Comments on: Homemade Holidays: Crock Pot Candles

By: Summersgabby

Summersgabby — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:26:19 +0000

Great HINT for coloring. We use broken crayons. Just grate them and melt them in the wax.

By: Salekdarling

Salekdarling — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:53:02 +0000

@Nadine, I’m a bit behind on your comment for me but that is a great idea! Thank you!

By: Silver Harvest Candles

Silver Harvest Candles — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:30:59 +0000

Awesome ideas. Love the candles they all look great

By: Sayward

Sayward — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:09:55 +0000

@ Liz – Thanks, I’m so glad you like the blog. =)

Good luck with the candle making!

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 15:30:58 +0000

I just came across your blog because I was searching for an easy way to make candles. I want to make a personalized housewarming present for a friend of mine. I can’t wait to do this!! Thank you for posting this! And I love your blog :-)

By: Sayward

Sayward — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:56:56 +0000

@ Amy – You’re welcome!

@ Emily – Yes, craters are a problem with the wider candles. It just has to do with the way wax dries. Easy to fix though, you just need to heat up a bit more wax and then add it to the crater. It’ll cool seamlessly with the candle and cover up the hole. Luck!

@ Timothy – Thanks for the tip!

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:30:48 +0000

As I thought about my trouble with this more last night, I realized that maybe heat got trapped in the airspace beneath the bottom lip of the teacups causing them to stay warmer in the middle and melt off wax as the rest was cooling?

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:03:47 +0000

If someone is concerned about making a mess of the crock pot, you can buy food grade liners. I happen to use EZPans, and I’ve seen some by Reynolds in the store. Works for food, or wax :)

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:26:38 +0000

So I did this today with two old teacups I found at a thrift store. I got them all done and left them to set while we went to celebrate Christmas with my hubby’s family. When we got home, the candles have a little crater in them near the middle next to the wicks (off to one side, not around the wicks). Any ideas as to what might have caused this? The teacups aren’t very big but are obviously bigger than shot glasses. Is it because they’re wider?

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:15:02 +0000

Awesome! This looks so easy (and no mess – yay!). Thanks!