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Give your room a glow with these DIY candles.
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We have come up with three quick and easy methods for the DIY candle connoisseur, using sheets of beeswax, shells and craft moulds.
Beeswax Candles
Here we use handy sheets of beeswax (they come in coloured packs of five) to make quick and inexpensive candles.
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Lay out one sheet flat on a table, placing the wick at the end, and simply roll up tightly and evenly. Leave about 3cm of wick protruding. This will make a thinner candle. Trim the wick to length.
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To make a thicker candle, butt one end of a new sheet to the first (overlapping slightly) and continue rolling up as before.
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Make a striped candle design by cutting one corner off your coloured (green in this example) sheet. Place a strip cut from a contrasting colour (white or yellow) at the bottom of the first sheet and overlap by about 1cm.
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Place a wick at the "cut off" corner of the green sheet and start to wrap and roll as before. You will end up with a rolled candle with a contrasting stripe design. Excess wick can be trimmed off before use, as before.
Sea Shell Candle
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Sea shells (deep scallop shells are best) can be used as candle bases. Melt beads of wax in the microwave. While this is happening, cut your wicks into 5cm lengths. Stabilise your shells, by attaching to your chosen surface (table, etc) with Blu-Tack.
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Carefully pour the molten wax into each shell. As the wax starts to set, position the wicks, one for each shell. The wax will take around half an hour to harden fully. You can speed up the process by placing them in your fridge. Don't try the freezer compartment, as this will cause the wax to crack.
Floating Candles
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Floating candles can be made using alloy craft moulds and scented with essential oils. The wax is poured as before (a few drops of oil in first), and the moulds floated in a bowl containing water. Some "craft" flower petals can also be floated in the bowl to add to the effect.
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Cost
Around $10 per pack of 5, for the beeswax kit.
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More Info
All these wax products can be bought at any good craft store.
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