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Make Bottlecap Candles from Crayons

9 April 2011 3,901 views 12 Comments

by heather

Make teeny tiny candles out of recycled bottle caps and melted crayons. Such a fun an ingenious idea from Craftaholics Anonymous. This is one of the most impressive crafts I've seen in awhile! I have tinted candles with crayons, but I never thought about just melting crayons into candles. And, I love the use of bottle caps to make wee candles. [how to make crayon bottlecap candles]

Project Estimate:

Recycled bottle caps, on hand
Recycled crayons, on hand or $1
Wicks, $1.50
Recycled soup can, on hand

Total: $1.50 and up

12 Comments »

Kelly said:

What an awesome idea! Thanks so much!

Kelly :)
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# 9 April 2011 at 5:02 pm

Little Bird said:

They probably won’t smell very nice but they do have great novelty appeal.

# 9 April 2011 at 5:40 pm

Mod Podge Amy said:

How cute! The palette is perfect for Kwanzaa too! :D

# 9 April 2011 at 5:52 pm

Kristen_ said:

One word:
A m a z i n g ! :)

# 9 April 2011 at 10:21 pm

songbirdtiff said:

Too cute! I think my cats would have a grand time batting these around the kitchen…

# 10 April 2011 at 6:52 am

Marie said:

Hi!

I just tried making these and have some comments:
a) The wicks ‘die’ as soon as the crayon melts.
b) The smell when you make these is a safe way to a head ache which leads me to
c) they will probably cause headaches when you light them too (since mine didn’t work for long enough to make them really burn I can’t be sure about this one).

Has anyone else got any tried making these cute things? ‘Cause they truly are pretty!

# 10 April 2011 at 11:50 pm