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Candles

catlady1 — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 23:43:46 GMT

Do you remember candles made with old chriistmas cards and wax that lookked whipped? If aanybody sees this and has instructions PLEASE let me know.

Love Valeriies thhings and it miight be a fllameless item she cooulld do even.

Re: Candles

pattypeep — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:18:00 GMT

I vaguely remember something like that. It seems to me that it had to do with utilizing the square wax milk cartons. (Do they even have those anymore)? Something like cutting the carton down in height matching the Christmas card's scale, then setting four cards around the inside of the milk carton facing out, adding the wax, then pulling the milk carton away when the wax is set. ?????

Re: Candles

DoneTryin — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:32:56 GMT

I just Googled "whipped wax candles" & found lots of sites that have info & instructions. I'm not getting specific here because there are too many. There are video demos on Youtube, too.

Re: Candles

Carmie — Sun, 15 Nov 2015 00:55:34 GMT

When I was a kid, we used to put a card in a one half gallon cardboard milk cartons and put a wick in there tied to a pencil that we placed over the top to keep the wick straight and tight. We would fill the carton with ice chips then pour the melted candle wax over the ice. When the wax was hard, we would peel away the cardboard.