Candle Making Kits

Jump Start Your Candle Making Hobby With Candle Making Kits

By Kim Hayes

Ready to start making your own candles, but you just don't have the time to research all of the steps, types of candle waxes, wicks before you begin making your first candle? Don't despair and give up on your new found hobby. Candle supply manufactures have started offering candle making kits.

The kit comes with all of the necessary tools and supplies to begin making your first candle today. There are many different types of candle making kits available. From kits for adults to kits for children. Always supervise you kids when they are making a candle, they will be working with hot wax that they can easily burn themselves.

Here are some of the more popular kits to consider when selecting your first kit.

Gel Candle Making Kit Gel candles have become very popular because the gel wax is clear. You can get very creative with your gel candle and embed all sorts of colorful items that make your candle uniquely yours. Be cautious that the stuff you select to embed in the candle does not burn up while the gel wax is hot.

I once saw gel candle that looked like an aquarium. The candle was cast in a clear glass container. At the bottom of the candle was had a sandy brown look to it. The middle part was colored a light blue to give it a water like look to it. They even put a metal fish in the candle! It was set off center so that it would not interfere with the burning of the candle.

Look for a kit that contain at least five pounds of gel wax, wicks with metal plate attached to the bottom, three to four different fragrances and one dye color.

Soy Candle Kits Soy candles are becoming every popular because when they are burned they produce very little soot and smoke. Soy wax is made from soybeans. Thus they are considered environment friendly and a sustainable candle making product.

Look for a kit that contain at least two pounds of soy candle wax, 1/2 dozen wicks, two different fragrances and one dye color.

Paraffin Candle Kits Most commercially manufactured candles are made from paraffin wax. The wax is refined from crude oil. Paraffin candles have a tendency to smoke and produce more soot especially if the candle has a high fragrance load or a lot of dye in it.

Look for a kit that contain at least five pounds of wax, pillar candle molds, a dozen or more pre tabbed wicks, four different fragrance oils and three different dyes.

Browse the local hobby shops and the internet and you will find a lot of different specialty candle making kits available. Candle making doesn't need to be a difficult and complex hobby. These candle making kits make it very easy to get started. In next to no time you will be show casing your lovely hand crafted candles to family and friends.

Once you have gotten comfortable in making candles from a kit, extend your skills by learning how to make scented candles by visiting http://www.candlemakinghome.com.