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Candles can set the mood for a romantic interlude, add fabulous aromas to your home, and enhance the décor of any room. If you enjoy candles and are crafty, you may want to take on the hobby of candle making. A fun candle project uses old crayons to make a drip candle. These are fairly easy to make and are a great hit for a homemade gift.
Instructions
1. Choose wax from candles that tend to drip, or buy special wax that is made for drip candles. Set up the dripping can inside a cooking pot large enough to hold it. Add several inches of water to the pot. Place the pot on a stove burner and warm the water. Add the paraffin wax to the dripping can, leaving a small amount of room to add the crayons later. Let the wax completely melt.
2. Remove any paper from the crayons and break a crayon (or several of the same color) into small pieces. Add a large handful of them to the melted paraffin wax. When the crayons have melted, mix the wax and crayons together thoroughly.
3. While the wax and crayons are melting, set up a work space. Clear some counter space and place a cookie sheet on the counter to catch wax drips.
4. Measure the wine bottle from top to bottom. Cut the taper-candle wick 5 to 6 inches longer than the bottle.
5. Using the food thermometer, check the temperature of the melting wax. Once the temperature has reached 150 to 160 degrees Fahrenheit, remove the dripping can from the pan and take it to your work area.
6. Dip your wick into the hot wax. It will take several times of dipping to get the wick covered. Continue to dip the wick quickly in and out of the wax until the wax covering the wick is thick enough to just fit inside your wine bottle. Be sure to hold and leave about 4 inches of wick free from the wax at the top.
7. Cut the wick so it is 1/4 of an inch from the top of the candle.
8. Fit the tapered drip candle into the wine bottle so it is as snug as possible.
9. Light the candle, allowing for the wax to drip down the sides of the bottle.
