Eggshell Candles

Saw this idea online and it's so so cute (and easy!) that I had to make some as little Easter gifts. They are a little fragile (obviously, since they are eggshells!), but I like the jagged edges; they'll be fun adorable gifts or table decorations.





To make: carefully break open eggs leaving as much intact as you can (some of mine are pretty much just halves and even that small of an opening worked); remove the egg, rinse the shell, let it air dry.

Cut small lengths of candle wicks and stick them in the bottom of each eggshell with a little soft wax.

Create a double-boiler by putting an inch of water in a saucepan, place a smaller glass jar or measuring cup (or an empty tin can) in the saucepan. Add candle wax along with a chunk of broken crayon in whatever color you want to the glass jar and melt over low heat.

Once it's melted carefully pour into the broken egg shells. The wicks will probably fall over, I held them in place by resting toothpicks next to each wick until the candle wax set up.

Once the wax is solid trim the wicks to about 1/4" or so. Done! What a cute addition to your Easter decorations - put them in egg cups or small bowls on the table, or at each place setting; or put them in empty egg cartons to give as gifts (if you can bear to part with them haha, I might not be gifting these after all!).

I made them with white eggshells and colored candlewax, but dyeing the eggshells would also be nice.

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Halloween Layered Candle

I made this layered candle using colored granulated wax (purple, orange, black, white - good halloween colors obviously) - it's a simple project that is good to do with kids. It can be a little messy but I've found these things help combat that:

• lay down newspaper
• I like to work on top of old cookie sheets - helps catch wax that doesn't make it into the container
• transfer the granulated wax (it almost has the consistency of sticky sand) into plastic containers - I use old cool whip containers
• use a different plastic spoon or scoop for each color so you aren't transferring colors into each other

Find a clear glass container that you can burn wax in, I usually use mason jars (any size, even little small ones work). Stick a wick to the inside bottom of jar, making sure it's at least as tall as the container you are using, in these photos I have wound the wick around a skewer to help keep it straight up the middle of the jar.  Then layer in the different colors making whatever pattern you like - it's a lot like making sand art, did you do that as a kid? You can tilt the jar so the wax stays on one side then tip the other way for another color, or just do straight layers, or take a long skewer and run down the sides when you're done for a v shaped pattern...whatever you want. Trim the wick to just a little above the wax before burning. Oh, and don't tip the candle over - the wax stays loose until you start to burn it. Yeah, I learned that lesson the hard way...;)