DIY - How To Make Soy Candles
- Developing a brand-new creative skill is fulfilling for the soul as well as exciting. As you navigate through the many different techniques and methods of learning a new craft, it can take time and practice to hone your newly acquired skills, but when you see the result, you're glad you spent the time!
- It's relaxing and relatively easy to make soy candles. I think you can make a candle if you can follow a recipe! With the launch of our DIY candle making kits this week, I thought it was about time that I wrote a post on how to make your own soy candles.
- Here's my step-by-step method for making your own natural soy wax candles
What You Need
- Candle jars (these could be recycled candle jars, jars from charity shops, etc.).
- Soy wax
- Fragrance oil or essential oil
- Wicks and wick stabilizers or a glue gun
- Wooden pegs or a lolly stick
- Heat Source : In a larger pot, add a few inches of water and place the smaller pot inside. Pour the wax flakes into the smaller pot and heat on medium heat until they melt.
- Electric Stove / Gas cooker
- Cooking thermometer
- Pouring jug
- Stainless steel stirrer e.g spoon
Instructions - Making Soy Candle
- Pour your soy wax into the small pot
- You should heat the wax to a medium temperature, not too hot, because too high a temperature will disturb the wax.
- Check the temperature occasionally and stir the wax. Solid wax flakes will melt into golden liquid wax.
- During the melting process, assemble the candle containers. Glue the wick stabilizers onto the bottom of the wicks.
- Put your wick in the middle of the bottom of the candle container. Set it aside.
- As soon as the thermometer reaches the appropriate temperature for your wax, take it off the heat
- Pour the fragrance oil into the melted wax and stir, ensuring the oil is evenly distributed within the melted wax.
- Pour the fragrance liquid wax into a pouring jug and pour carefully into your candle containers
- Stabilize the candle wick with the wick stabilizer (wooden peg)
- Transfer the candle carefully into a warm environment for at least 24 hours.
- Once set, trim the wick approximately 1cm using a wick trimmer or nail scissors.
- Light and enjoy!