How to Make Beeswax Acorn Cap Candles
Enjoy making these whimsical acorn cap candles that you've gathered and float them in a bowl of water for an enchanted setting.
Yield: 2 dozen
Equipment
- Old pot and can
- Shallow bowl
- Sand or other material to set the caps on
- Disposible plastic cup
- Scissors
Materials
- Acorn caps
- Beeswax
- Wicking
Instructions
- After you gather the acorn caps place them on a baking sheet covered with foil in the oven on the lowest setting for one hour.
- Place some sand or similar material in a shallow bowl or dish such as a pie plate and set the acorn cap on top to level them.
- Melt some beeswax and pour it into a small plastic cup.
- Squeeze the cup to pour and fill each cap.
- Allow the wax to harden a little and then set a piece of wicking in the middle.
- Once the wax has hardened trim the wicks.
- Float the acorn cap candles in water in any container and light as you wish.
Notes
These candles will burn for maybe 10 -20 minutes. However, you can also reuse them with more wax and add a new wick.
Keeping the wicks trimmed to 1/4 inch helps keep the flames from getting too high.
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