{"id":19763,"date":"2020-11-13T08:59:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T08:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cosyowl.com\/guides\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2025-01-14T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T11:33:32","slug":"how-to-make-tea-light-candles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/guides\/how-to-make-tea-light-candles","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Tea Light Candles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Christmas just round the corner, our easy <a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/guides\/how-to-make-a-candle\">step-by-step<\/a> video created in partnership with Cosy &amp; Country walks you through the process of making your own <a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-making-kits\/soy-wax-christmas-spice-candle-making-kit\">festive<\/a> tea light candles at home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-wax\/paraffin-wax\/kerawax-4105-paraffin-container-wax\/?wmc-currency=EUR\">KeraWax 4105<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-wax\/soy-wax\/kerasoy-4130-container-wax\/?wmc-currency=EUR\">KeraSoy 4130<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-containers\/aluminium-tea-light-cups-39mm-18mm\/?cPath=92_82_91&amp;&wmc-currency=EUR\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cosyowl.com\/candle-containers\/aluminium-tea-light-cups-39mm-18mm?cPath=92_82_91&amp;\">Aluminium Tea Light Cups &#8211; 37.5mm x 22mm<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-wicks\/tealight-wick-tl15\/?wmc-currency=EUR\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cosyowl.com\/candle-wicks\/tealight-wick-tl15\">Tea Light Wicks TL15 \/ S33<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>50ml <a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-making-supplies\/fragrance-oils-for-candle-making\/premium-fragrance-oils\/cosy-owl-premium-1-million-type-fragrance-oil\">Fragrance Oil<\/a> \u2013 we used <a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/fragrance-oils\/red-berry-holly\/?cPath=92_3_67&amp;&wmc-currency=EUR\">Red Berry &amp; Holly<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>3g of <a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-dyes\/bekro-30-6077-red-candle-dye\/?wmc-currency=EUR\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cosyowl.com\/candle-dyes\/bekro-30-6077-red-candle-dye\">Bekro 30\/6077 Red Candle Dye<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-making-supplies\/candle-making-extras\/glue-dots\/?wmc-currency=EUR\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cosyowl.com\/candle-making-supplies\/candle-making-extras\/glue-dots\">Glue Dots<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1 \u2013 Measure &amp; Melt Your Wax<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>First, you need to measure your wax. We have measured out 200g of container wax to fill 10 tea light candles. Once measured, it\u2019s time to melt your wax. Put your wax onto a medium heat until it has melted all the way through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-16.14.16-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1023\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2 \u2013 Prepare Your Containers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Stick your <a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-making-supplies\/tools-equipment\/glue-dots-pack-of-100\">glue dots<\/a> to the bottom of your wicks and place the wicks into the centre of your containers. The centre is marked up in the containers so you can see clearly where they need to go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once you have stuck the wicks into all your containers, its time to add your wick centering tools to hold the wicks in place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-16.15.14-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3 \u2013 Add Your Dye<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once your wax has melted all the way through, let it <a href=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/candle-making-supplies\/glitters\/lake-blue-biodegradable\">cool<\/a> to 65\u00b0C before you start to add your dye. We used half of the 3g bag of red dye, as we are using a smaller amount of wax then we would when making larger candles. Gently stir your dye into your wax until is has evenly blended.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-16.16.48-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4 \u2013 Add Your Fragrance Oil<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When your dye has melted completely you can add your fragrance oil, we have chosen the festive Red Berry &amp; Holly. We have added 10ml of the fragrance oil which will be a good distribution for the 200g of wax. Gently stir the fragrance oil thoroughly through the wax.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-16.16.23-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 5 \u2013 Pour The Wax<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once your wax has cooled to between 50\u00b0C \u2013 60\u00b0C you can carefully pour your wax into the containers. Once poured, leave them overnight to set for 24 hours.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-16.17.05-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 6 \u2013 Trim The Wicks<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once your candles have set, you can take off your wick centering tools and trim the wicks. We recommend trimming the wicks to around 5mm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-6 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-11-12-at-16.17.24-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 7 \u2013 Enjoy!<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now you can enjoy your festive tea light candles!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\">\r\n<li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\">\r\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/V-ip9D6w-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1019\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Christmas just round the corner, our easy step-by-step video created in partnership with Cosy &amp; Country walks you through the process of making your own festive tea light candles at home. &nbsp; Ingredients KeraWax 4105\u00a0or\u00a0KeraSoy 4130 Aluminium Tea Light Cups &#8211; 37.5mm x 22mm Tea Light Wicks TL15 \/ S33 50ml Fragrance Oil \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":39796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[674,685],"tags":[327,349,328],"class_list":["post-19763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-candle-making","category-christmas","tag-how-to","tag-tea-light","tag-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosyowl.com\/en_ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}