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These DIY candles will add a little brightness to your home!
Dig through your recycling for some supplies, and lets get started!
Thanks to that, we now have DIY bottle cap candles!
Whoever thought there could be such an adorable, practical use for bottle caps?
These bottle cap candles almost look like little pieces of candy.
Bright, vibrant, and perfect for bringing some springtime to a cold season.
Learn how to make these here!
What Youll Need
How to Make Bottle Cap Candles
Let there be light!
Heres how to make these incredibly cute candles.
Step Two
Pick out your crayon colors!
These are going to form your candles wax, and this is your chance to get super creative.
Blend your colors, swirl them into spirals, or choose a gradient palette.
The choice is yours!
verify to crush up the crayons for easy melting.
While this isnt completely necessary, it does make the melting process faster.
Step Three
Drop the crushed crayons into your metal soup can.
Ideally, your can should be metal as it needs to survive the heat without melting.
Glass or ceramic will work as well.
Heat the water until its almost simmering, then place the metal can into the pan.
Lets just say its a lot easier to throw out a soup can than a saucepan!
Step Five
Gently melt the crayons down until they go fully liquid.
I suggest melting each color one by one before moving on.
If you have many soup cans, switch them out to keep your colors pure.
Otherwise, it’s possible for you to just wash the can between colors.
double-check you use hot water to get rid of all the wax.
Crayon wax cools particularly fast!
Gently pick up one of our bottle caps, making sure the wick is placed well.
Then, pour the wax into the bottle cap to form the candle.
you’re free to also do this on a sheet of baking paper to avoid mess.
Step Seven
Repeat with all the rest of your colors.
ensure youre melting and pouring one by one.
Otherwise, your wax will dry as you wait.
If you want to make these look extra special, spray the bottlecaps with somegold spray paintbefore you begin.
This brings a rustic chic look to the entire DIY.
There you have it!
Adorable candles for anywhere in your home.
Make them in big batches, give them away as gifts… the world is your oyster.
How to Make a Scented Bottle Cap Candle?
Ive got two words for you: essential oils.
So, how do you add the oils in?
It all happens once the crayons have melted.
Place a drop of essential oil in your melted wax.
A drop is all you need, as these oils are usually pretty strong!
Mix the wax well to distribute the oils through the wax.
You dont want the scent to be released unevenly once the candle is burned.
Then, finish the candle-making process as normal.
