Homemade Sand Candles

In just a few simple steps, you can create your own candles.

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Homemade sand candle

Quick and Easy Sand Candles

Materials:

rubber gloves
large bag of fine craft sand
food coloring
inexpensive pillar candle
spray adhesive
plastic tub

Steps:

Put on rubber gloves, then mix together sand and food coloring with your hands.

Figure A

Hold the candle by the wick, then apply spray adhesive and roll into the sand (figure A).

Sand Candles

Materials:

store-bought sand
water
large bucket or tub
glasses, jars, bottles, shells or other decorative items
1 lb. paraffin wax
1/3 lb. beeswax
double boiler
thermometer
crayon in color of choice
wicking with metal-bottom tabs
wooden skewer
pencil
small paintbrush
potholders

Steps:

Melt paraffin and beeswax in a double boiler (that is no longer used for cooking). Do not exceed 180 degrees. Add a crayon to color the wax, if desired.
Dampen sand with water.
Make the sand mold by placing a layer of damp sand at the bottom of a large bucket or tub.

Figure B

Place glass, jar, bottles or shell into the large tub and cover with dampened sand, making sure to leave enough space to remove the item from the sand (figure B).