DIY Ghost Candles
Ghost Candles are a super easy craft that even kids will have a blast making! Hot water, candles, and a marker are all it takes to make an adorable piece of decor for the Halloween season.
Ingredients
- 4 cups Hot Water
- White Taper Candles
- 9x13 Glass Baking Dish
- Parchment Paper
- Rubber Gloves
- Black Permanent Marker
Instructions
- Place your candles in a 9x13 baking dish and pour the water into it (or vice versa, doesn’t matter). The water might look a little greasy, and that’s ok, that’s just a bit of excess wax mixing with the water. The candles will want to stick together, so keep them apart.
- Allow the candles to soak for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, if they’re not easily bendable, the water wasn’t hot enough. Try heating the water again, and continue to soak them until bendable.
- Once bendable, using rubber gloves, bend the candles back and forth to make a wavy design and smooth out any finger marks left in the sides of the candle.
- Place on parchment paper and pat dry with paper towels. Let dry for 20-30 Minutes or until solidified.
- Using a permanent marker, draw eyes and a mouth, in the spooky style you desire.
Notes
- Get the water temp just right - 190°F is the perfect temperature for the water. I used 200-degree water and it was a little too hot and melted a bit too much off the candles.
- I really wouldn’t skip the gloves, as they protect your hands from all the stray wax. Makes it a much easier cleanup.
- I used a glass dish because it cleaned up much more easily. If you have wax stuck on your dish, pour boiling water over it and it should melt right off.
- If your candles stick together while soaking, don't worry. They should come apart easily enough and the areas where they were connected can be smoothed when you handle them for shaping.
- If the candles aren’t bending easily, don’t force them or they will just break.