Candle Making for Beginners - a craft for Pleasure or Profit

Learn how to easily make gorgeous candles to use yourself, give to others or to start a craft business

Candle making is one of the most fulfilling and enjoyable of all crafts. You get the creative pleasure and sense of achievement from making your candles and then the enjoyment of using them in your own home, giving them as wonderful gifts or even starting your own craft business. Making candles requires no special skills beyond those taught in this course, it's a craft that's open to anyone - if you can measure flour and boil water, you can make candles!

So why not click the Start Learning button to get cracking in this amazing craft. Or continue reading for more info on the course.

This course will take you from knowing nothing about candle making to having all the knowledge and skills you need to make a range of gorgeous pillar and container candles. Once you've completed the course, you'll be able to use your new-found expertise to confidently invent your own candle recipes.

The course is made up of two main parts. In the first part, I'll use a series of animated video lectures to walk you through the essential concepts you need to understand in order to make candles safely.

We'll cover:

Why candle making is such a fantastic craft to learn
How candles work
How to use candles safely at home
The best way to melt wax safely and quickly
What equipment you'll need (you've probably already got it!)
How to choose a candle mould
What sorts of containers you can use for making candles
The different kinds of wax you can use - and when to use them
How to use dye to create coloured candles
How wicks work and which wick to choose
The two main types of candle making scent