This Fire Hydrant beeswax candle is perfect for making as a wedding favor for your wedding guests. If you are marrying a fireman or are a firewoman, then this would make the perfect fireman themed wedding favor!
Working with beeswax candle material is a simple an easy craft. You do not have to have any candle making experience to accomplish this simple homemade wedding favor craft project.
Overall I think this simple Wedding Fire Hydrant beeswax candle project should take you less than 30 minutes. You should expect to pay about $20 for materials, but you will end up with a large number of great Wedding Ivy candles.
To Make These Wedding Favor Fire Hydrant Beeswax Candle you Will Need:
Beeswax sheets (you choose color, but red is always good!)
Size #3 cotton candle wicks
Fire Hydrant shaped cookie cutter
The first thing you need to do is to unroll the red beeswax. Do this on a flat work surface. You may want to go ahead and plug in a hairdryer near you. This will help to gently heat the beeswax any time you need to.
Now, use your Fire Hydrant cookie cutter to cut out an even number of shapes from the wax. I like to cut out 10 pieces with my Fire Hydrant cookie cutter for this project, but you can do 8 or even 12. Play around with the thickness of your candle so that it works for you.
Now, you need to separate cuttings into two even piles.
From the first pile take one piece of Fire Hydrant wax at a time and stack it onto another from the same pile and press firmly so that they stick together.
Now, Once all of the wax from pile one is stuck together does the same thing to pile two. You should have two even stacks of beeswax.
When both piles are done put a wick between both piles. You will need to press firmly until they are stuck together.
You may find it handy to use the hairdryer at this point to gently stick the Fire Hydrant shaped wax pieces together. Do not melt the wax completely. You don’t want to ruin the look of your beeswax. A little heat really will go along way in making the Fire Hydrant Wedding Favor shapes stick together.
Tips:
You can complete this candle craft project as described before, but add some fun embellishments to make the Fire Hydrant Wedding Favor candles really unique. I like to cut some smaller beeswax shapes out with mini Fire Hydrant shaped cookie cutters. Make sure these will fit onto the original shape. Then press the smaller shapes in place on the outside of the candle. So, for instance you could cut out large Fire Hydrant shapes with you cookie cutters. Use a mini Fire Hydrant shaped cookie cuter and you have a simple and elegant more three-dimensional look to the whole candle.
Always cut the wick down to about 3/8 inch sticking up over the Wedding Favor Fire Hydrant candle. A wick that is too long can be a dangerous fire hazard.
Package the wedding favors in small clear bags and tie them off with a ribbon.
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