Do-it-yourself romantic candles for February 14
Creating candles at home is an exciting and enjoyable task. Therefore, at least once, but you need to try to make a candle with your own hands. Why not experiment before the most romantic holiday of the year - Valentine's Day? After all, a candle is an important attribute of romance from ancient times, which will suit any style of decoration on February 14th.
Do-it-yourself standard kit for making candles:
- paraffin or wax;
- cotton thread for wick;
- saucepan;
- a container for melting wax;
- molds for candles made of glass, plastic or tin;
- sticks with which we will mount the wick.
Progress: put in the middle of the mold thread (wick). We fasten it with a stick. We melt the wax by placing a container with crushed wax in a water bath. You need to melt with a little fire. The material can be rubbed on a grater - the smaller the pieces, the faster it will melt.
In order for the wax to melt evenly and there are no pieces left, it must often be stirred during melting.
It is also necessary to pour wax into the mold gradually, first pour a small amount on the bottom to fix the wick in the correct position. When this layer hardens (it takes about a minute), you can fill the form completely. Accurate - molten wax is very hot!
The candle will completely harden after about a day. Then you can trim the excess part of the wick, but not too short - so that it is convenient to light it. Done - you can use the candle.
It is not necessary to keep it in the mold all this time - you can get it when the wax hardens and the candle remains frozen for the remaining time without it.
Before starting work, make sure that the edges of the container will not impede the removal of the product, that is, they do not taper up and do not have parts bent inward.
How to make a wick for a candle? For the wick to burn longer, it must be prepared. You need to use only natural materials (in our examples, cotton), because artificial ones will create soot when burning.
The preparation of the wick for a candle is as follows: in a wax heated in a water bath, dip the thread for the wick and soak it very carefully, then remove and wring it. For hardening it needs to be suspended - so the wick will harden in an even position and without unnecessary bumps (as if it were put on the surface).
Such a simple technique will give your candle much more burning time and you can use it more than once. This is an effective method that works the better, the more densely the thread is saturated with wax (for this, we also wring the wick removed from the wax).
Recipes for colored and scented candles
Now you know the basic mechanism for creating candles and it's time to add interesting effects to them. A colored candle is made using wax pencils. It is necessary to grind them and add to the main wax during melting. This method will give a shade to the future candle.
Scented candles are also interesting. After all, this is real magic when a room is filled with a wonderful aroma that favorably affects our mood and all this in the mysterious light of a beautiful candle. Scented candles are made by adding essential oils to the wax right before pouring it into the mold so that the oil does not have time to weather and freeze inside.
You can combine color and aroma, for example, for a lime candle, add a light green wax pencil, imagine lavender in purple and so on.
You can combine aromas, so you will make a real aromatic potion:
- Lavender in combination with bergamot has a calming effect.
- Rosemary with lemon is the best cleansing thought.
- Orange with cloves will create coziness and cheer up.
- Saturated cedar in combination with lemon perfectly relieves stress.
You can make yourself a whole set of candles and use if appropriate, for example, on a romantic evening, for a holiday of lovers, you can prepare a candle with aroma oils of ylang-ylang and vanilla.
DIY gel candles for February 14
Do you think it is possible to create a candle without wax? The most beautiful candles, looking more like a work of art, are obtained from the gel.
The technology is exactly the same as with wax, only the material is different. There is a special candle gel that is transparent in itself. This feature will make it possible to produce very beautiful products.
Inside have a decor:
- beads;
- small pieces of dried fruit;
- flowers
- sparkles etc.
Use a transparent glass candlestick to create a gel candle, so as not to impede the visibility of the decorative composition inside.
Special dyes are sold for this material, which will add any color to your candle. Here, as well as in other candles by material, you can safely drop essential oils.
Useful advice: when you make gel candles with your own hands, before pouring the melted gel into a mold, heat it a little - so there will be no air bubbles in the finished product.
Fruit candle
Another creative idea for February 14 is a candle made of fruit. This is the next level in this business, they usually come to it when they tried the usual methods of making decorative candles. Therefore, you will definitely surprise your soul mate with this decoration on this romantic holiday, presenting yourself in the light of a real needlewoman.
It is convenient to use the peel of oranges, grapefruits and limes for the manufacture of such candles. However, there are no restrictions at all - turn this into a real creative process and be creative from the heart.
To make such a candle we need:
- wax;
- the thread from which the wick is made;
- a pan for a water bath;
- fruit (e.g., orange);
- a container for melting wax;
- essential aromatic oil;
- dye;
- dried flowers for decoration.
Cut the orange, carefully remove the flesh, taking care not to damage the peel. The form for the candle is ready. In the center of the orange we fix the wick and fasten in the usual way. Melt the wax and before pouring it into the form add the essential oil to the mixture (not only orange, you can experiment and make a colored candle with a suitable aroma). Top can be decorated with flowers or plant branches.
We leave a candle for solidification for a day. Do not put them in the refrigerator - often the wax freezes unevenly with a sharp temperature drop.
Coffee candle
To create such a candle you will need all the same as for a regular one, only plus a grain of coffee. It is easiest to make it by pouring grains into liquid wax before pouring into a mold or from above into a filled one. Such candles will always be unique, because each time the grains will solidify in different ways.
Another option for a coffee candle is decorating an already finished product. At the same time, the grains are glued to an already frozen candle with glue or to a warm, not completely cooled wax, pressing them with your fingers.
A candle looks beautiful, which is placed in a transparent container of a larger shape, where the empty space is filled with coffee beans.
And to combine beauty with aroma, add some ground coffee beans.When the candle burns, the room will be filled with amazing aroma and will create a pleasant atmosphere for your date for Valentine's Day.
Rainbow candles
Bright layered candles are a beautiful element for the holiday. Make them not difficult, we will need:
- the remains of colored candles;
- small forms of glass;
- thread for the wick;
- grater.
We rub the candles on a grater and lay them out separately by color in different containers. We fix the wick, pouring the bottom layer with melted wax of the desired color. As the layer solidifies, melt and fill in the next colored wax. Thus, you can create a rainbow candle, adhering to a certain combination order or make various options for striped candles for any interior. You can combine this method with a decor suitable for the idea and add different essential oils to each color, creating a changing magic candle.
Openwork candles
For such candles, the set for creation will be standard: wax, dye (or colored wax pencils), aromatic oil, thread for the wick, a stick for attaching the wick and a mold. In addition to the standard set, you will need ice - it is the whole secret.
At first, we know the course of work: we grind the wax, we attach the wick to the mold, add everything we need to the material melted in the water bath. Then crumble ice (you can do this with a towel and a hammer). While the ice has not melted, quickly pour it into the mold and immediately fill it with prepared melted wax. The result is amazing - see for yourself.
Making candles at home is an exciting creative process. This decor will perfectly complement the festive atmosphere of Valentine's Day and you can boast of your creative abilities. And after a date, you can even hold a master class for friends and surprise them with your knowledge in creating such a decor, showing how to make a candle at home.
