Black Forest Cake Candle

This is a Black Forest cake Candle made totally with paraffin wax.This particular cake is our family favorite and tastes good too.
Its easy to make a wax cake as it does not require a particular mold, any round metal container can be used .
The chocolate brown base was made in a round metal box , the cream is whipped wax and the red cherries are handmade red wax balls.

Strawberry Cupcake Candles-Tutorial

Fake food candles are pretty unique and most of the times we have to be very creative to achieve the look we want.These are strawberry cupcakes made in real pastry molds used for real cupcakes !
Here is a tutorial on how to make them.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
1 Wax and additives (stearic acid )
2 Wax colors , brown for the cupcake, pink for the topping
3 Wick , prepared earlier
4 Pastry mold
5 Double boiler, spoon, wick tabs.

PROCEDURE
Heat some wax in a double boiler , mix steric acid , a bit of brown color .
Put the primed wick in the wick tab and set it in the lightly oiled mold.
Pour in the brown colored wax in the mold.
Let it set for an hour.
Heat some wax and make light pink shade , let it cool, make froth . Spoon it over the set wax , keep the wick centred.
Spoon red melted wax over it if desired.

Mushroom Candles

Mushroom Candles are handcrafted novelty candles and add beauty and elegance to any decor.They are quite easy to make.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
1 Wax , wick ,stearic acid , red , green wax color
2 Flat tray or baking tray (aluminium )
3 A round flat mold for the base
METHOD
Melt wax in a pan for the base. Pour it in the lightly oiled mold and let it set for a few hours. Unmold and keep ready .
Mushroom Stem - Melt wax in a pan , add a pinch of staeric acid, and pour it in an aluminium flat tray or plate , a steel plate will also do. Prepare wick by dipping in the melting wax.
Cut a three inch wick ready. While the wax is still rubbery and spongy to touch mark a 2 inch by 4 inch strip for the mushroom stem with a knife. Pick the strip carefully and roll the wick in it. Do not cut the excess as we need it ! This takes care of the stem.
Mushroom Head- Mix in red wax color in the left over wax and heat it, pour it in the tray. While still warm scoop up a small amount and fashion it into a cap for the mushroom stem. Make a tiny hole in the centre of the wax cap and attach it to the ready stem by threading the wick through it. If required a little bit of melted wax can be used to make it stick.The mushroom candle is ready and now the excess wick can be cut.
Base - Take the ready base and layer it with foam wax, green wax color can be added to give it a natural effect ( heat wax , let it cool , make froth with fork or whisk ) .Quickly insert the prepared mushrooms into the warm wax froth as desired .White acrylic paint can be used to dot the mushrooms if required.
TIP- Several wax stems can be prepared and kept ready, even wax mushrooms can be stored and used accordingly.

Icecream Candle-Tutorial

This is a very popular candle and quite easy to make !
Method-
1 Select a glass of your choice , also select a color scheme .
2 Melt wax as given in candle making tutorial - Melt wax in a  double boiler add stearic acid , color of your choice.
3 Prepare a cherry by making a small ball of red wax when it turns rubbery.
4 Set the wick in a wick tab and position it in the glass.
5 Pour in the colored melted wax of your choice , keeping the wick centered .
6 Wait for the wax to set , the bigger the container, the more time it takes.
Foam-
Melt white wax and wait till a layer forms on the surface, spoon it in the glass for foam effect.
(After the wax has nearly set pour in wax foam with a spoon keeping the wick centred at all times.)
Top up with prepared wax cherry.
Let the candle set for a day.

Watermelon Candle

This is a very delicious looking candle and looks mouth watering !Its quite easy to make. For this we need a pyramid shaped mold ,so that the candle looks like a slice of water melon.
MATERIALS REQUIRED-
Wax, stearic acid, red, green ,black wax colors, wick and a little veg oil/ silicone spray ,seaaling dough and a pyramid mold.
METHOD-
Heat wax in a double boiler , mix staeric acid , prepare wick and add red wax color . Prepare the mold by smearing it with veg oil or spray it ,thread the wick and seal the hole with sealing dough.
Since this candle will be made upsidedown we have to imagine an inverted water melon slice ! So the red wax goes in first , fill only 3/4 of the mold.Let it set for a few hours, repour after making relief holes as the cooling wax will shrink.
After the red wax is rubbery or nearly set ,heat a small amount of wax with additives , and pour it carefully. We need a thin white line so the be careful !
After the white wax has set , heat a small amount of wax ,add stearic acid and green wax color. Pour it over the white layer. This makes the rind of the fruit.
This takes care of the water melon slice, now we have to make the seeds to make the candle look natural !
Mix in a black wax color in a small amount of wax and heat it. Make tear shaped seeds with a sharp knife or mold them with your hands.
We can stick them on the ready candle with wax glue or hot wax. Sticking them inside the mold before pouring the red wax can be done but its dicey as generally the seeds settle at the tip of the candle ! Sticking them on the candle is foolproof and easy.
Another way is to paint the seeds with black acrylic paint on the candle.
Let the candle set for a couple of hours and unmold by removing the sealing dough opening the knot.
Enjoy and be ready for the compliments !!

Beer Gel Candle -Tutorial

Beer Candle is a very highly appreciated candle and is very popular. Both wax and gel are used for making it.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
1 Gel wax
2 Paraffin wax
3 Stearic Acid
4 Wick
5 Beer mug
METHOD
Take a beer mug and wipe it clean. Prepare wick by dipping it in melted wax and stearic acid, hang to dry. Cut a long piece of wick and stick it to the bottom of the mug with fevicol. Melt gel in a double boiler as gel is highly inflammable like wax and it can burst into flames if allowed to heat too much. Pour the melted gel into the beer mug slowly , the bubbles will appear slowly as the gel sets. Wait for a few hours .
Melt plain wax in a double boiler ,add a pinch of stearic acid. Remove from heat and let it cool. Pour slowly on to the mug filled with gel. The foamy effect appears as the wax sets.
Thats why I call the Beer Candle a cool candle, the slightly cool gel gives it bubbles and the cool wax makes foam!