This is my latest tea can candle creation! It's a cinnamon candle in a cinnamon tea can. Making poured candles is obscenely easy. You can make a candle in pretty much anything water-tight and non-flammable. Here are the basics. If anyone reads this and asks, I'll make a tutorial.
You will need:
-An empty tea can
-A wick with metal backing
-Unscented soy wax
-Candle fragrance
-Candle dye (I didn't use any)
-A hot glue gun
-Scrap paper
-Scotch tape/any tape
-A glass jar
-A candle warmer
1. Clean the tea can and check for leaks. I use De-solv-it to get tricky labels off and fill it with water to see if it will leak.
2. Heat the wax in the candle warmer, adding more and more wax as the level drops.
3. While the wax is heating, hot glue the wick backing to the bottom of the tea can.
4. Now you're going to make the paper stabilizer for the wick so that it doesn't fall over while you pour the wax in. Cut a thin strip of scrap paper tht is about a finger wide and long enough to go across the top of the tea can.
5. Cut a small slit or hole in the middle if the paper. Tape each end of the paper on opposite sides of the tea can and pull the end of the wick through the hole.
6. Add as much fragrance and color to the heating wax. Follow the manufacturer's instructions if you want.
7. I use a piece of paper folded in half to make a V as a spout to pour my wax. You should pour no more than half of the candle at a time. Let the wax cool between pouring.
8. Cut the wick to 1/4 inch and remove the paper wick support.
9. Enjoy your candle!
Christine
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