Tips for Creating Your First Soy Candle at Home

Learning to make candles at home is an interesting and fun craft. There are many different types of candles to make such as mason jar candles, pillar candles, candles from beeswax or soy just to name a few.

Lots of folks have learned how to make soy candles at home, so here are a few tips to help you get started.

To begin, you'll require all of your candle making supples available and accessible in a work area that's safe from children and pets. Then, choose the type or size of soy candle you will create. If you're a beginner, then a good suggestion is to start with a little candle like a votive.

You'll need around two ounces of soy wax for a good votive soy candle. Since you will be measuring accurately, one pound of wax will make eight votives.


Now, you're ready to begin melting the soy wax. For this step, you'll need something to melt the wax in. A double boiler works well, but a wax melter speeds up the process and keeps your stove safe from wax spillage and a possible fire.

By adding color and fragrance you'll create a very desirable candle. Craft stores both online and locally carry soy candle dye. Put the color into the melted wax. If you're adding scents, put about one ounce scent for each pound of soy wax. Add fragrance when your soy wax reaches about one hundred seventy degrees to ensure the scent adheres to the wax well, stirring well for about two minutes or so.

After the wax has melted and you've added the dye or scent, reduce your heat to one hundred fifty degrees and prepare the molds by heating them a bit. Now that your wax is cooled to the right temperature you're ready to pour into your molds. Use a candle pouring pot or a pitcher with a pouring spout. Put the wicks in after your wax has set a little. Put the wick in straight and to the bottom of the candle mold making sure it's in the middle of the mold.

Now that you've made your soy candle, let the wax set for about five or six hours for it to be ready to trim the wick to your desired length.

There are lots of candle crafting hints that you can learn prior to making your first candle. Books to learn how to make candles at home can be found in bookstores, your library or online.