DIY Soy Lavender Candles

The cousins in my family have a tradition of making Christmas gifts. Better known as Craftsmas we each try to come up with the most creative ideas to make for each other. Over the years we have made some really cute projects! This year I made soy lavender candles in some vintage mason jars I bought at a garage sale. They actually turned out to be way easier to make than you would think. After reading a few blogs I found some short cuts and tips to make your crafting easier.

Supplies:

Jars

Wicks 

Wax

Pencils

Tweezers 

A stove and pot

Essential Oil

Glue

I bought all supplies at Michaels they have a huge selection of candle making supplies! 

To start take your wicks and glue them to the bottom of your jar. If your jars are small like mine were you might need tweezers to get your wicks in. This will keep it secured when you pour the wax in and keep it from floating up. You want to let this sit and dry while you melt and scent your wax. 

To get you wax going keep the stove on the lowest possible setting. Some blogs say you need to grate the wax down before you melt it but that took extra time and was unnecessary. Put all the wax into your pot. You don't want the wax to boil you want it to slowly melt. Once everything is melted and you have liquid wax you can add the essential oil. Add as much or little as you like.

(My arm was numb making these shavings!) 

Once your oils are added and ready to go keep warm while you get your jars ready. Take the wick and wrap the excess around your pencils. This will keep the wick straight and in the center of your jar while you pour.

Once all your jars are prepped and ready you can pour the wax into the jars. They will slowly turn solid and look like real candles! Let sit over night and no matter how tempting don't remove the pencils till they are completely dry!

When the are dry you can remove the pencils and cut the wicks to fit your jar. Be careful about how tall you leave the wick you want it to settle inside the rim of your jar.