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Melting Candles To Reuse – Candle Recycling Into New Candle

Instead of throwing your old candles away, you can melt them down to make new colorful candles. This is an easy and fun DIY project that won’t hardly cost you any money. All you really need is an empty jar, a popsicle stick, and a long candle wick. To begin recycling your candles, first tie a candle wick onto a popsicle stick and place it on top of an empty jar (see picture below). Then, boil some water and carefully add in your old glass candle and the wax will melt and become liquid. Once it is liquid, slowly pour it into the empty jar. Repeat as many times as needed to create a new colorful candle. No old candles to use? Then this candle making kit is a great way to learn to make your own soy wax candles. It includes everything you need to make 2 jar candles and 4 tea lights.

candle recycle

Here is what you need to make your own candles:

  • old candles
  • jar to put your candle in
  • candle wick (buy a cheap candle and steal the wick)
  • popsicle stick
  • oven mitts
  • pot of boiling water

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_11. On top of your empty jar, tie a candle wick to a wooden stick and center the wick in the jar.

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_22. Gather you old candles that have some wax left in them.

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_33. Boil water wear oven mitts and carefully add in your used candles to melt the wax for the new candle.

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_44. After each old candle is turned to liquid wax, carefully pour it into the empty jar making sure the wick is centered.

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_55. Pour each liquified candle wax into the jar as this will make nice colorful layers.

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_66. Let each wax layer dry and harden so the different colors do not mix.

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_77. Continue filling with wax until it is near the top.

How To Make A New Candle From Your Old Candles_88. Remove the wooden stick and cut the wick to the proper size.
YOU NOW HAVE A CRAFTY DIY COLORFUL RECYCLED CANDLE

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