for their expected bundle of joy. You can |
| them at some of the major Internet retailers you | | | | also scent your creations with sweet baby |
| usually visit. That makes them unusual, in a sense. | | | | powder fragrances! |
| However, they were still not unique enough to suit | | | | One Final Idea |
| my tastes, so I continued searching. | | | | If you plan to tuck a couple of candles into a |
| Drafting a list of things used for or by infants, I | | | | shower gift basket, use candle making molds in |
| looked for creative, unusual ideas. | | | | the shapes of other gifts in the basket. The |
| Creative Candle Making Molds | | | | expecting mother will be delighted. |