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DIY Wooden Wick Candles
Most of my family members like to make gifts for each other. About a year ago, I started making gifts and rings and things out of wood veneer. I realized that wooden wick candles (which are very expensive to purchase) can be made very simply using thin strips of veneer.
This year, my mom and I spent an afternoon making homemade wooden wick candles to give to neighbors, co-workers and family members. They make great gifts for candle lovers, they’re very customizable and you can up-cycle almost any kind of glass or metal container to use as a candle holder.
Here’s how we did it.
We cut strips of wood veneer in a variety of sizes. The thinnest were roughly a third of an inch wide, the widest were roughly three-quarters of an inch. There’s a lot of room to play here and you can customize the veneer to fit any size candle holder. You could even use a couple of wooden wicks if you wanted to, I suppose.
We used chopsticks and bamboo skewers to hold the wooden wicks in place over the jars and candle holders. It was an easy, effective way to hold them in place.
Then we melted the wax. We used plain candle wax and melted batches of about a pound at a time. I ordered four different essential oils that could be mixed and matched: cedarwood, cranberry, orange and cinnamon-spice. We added about forty drops of oil per pound of wax. Let the wax dry completely, then trim the wicks. It’s as easy as can be!