These were really cheap and easy to make!
Supplies that you are going to need:
A Pot
Wax Tarts
Pillar Candles
Wax paper
Tinfoil
Spoon/Scooper
All of my supplies came from my kitchen or the dollar store. I did however get an old pot from the thrift store. I think it cost me around $2.50.
Gather all of your materials and take a pretty picture:
I got the pillar candles and the wax tarts at the dollar store in the candle/fragrance aisle. There are three tarts in a pack, so I just winged it and bought two packages thinking that would be enough. If you want, you could even use old candles that are too short to burn or candles that you just don't want anymore a.k.a., the is a great way to guiltlessly get rid of your old candles that you can't bring yourself to throw out. I wanted mine to be white (although they are kinda off-white) so I went ahead and bought some new ones.
You want to make sure that before you do anything you wrap up the wicks of the candles. I wrapped mine in tinfoil and it seemed to work fine. If you don't, you are likely to pour wax all over the wick, making the candle unburnable (yes, I just made that word up, and no, I did not learn this from experience.....).
Next you are going to make a double boiler using your pot that you don't care about getting wax all over and another pot big. Make sure that it is large enough to place the wax-burning pot in it. Bring some water to a boil and add the wax tarts you got into the upper, wax-melting, pot. Once the water boils, you can bring the temperature down.
***Warning: melting wax is VERY dangerous and should be done VERY carefully.
Once the wax is melted, turn the burner off. For some reason, my wax looks green in the picture....
Slowly pour the wax onto the pillar candles. For this, I used an old coffee scoop that I found in my junk drawer. Make sure that whatever surface you are working on is covered in wax paper. Dried wax on countertops = bad.
The longer the wax has been off the heat, the easier it is to control. Keeping that in mind, don't let it sit too long to the point where it hardens and you have to repeat the melting process all over again. I would say to wait a good 20 seconds and your drips will be perfect. Have fun with it. The will not and should not look perfect!
Here they are on my Halloween mantle during the day. I love them!
Here they are at night! So spooky!
I hope everyone enjoyed the tutorial! Be on the lookout next week for some halloween decorations my hubby and I plan on making this weekend!
