How to Make Coffee Candles
9 June 2026How to Make a Gel Candle
9 June 2026Floating candles look beautiful drifting in a bowl of water, the bath or the pool, and they are easy to make at home. This easy recipe from The Soap Barn uses simple candle making supplies.
What you will need
- White powder candle wax
- Pre-waxed wicks
- Cookie cutter
- Baking tray
- Kebab sticks
- Tin foil
- Candle dyes or wax crayons
All available from our candle making supplies range.
Method
- Melt your wax gently and pour it into a foil-lined baking tray.
- When the wax is almost set (still warm), cut shapes with a cookie cutter and make a hole through each with a kebab stick.
- Leave to set fully, separate the shapes and thread a pre-waxed wick through each.
- Dip each candle in coloured melted wax seven or eight times, then trim the wicks. Float in water with flowers, in the bath or in the pool.
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