Halloween Skull Tea-light Candles

Halloween Skull Tea-light Candles

This candle making tutorial shows you how to make a set of Halloween candles for a dinner party or table centerpiece.

What you need

Glass Skull Shot Glasses
Wax
1 mt of wick
Wax Dye (optional)
Fragrant oil
Double boiler pan for melting wax

Instructions

For this tutorial you will need to know some basic candle making skills. I will try and cover everything in this post.

You will need to prepare your glasses.

Tie the wick around a stick to hang and anchor it in the mold. We will dip these wicks in wax to stiffen and to make them straight a little later.

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Start by melting your wax in a double boiler method.

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You can use a dye to color your wax, but as these skulls are actually dark glass it really made no difference.

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Dip the wicks into the melted wax, straighten the wick as much as possible and set aside. Do this process 2-3 times, it will help the wick stand in the mold as well as make it burn better later.

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This is the blue color melting into the wax.

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Allow the wax to cool down for 5 minutes and add your fragrance oil when it is cooled. This prevents the scent from burning off with the heat.

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Pour the wax into the shot glasses and slip the wicks into position.

Allow to cool and set before cutting off the excess wicks.

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