Crayon Candles

Make these simple, yet beautiful homemade Crayon Candles with old, used crayons that your kids just throw away. A beautiful candle shapes up out of those old crayons after recycling them and create splashes of color in your homemade candle.

What You Need

• Wicks
• White wax
• Glass jars
• Wax boil bags
• Old broken crayons
• Pencil or Chops Sticks

How To Make It

1. Use clear jars that are generally laying about the house.
2. Pickles and jelly jars are excellent for this type of project.
3. You can try those boil bags, wicks, and wax at a local craft store.
4. Gather all your broken crayons and separate them into color schemes.
5. I used a sharp knife that worked much better.

The hard part of this project was getting the wicks to stand up straight while we poured the wax.
Here's a trick, tape the wick to a pencil or a chop stick (if you have one) and lay that on top of the jar.
If the wick is not straight, the candle will not burn well.

6. After the jars are ready, melt the white wax in a boil bag.
7. Pour the wax, a little at a time, add the broken crayons to the mix.
8. Since the wax is hot, the crayons melt, and the effect is very artistic!
9. Once the jar is full, top it off with a handful of some interesting color. The hot wax caused the colors to "run" into the candles.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
Karen Armacost

very col idea, but the candle in the photo isn't in a jar?

HI! GREAT IDEA ! I REMEMBER YEARS AGO SOMEONE DOING THIS ?........ BUT HOW IS THE SMELL FROM THE CRAYONS??? DO YOU PUT A GOOD SMELLING...OIL IN TOO??? JUST WONDERING HOW THEY BURN TOO????? FOR SHARING...............(SORRY DID NOT MEAN A THUMBS DOWN MY EYES THOUGHT IT WAS QUESTION,,,,,,,,,,LOLOLOL PLEASE FORGIVE ME :(

You really need to be cautious when adding oils to candles - make sure that it is a candle compatible scent

To be honest I have not buened the candle as of yet, but they do make scents for candle making and as Slide has mentioned you want to be careful when choosing them. ( Slide!)

No worries SweetPeazzz

I made my candle in a mold but it can be made in a jar. I'm sorry I goofed and forgot to mention to spray the jar with "Pam" so that the candle slides out easy when cooled.

Thanks you guys, and have a great day!

Originally Posted by karenfoiles

Make these simple, yet beautiful homemade Crayon Candles with old, used crayons that your kids just throw away. A beautiful candle shapes up out of those old crayons after recycling them and create splashes of color in your homemade candle.

What You Need

• Wicks
• White wax
• Glass jars
• Wax boil bags
• Old broken crayons
• Pencil or Chops Sticks

How To Make It

1. Use clear jars that are generally laying about the house.
2. Pickles and jelly jars are excellent for this type of project.
3. You can try those boil bags, wicks, and wax at a local craft store.
4. Gather all your broken crayons and separate them into color schemes.
5. I used a sharp knife that worked much better.

The hard part of this project was getting the wicks to stand up straight while we poured the wax.
Here's a trick, tape the wick to a pencil or a chop stick (if you have one) and lay that on top of the jar.
If the wick is not straight, the candle will not burn well.

6. After the jars are ready, melt the white wax in a boil bag.
7. Pour the wax, a little at a time, add the broken crayons to the mix.
8. Since the wax is hot, the crayons melt, and the effect is very artistic!
9. Once the jar is full, top it off with a handful of some interesting color. The hot wax caused the colors to "run" into the candles.

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!
Karen Armacost

That looks like fun. I'm going to have to try that. thanks for sharing... shelly Morin

Love the candle...I used to do the gel wax candles...Thanks for sharing...

Smiles & Hugs...

What a grea project to do with all those broken crayons for my students.
Thanks so much.

Deb C

nice idea. Not sure about the look of the candle though in the picture. Is it safe to use this technique do you know?