Container Candles
Harry Slatkin of the luxurious candle company Slatkin & Co. joins Martha to make lovely container candles.
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Container Candles
Harry Slatkin of the luxurious candle company Slatkin & Co. joins Martha to make...
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The Martha Stewart Show, December 2007
These wonderful candles are a fun project that will leave your home beautifully lit and wonderful smelling.
Tools and Materials
2/3 cup Hydrogenated soybean wax or food shortening
2 2/3 bars Paraffin wax
Double boiler
Dye pellets or food coloring
5 teaspoons essential oils (such as vanilla, cinnamon stick, or apple)
Stirring spoons
Container for candle (able to withstand extremely hot water; has a thick base)
Cotton, medium-gauge wick
Popsicle stick
Metal wick holder
Hot-glue gun and glue sticks
Candle How-To
1. Begin by melting your paraffin wax in a double boiler; then add the hydrogenated soybean wax. Add dye -- or food coloring -- to create your desired color; add essential oils to the wax to create fragrance. Stir together and allow mixture to melt. Once the mixture reaches 165 degrees, you are ready to pour.
2. Attach bottom of wick to metal wick holder. Attach wick, now attached to wick holder, to bottom of candle container with hot glue; press into place and let cool.
3. Rest Popsicle stick across the top of candle container; wrap wick around Popsicle stick to prevent it from falling into the candle container.
4. Fill your candle container 3/4 full with wax. A skin will form within 30 minutes; wax will appear solid in about one hour, but it will take 6 hours to set. Be sure not to move the candle while it is still liquefied.
Tip: After burning a fragrant candle, you often wind up with a big, black bulb at the end of the wick that can later wind up in your candle. Remove it first by turning the candle upside down and pulling the black bulb off with a tissue. To make candles last longer and drip less, place them in the freezer two hours before a party.
Resources
Hydrogenated soybean wax, paraffin wax, dye pellets, cotton, medium-gauge wicks, and metal wick holders can be found at most craft stores. Essential oils can be found at most health food stores. Special thanks to Harry Slatkin of Slatkin & Co. for giving a beautiful assortment of candles and Zippo lighters to our studio audience. Harry Slatkin & Co. uses their own tree fragrance mix, but to create something similar, you can use 3 teaspoons of fir needle siberian, 1 teaspoon of galbanum oil, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla fragrance oil from International Aromatics, Inc. by contacting customercare@iaromatics.com.
I am searching for more information about the wick and what we need to do to make sure it works properly.
Thank you
Sonja Matschuck
Where do I find "the article"? I too wouldl like to see the ratio for the wax and the crisco. thanks for your help~ ((hugs)) Cristle
click on "print" and you will have the instructions.
click on "print" and you will have the instructions.
This website is ridiculous. On two of the sites all you get is the Comments section and when you click on the Video you get the same thing. I can never get the article or the video. What gives? It's not brain surgery, yet it is set up and doesn't work.
I had the same problem with the video popping up and interrupting the article. Just click on the "close" button marked with an X and the video will go away and the article will reappear.
I had the same problem with the video interrupting the article. Just click on the "close" button with an X on it and the video will go away and the article will reappear.
Where can I find the article for these??? When I click on "Container Candles" it brings me here. I need the "recipe" so I know what goes in these candles.
Thanks for your help!!
When I made these, the top dipped down around the wick. Did this happen to anyone else, or do you know how to fix/avoid this?
how much is 2 2/3 bars of paraffin wax? is it 2 2/3 cups? I just purchased a bar of paraffin wax but it's 4lbs...
No need for answer. I found it, by reading "the Article". Thanks.
What is the ratio when using Crisco with the supper market parrifin?
I use a long, old serrated bread knife.
Do you break up the parafin before melting? If so, what's the best way?
The last time I made candles I broke up the wax using a heavy duty screwdriver and a hammer . . kind of messy and not too efficient :-)