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November 4, 2015 by Mariel

Making Beeswax Candles With Kids & Printable Christmas Tag!

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For homeschool, we learned all about bees.  Have you ever learned about bees??  Holy smokes, those things are AMAZING.  In a future post, I’ll share with you some of my favorite products for teaching kids about bees.  But in the meantime, I wanted to share this project with you, making beeswax candles.

Making beeswax candles with kids ~ This would be a fun project for homeschool  after teaching about bees.

After we wrapped up our section, we decided to make something super cool with beeswax.  I bought stuff to make both lip balm and candles.  We haven’t made the lip balm yet (very soon!), but we had a blast making the candles together.

These are fun to make with kids and perfect neighbor gifts! How to Make Beeswax Candles

These candles make perfect Christmas neighbor gifts, home decor for your own house, and emergency lighting.  If you want to give them to neighbors, like we are, I made some gift tags for you!

Gift Tags for Candles ~ Christmas Neighbor Gift (also, how to make beeswax candles with kids!)

CLICK HERE TO PRINT CHRISTMAS CANDLE GIFT TAG

So I need you to just go with me on this… I researched the poop out of beeswax candle making and I’m pretty sure I ended up with a fantastic recipe (from the super-helpful DIY Natural) that really makes the most out of the beeswax and candle functionality.

This is what you need to make beeswax candles:

Beeswax (about 12 oz.)

Palm Oil (about 12 oz.)

Square braided wick (supposed to be the best for burning beeswax)

Mason jars (I used the 4 oz. size for the cuteness factor, but 1/2 pint would be great too.  I filled about nine 4 oz. jars with this recipe.)

Kitchen scale

Wooden skewers

Glass measuring cup

Medium saucepan

Newspaper, wax paper, or something to keep countertops clean

Tip: Use as many disposable items as possible for stirring and wipe glass measuring cup clean with paper towel as soon as possible, before washing.  The wax is tricky to clean off!

Directions for making beeswax candles:

1.  Pour a few inches of hot water in a medium size saucepan and turn on stove to medium heat.  Add 12 oz. beeswax to glass measuring cup and set in the water.  The beeswax will SLOWLY start to melt…and, I mean slowly.  Don’t be tempted to crank the heat to high, just be patient. 🙂

2.  While you’re waiting, cut your wicks the same height as your jars, plus a couple inches.  Once the beeswax is half-way melted, you can dip your wicks in the melted wax, then lay them on wax paper to dry… stretch them so they’re straight.  It’s okay if the tip isn’t dipped, where your fingers were holding it.

How to make beeswax candles ~ melting beeswax

 

3.  Once the beeswax is melted, add the palm oil and continue to heat and stir until melted.

4.  Pour about an inch of the melted wax into each jar, then immediately hold a wick in the middle of the wax in the jar, until the wax slightly cools/hardens and the wick stands on it’s own.  Unless you have several hands helping to hold the wax, you may want to just pour a few jars at a time.

This would be so fun to do with the kids!  Plus, it makes a great gift... making beeswax candles.

5.  Using a wooden skewer, roll the top part of the wick down and around it until the skewer is resting on the jar mouth and holding the wick upright.

6.  After the skewers are set, pour the remaining oil into the jars, leaving a little room at the top.

How to make beeswax candles

 

7.  After the oil has mostly cooled and hardened, go ahead and snip off the wick, leaving about 1/2″ poking out for lighting.  Let the candles continue to harden.  Clean the jars of any wax drippings.  Put the mason jar lids on and you’ve got a great gift, home decoration, and memory with the kids!

Beeswax Candles

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  1. Jamie says

    November 5, 2015 at 9:52 am

    Where do you buy all of the supplies?

    • Mariel says

      November 5, 2015 at 9:59 am

      The supplies in the post are all links, just click on them and it will take you to the ones I purchased. They’re actually all from Amazon.

      • Jamie says

        November 5, 2015 at 10:21 am

        Just noticed that. Sorry for being “that” commenter.

  2. Julie Anne says

    July 10, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    I love this. Not only is it educational but it’s a gift kids can help make that someone would actually want to receive. I feel like most of the gift giving ideas I see for kids to make are pretty cheesy but this one is not only cute but really practical. Thanks for sharing! I’m going to remember this when the holidays come around.

    • Mariel says

      July 11, 2016 at 7:39 am

      Glad you like it! Thanks for stopping by, Julie Anne!!

  3. Megan says

    March 8, 2017 at 4:50 pm

    I was wondering how many bars did you buy and how many candles did you get from them? Looking to do this for an American Heritage Girls troop where we are learning about bees! Mega

    • Mariel says

      March 9, 2017 at 6:35 pm

      I filled about 9 4-oz jars, by following the instructions in the post. Click on the word “Beeswax” in the post, and it will bring you to the one I bought. I ordered 3 of them, as each one comes with 5 oz, and I needed about 12 oz. Good luck!

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