Candle Making » Candle Molds

Toilet Paper Tube Pillar Candle

SandraW — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:49:26 +0000

I don’t know why this never occurred to me before. I’m sure it has been done but I used a toilet paper roll tube as a mold for a small pillar candle.

It turned out perfect and it was so easy to just peel off once the wax set. I used a combo of leftover palm and soy wax. It’s a great way to recycle those tubes too.

Supplies needed for toilet paper roll pillar candle:

* Tin Foil, Tape, Wax, Pretabbed Wick, Toilet paper tube, newspaper or wax paper (to catch spills).

Wrap the tin foil around the bottom first and then use the duck tape to secure it firmly on all sides. Other tape would probably work but I like duck tape.

Insert a pretabbed medium wick, heat your wax and pour. Straighten out the wick if necessary and/or use a small stick or dowel to hold it in place.

Very fun and easy so I’m collecting more. That won’t be hard with this gang.

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Double Wicked Seashell Sand Candle

SandraW — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:10:04 +0000

I got the seashell sand candle idea from Bob Sherman’s Candle Making book.

It’s one of the most detailed and informative books I have read on candle making. He’s a well known candle maker and has been at it since 1971.

The only drawback to the book is that it doesn’t have much information on vegetable waxes. You can find out more about him and read some of his free updated articles at One Stop Candle.

To make the sand candle you can either press your hand or an object into the wet sand to make a shape for the mold.

For this one I just pressed the bottom of a large vase into the wet sand. I wanted a wide one and had some extra wax to use.

For sand candles you need to heat the wax a little hotter than usual before you pour it. I used two wicks so it would burn better. It was easy straightening out the wicks since they had paper cores and tabs to hold them down.

I added the seashells around the edge after pouring the wax and it was ready to come out in about four hours. Before pouring I added a coconut scent since I thought it would match with a seashell/beach theme. Next time I would like to make a more interesting shape but it was fun.

If you want to see it in action, check out David Constable’s video demonstration on how to make a sand candle.

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Recycled Candle Mold & Container Ideas

SandraW — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:16:11 +0000

You can reuse all kinds of things around the house for candle molds. Milk cartons work great and all you have to do is peel it off when the wax is set.

Paper cups are good and yogurt containers also make a cute shaped mold. I made a beautiful huge candle out of one of my kid’s old slushy cups.

If you’re into grubby candles you can use muffin tins, miniature loaf pans or cake pans and then cake them after and/or decorate them with whipped wax.

For containers, baby food jars are perfect for tea lights or votives. They can be decorated with paint, decoupage and rub on transfers. Broken tiles or fake jewels with grout also make a beautiful mosaic candle holder.

Mason jars are perfect for container candles and so are sturdy old jam jars. Tea cups that you don’t use anymore but can’t bear to throw out also make pretty containers. It’s a great way to use old cups and they still look charming even if they have a chip out of them out on the patio.

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Easter Egg Candles

SandraW — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:42:05 +0000

You can find these colored Easter egg candles at Discount Candles. They also have plain white and some with a yellow yolk. I would love receiving something like this instead of candy but not so sure the kids would feel the same.

Want to make your own Easter egg candle with molds? One Stop Candle has a few different Easter egg molds and so does Spirit Crafts, and Candle Rock.

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Animal Candle Molds

SandraW — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:12:33 +0000

At One Stop Candle they have a variety of animal candle molds. This wolf is my favorite but they also have a bee and beehive, frog, bear, moose and more.

Check out their free stuff too with instructions on candle making projects, chocolate making, soap making and incense.

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Make Your Own Silicone Candle Mold

SandraW — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:10:02 +0000

Bruce Hirst was generous enough to share several methods of making your own molds using various compounds including silicone. There’s clear step by step illustrated instructions and I particularly liked his idea for making a supportive box with lego. We have enough of that around the house. See Hirst’s Arts Mold Making Page for more.

BeeSkep shares how they make their molds on the Smooth-On site which sells all the latest mold making products. They explain how they use plastic tubing cut in half to create their molds.

Chef Rubber’s Beginners Guide to Mold Making for the Confectionery Artist is also very good and could be used for candles. To make your own grubby candle mold you could use an actual grubby candle, although it would probably be a good idea to seal it first.

There’s a great project page on how to make an electric grubby candle from Bitter Creek. They don’t actually make a grubby mold here but cake the candle after using a regular mold. The example shown has a Xmas tree opening using a pine tree cookie cutter. Bitter Creek also sells tons of great candle supplies.

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Silicone Food Candle Molds

SandraW — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:30:36 +0000

Soap and Candle Molds.com have a wide variety of molds to choose from. The nice thing about these silicone molds is that they usually pop out fairly easily. One of the stranger ones that is new to me anyway is the little pizza mold.

The more common and comforting molds for candles are cinnamon buns. What would you scent a pizza candle with? It is still cute and I suppose it would have come in handy when I was on my doll house kick.

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Happy Face Candle Mold Project

SandraW — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 01:05:08 +0000

This is one of the first candle molds I used and it was fun and easy and turned out great. Here’s a pic of it. I think it looks better than the one displayed at the store. It was dyed brown and scented with spiced hot chocolate and I haven’t had the heart to burn it yet. Yellow candle paint was used to enhance the smile which I found at Michaels Craft Store. I got the mold, scent and dye at Village Craft and Candle in St. Marys Ontario but I’m sure it’s sold elsewhere.

They do sell mold clamps and stands but to be honest I wedged mine between a couple books and bought a couple clamps from the dollar store, taped up any holes and it turned out fine.

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Sand and Flower Candle Molds

SandraW — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:51:01 +0000

Candle Makers Supplies, based in London England has the most interesting candle molds. They also have an instructional video on how to make a mold out of sand. In this example candle making expert David Constable does it by first pressing a squared piece of wood into some damp sand. Later the various tools used to shape the candle are a file, blowtorch, electric iron and scalpel. It’s a very well made tutorial and shows several examples of finished shaped candles to give you ideas.

They also have some pretty flower molds. Pictured here is candles from their flexible flower candle molds. There is enough to make a beautiful wax garden and flowers included are a rosebud, carnation, dahlia, hydrangea, lupin and more. I think this would be a fun project and would be so pretty using several different bright colors.

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Making Your Own Candle Molds

SandraW — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:12:15 +0000

Do the prices for those silicone candle molds make you cringe? Making your own is not that difficult and you definitely have more options than what the store offers. The next time I find a giant strawberry, I’m making a mold out of it. Maybe I’ll even drizzle some fake chocolate onto the candle and scent it to match.

Anyway, to make the mold here’s a couple videos from Tap Plastics that go into how to create it.

Part One

Part Two

If you’re not a visual learner or you would just prefer to read about it, Starla and Lisa’s Candle Making site explains it very simply and it sounds much less intimidating coming from them. They use Smooth-On Silicone Making Rubber that apparently costs $24.95, but I have paid that much for one darned mold so it doesn’t sound like much to me.

Their site is very helpful and their enthusiasm about candle making really shines through. I have never made a mold, but I’m beginning to eye all kinds of things around the house to use.

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