Candles are very cheap: you can get hundreds of small candles in a bag for the price of a Happy Meal, and the bigger ones arent much more expensive. When its so easy to just buy your candles in a shop, why on earth would you want to make candles yourself?
Well, thats like asking why youd want to do a painting yourself when you could buy a print and put it in a frame. Candle making is an art, with often beautiful results, not to mention the fun time you can have while youre making the candles.
Candle making today belongs thoroughly in the arts and crafts category, which means that you can get all the equipment and waxes youll need from your local crafts shop.
To make a candle, all you really need to do is get some wax and melt it in a pan (you can even use wax from mass-produced candles if you cant find any plain wax). Once the wax is melted, you can add dye if the wax isnt already coloured. Then just put the wick (the string that burns) into a mould, pour in the wax and leave it to set. Again, if you cant get a real candle mould, you can improvise with disposable household objects, such as half a milk carton or some other kind of bottle.
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