| One of the best parts of home candle making is | | | | - Chinese take-out container |
| take on the challenge to your creativity by | | | | - Pringles potato chip can |
| making candles of different shapes and sizes. Do | | | | - bowls |
| you want to make jar candles to give away for | | | | - drinking glasses |
| hostess gifts? Or maybe some pillar candles? How | | | | - foil cupcake wrappers |
| about trying your hand at scented tapers for the | | | | - baby food jars |
| holidays? These candles all have different | | | | - jelly jars |
| functions and they will require different molds. | | | | - cookie cutters Now, let's leave the kitchen and |
| Fortunately, as the popularity of candle making | | | | explore the rest of the house: |
| has grown the amount of candle supplies that you | | | | - toilet paper roll |
| will be able to find at your local craft store has | | | | - paper towel roll |
| grown, too. Aluminum, plastic, polyurethane, and | | | | - previously used votive holders |
| silicone molds are the most common molds that | | | | - you can even make your own mold out of |
| you'll find in your craft store and on the internet. | | | | heavy duty cardboard There are some good |
| These are great places to start and offer the | | | | places to start. I'm sure that these will help spark |
| candle making hobbyist a safe place to begin to | | | | some additional ideas, too, as you experiment. |
| experiment. | | | | Remember that you'll need to make sure that the |
| However, you aren't limited to molds that you can | | | | type of wax you've chosen to work with is |
| buy. Many items that you already have at home, | | | | suitable to the type of candle you want to make |
| or even found items, can be used as molds for | | | | and the type of container you have chosen and |
| your candle making. For safety's sake remember | | | | these ideas are just meant as a way to help |
| it's always best to put a baking tray or a pie plate | | | | expand your creativity as you get further along in |
| under the mold before you start working. | | | | your candle making work. |
| But we're getting ahead of ourselves. Let's take a | | | | At first you might want to keep track of this in a |
| tour of the kitchen first and see what items we | | | | notebook so that you'll be able to track your |
| might be able to use for molds: | | | | successes, especially so you can recreate them |
| - yogurt cups | | | | for ecstatic family and friends or for when you |
| - empty metal can [from soup, vegetables, etc] | | | | decide to move your candle making hobby into a |
| - frozen juice canister | | | | business. And then it'll feel like second nature. |
| - paper milk carton | | | | Enjoy! |