We are working on a kids' candle-making project here at the library. We found a site that described using acorn squash as the base for a candle. Have any of you ever used produce as a base for candles?
The hour is late, and we are feeling quite silly. We have even thought of clear candles that had hot dogs floating in them. LOL
squash sounds nice..hot dogs...I don't think so...I want to hear what you find out! Sounds interesting. I am afraid the hot dog ones would look like ..well...barf.
When you say as a base, do you mean as the container to hold the wax and wick?
If so I think it would work fine, but would need to be used quickly before the squash would mold/rot.
I have made some soy candles in little hollowed out baby boo pumpkins and they turned out real well!!
I would steer clear of the gel wax it has alot of dangers from what I have read.
I would use a all Soy wax and a natural wick. The soy is great because it melts at a lower temp so their is less worry of burns when working with kids.
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I just knew that one of you would have some info on this. The other librarian said that the acorn squash would be a kind of mold and that the last step would be to peel the squash from the hardened wax.
Would love to learn more about the little pumpkins.
Every Halloween, I use the little mini pumpkins as candle holders. I hollow out a section so that a candle will fit in tightly and set them on different plates or surfaces surrounded by indian corn, etc. I've also used apples in the same way.
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Candles using produce
Posted - Feb 20 2006 : 5:58:27 PM
