Making taper candles

Try your hand at one of Instagram’s favourite interiors trends.

Have you ever tried hand dipping candles with beeswax? This old fashioned craft is a fun and easy way to spend the afternoon.

Learn how to make beautiful handmade tapered candles at home in this easy tutorial. This DIY can be done in a day, so try it this weekend. Choose patterned molds to create unique candles.

These beautiful honeycomb patterned taper candles look so lovely and charming, are easy to make and fun to give as a homemade handcrafted gift. Burning beeswax candles helps to clean the air naturally while providing a beautiful warm glow. Come along while I show you what you will need and how to make these beautiful beeswax taper candles.

Paraffin and beeswax are probably the most common waxes to use to make dipped tapers. A soy wax, such as Ecosoya PB, may also be used for dipping tapers. The set up time for soy wax, between layers,…

Well, not pure soy, because that's impossible. Have you ever heard of a soy taper candle? Do a search and I think you'll find that they don't exist. Even the harder pillar soy wax is too soft for a taper, so I concocted a soy/paraffin blend which seems to work well. I make them for my soy unity sets which are very popular. I've tried all kinds of additives, but found that a simple blend of pillar soy and high-melt paraffin work just fine. Your taper will still look like soy in texture and…

After a quick soak in hot water, it's easy to twist a plain taper candle into a sculptural piece of table decor. Create an inexpensive holiday centerpiece by grouping several candles together on a tray. Get creative when twisting and shaping your candles, the design options are endless. #twistedcandles #diytwistedcandles #diy #diyideas #bhg

Alysia Mazzella tells her candle-making story this way: "We began in 2017 with the hand-dipped taper. The heart of our studio is this big ol' pot of molten

A beginner's overview on candle making with kids - including detailed instructions for creating beeswax taper candles. It's simple and easy!