DIY cookie cutter candles
Don’t throw your old candles away. Use this genius cookie cutter method to make new candles from old.
You will need:
- Saucepan
- Water
- Tin can
- Candle stubs
- Crayons (optional, for colour)
- Sticks, to stir
- Baking pan
- Baking paper
- Metal cookie cutters
- Wicks (with bases)
How to:
1. Partially fill a small saucepan with water and simmer. Place your tin can in the pot and fill it with your candle ends.
2. To change the colour of your wax, add a few bits of crayons in while it melts and stir, if desired.
3. Heat the wax to around 38°C.
4. Line your baking pan with baking paper and place the cookie cutters on top.
5. Put wicks in the centre of your cookie cutters. If they won’t stay upright, try pinching them between a clothes pin and laying it across the cutter horizontally to keep them up.
6. Hold your cookie cutter down and pour your melted wax inside. If the wax is too hot, it might leak out of the bottom.
7. Let the wax cool entirely and take candles out of the cutters.
8. Place on a candle holder and burn.
Photo source: Adventures-in-making