Our family loves burning beeswax candles in our home all year long. Aside from the beautiful, cozy ambiance they add to our home, raw beeswax candles help purify the air and give off a naturally sweet, honey-like aroma that cannot be matched. Fun fact: burning beeswax releases negative ions into the air that bind to pollutants eliminating them from the air by making them fall to the ground. Pretty neat, right? Keep reading if you want to learn how to make beeswax taper candles at home.
Supplies You Will Need for Making Beeswax Taper Candles:
Wicking Needle (I can no longer find a source for my exact wicking needle, but an upholstery needle is the next best thing!)
Raw Beeswax if you cannot find locally
Bobby pins or small craft clothespins
How Make Beeswax Taper Candles:
First, begin melting beeswax using the double boiling method. While your beeswax is melting, you will wick your candle molds by tying your cotton to the eye of your wicking needle. Feed your wicking needle with wick attached, through the tiny hole at the bottom of your taper candle mold. Feed the wick all the way through the mold until it comes out the opening on the opposite end. Trim wick leaving 1/2-1" of wick on both the top and bottom of the taper candle mold and untie your wick to remove it from the wicking needle. If using a mutli-candle mold, repeat these step for all openings. Once your wick has been fed through the candle mold and trimmed, center the wick and set it in place using a bobby pin or small clothespin to keep the wick centered and secure.
When your beeswax is melted, it's time to pour the wax slowly into your candle mold filling it all the way to the top of the opening. After pouring your beeswax candles, leave them to set for at least two hours before attempting to remove your candle from its mold.
After two hours, feel the outside of the candle mold to ensure it has cooled down. If the candle mold feels warm, give it more time to set. When your candles are ready to be removed, you'll see a little bit of space around the edge of each candle from the beeswax shrinking slightly as it has hardened. Give the wick a gentle tug as you wiggle it loose from the mold. It should pop out nice and smoothly if it has had ample time to set.
Once your beeswax candles have cooled completely and hardened, they are ready to light. This typically only takes a few hours from the time you remove it from the candle mold. Remember to always trim your candle wicks to 1/4" before lighting them.
I hope you enjoy making beeswax taper candles to burn in your home as much as we do!
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