DIY - Decorate wax with wax

Decorating candles is as fun as making candles. There are variety of candle decorating accessories available. I am going to share with you a technique to decorate a plain candle with wax itself.

For this project you will need:

Plain pillar candle

Cookie cutter

Hair dryer

     1.       Here’s a pillar candle I picked for this project. The texture you see is achieved through cold pour.

 2.       To make these chunks, pour melted wax on flat surface like a tray and once the wax is soft enough cut the chunks with cookies cutter.

 3.   With help of the hair dryer, soften each wax piece one at a time, just enough to stick on the pillar candle. As you blow hot air on the wax piece you will see the surface of the piece melting. This is the right time to place the wax piece on the surface of the pillar candle and press it gently. 

4. I decided not to over do it as I wanted to keep it simple. So here's the final look.

          With this technique you can make wonderful decorations with help of different shapes of cookie cutters. Also, in this technique you are using wax to decorate the candle which will melt off as the candle burns, hence safe as compared to laces or wallpapers which are used to decorate candles.

       Enjoy!!!