Homemade Sand Candles

Quick and Easy Sand Candles

Materials:

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

Steps:

1. Put on rubber gloves, then mix together sand and food coloring with your hands.
2. Hold the candle by the wick, then apply spray adhesive and roll into the sand

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:

1. 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.
2. Dampen sand with water.
3. Make the sand mold by placing a layer of damp sand at the bottom of a large bucket or tub.
4. 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 . Remove the glass, jar or bottle from the sand.
5. Place wicking into the sand mold, winding excess wick around a wooden skewer.
6. Very slowly pour the wax into the sand mold, making sure that the wick stays straight and upright. Let the wax stand overnight.
   
7. Remove the candle from the sand and brush off any excess with a small paintbrush.
8. Snip the wick off to about an inch.