Ways To Save: Crafts for Christmas Special. For our second Craft we have Lisa from 5 Orange Potatoes teaching us how to make a Soy Ice Candle.
Soy Ice Candle Tutorial
Materials needed:
- 1 empty half-gallon container
- 1 taper candle
- About 2 lbs. of candle wax (soy or parrafin)
- A melting pot or double boiler
- Essential oil if you want scent
- A crayon if you want color
- Ice Cubes (yes Ice cubes!)
Cut the container to the top of the pillar candle, hold the candle in the center and add ice. The mold should be full of ice, but not packed.
Put the soy wax in the melting pot (double boiler), add a crayon if you desire a hint of color. We chose orange to match the sun. Wax can be highly flammable so be careful not to let it get too hot.
When it looks like this It’s now all melted and ready to go……
Pour the melted wax into the candle mold, the hot wax and ice make really cool crackling sounds! The wax hardens immediatly as it hits the ice…very cool! After filling the mold, add the essential oil, we used lemon and lime. Oooooh refreshing……
Let the candle set a while before you attempt to pour the water out; you’ll need to pour the water out a few times before removing the candle from the mold. Mmmmm, looks like a creamsicle….yummy!
When you remove the candle, you will find a lot of cracks in the wax, pick at the cracks where you want the wax removed. They easily come off leaving this swiss cheese look:
Now that you’re done with your candle, simply light the wick and the light will glow through the holes. I can’t remember who I bought the soy wax from…a simple search of bulk soy wax will give you many providers. I bought my essential oils from www.herbalremedies.com, they have very reasonable prices.
A BIG thank you to Lisa for helping me out with this tutorial! Make sure to go check out her website 5 Orange Potatoes
About Kas
We used to make these candles only with wax when I was a little girl. I love them!
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