Recycled Candles
use burned down candles in a creative way
Posted by Daniela S.
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In this tutorial I will show you how easy it is to melt old candles and get new ones.
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You Will Need (10 things)
- Old Candles
- Wick
- Old glass Bottles
- Crocheted Lace
- Twine
- Spit of Wood
- Tape
- Hot Glue Gun
- Cooking Spoon
- Old Pot
Steps (8 steps, 120 minutes)
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1
Here are the materials you will need.
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2
Melt the old candles in the pot. Use low temperature!
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3
Place the wick in the middle of the old glas bottles and fix it at the bottom with a drop of hot glue. To prevent from falling, fix the wix with the spit of wood and some tape.
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4
Pour the melted wax into the glas bottles.
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5
Don't fill the glass bottles completely, you will need to pour some more wax into it a bit later.
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6
One hour later the wax have cooled down a bit. Now it is time to pour in the rest of the wax. No let the wax cool down completely before moving on to the next step.
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7
Cut some lace and add it with the hot glue gun to the glass.
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8
Finally add the twine above the lace and make a pretty knot.