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)

  1. 1

    Here are the materials you will need.

  2. 2

    Melt the old candles in the pot. Use low temperature!

  3. 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.

  4. 4

    Pour the melted wax into the glas bottles.

  5. 5

    Don't fill the glass bottles completely, you will need to pour some more wax into it a bit later.

  6. 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.

  7. 7

    Cut some lace and add it with the hot glue gun to the glass.

  8. 8

    Finally add the twine above the lace and make a pretty knot.