How to Make Christmas Container Candles

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How to make Christmas container candles? Read on to find out.

Following are some simple steps to easily make these Christmas Container Candles. For this purpose, you can use absolutely any container of your choice. The containers could be in the form of Christmas coffee mugs or a holiday shot-glass or even a hand-painted bucket. You just need to make sure that it is heat safe and will not leak when the wax melts, during the process.

You will need:

A suitable container - Here we are using holiday coffee cups
A container blend wax - We are using Cargill C-3 Soy wax flakes here
A suitable wick - a CD-18, but an HTP105 or ECO wick would also do
Wick stickum or bit of glue
Fragrance, as desired
Color, if desired
Wick bar or drinking straw
Basic candle making equipment

Prepare your container

Make sure that the container is absolutely clean. It also needs to be totally dry.

Put the glue or wick stickum on the end of the wick tab. Use a straw to hold the wick and then press the wick tab firmly into the center of cup. After that, wrap the end of the wick around a wick bar, or you can simply insert it through the drinking straw.

Melt the wax and the fragrance

Melt the wax. (On an average 10 oz. of wax will be needed for each candle.) Bring the wax up to 180 degrees, and then stir in the fragrance oil. You can even add some color if you wish. (2.75 oz. of fragrance oil for the 30 oz. of wax.)

Pour the wax

Once you have finished stirring the fragrance oil, allow the wax cool to about 160 degrees. Then cautiously pour the wax into the containers. You can now keep the candles aside to cool down. While the candles cool down, the wax will shrink, pulling the wick off center, so this requires you to occasionally pull the wick back to center

Note: If you are using translucent containers (for instance jars or glasses), it helps to warm up the containers prior to pouring the wax into them. Not really hot - just to 150 degrees or so. You can do this in a warm oven, or by using a heat gun. The purpose of doing this is to help the wax hold on better, to the sides of the glass. If your containers are opaque, like the coffee mugs used here, it doesn't really matter.

Let the candle cool and top it off

Depending on the wax that you're using, there's a chance that you may have a bit of shrinkage on the top of the candle. In such cases, you can either do a repour with a little bit of the leftover wax, or you could just top it off with a heat gun. The heat gun will prove to be of some help only if there's a slight shrinkage - if at all the top of the candle is significantly warped, you'll need to do a repour.

Enjoy the lovely candles!

Enjoy the beautiful container candles made by you. They're really easy-to-make gifts that are sure to please everyone. You can even try and experiment with different types of containers - shot glasses, ceramic bowls, high-ball glasses, or glazed flower containers.

Adding Decoration

Adding some decorations to your candles can actually be a great idea as they will add to the lovely look! You can decorate the candle container with ribbons or glitter. Keep the decorations clear from the wick as well as from the top part of the candle container.