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Make Your Own Decorative
Candles For Christmas
If you would rather spend a
Mt tie time than a lot of money
on Christmas, why not dis
cover how easily and inexpen
sively you can be creative? In
the workshop of your own
kitchen, you can turn out can
dles that look elegant enough
to have come from a specialty
spot with a king-sized price
tag. You won’t need any fancy
paraphernalia, and, according
to the people on the staff of
Collier’s Encyclopedia, who
furnished the suggestions
which follow, the process is
simple enough to be fun.
(You'll probably find, for that
matter, that your children
want to do some experiment
ing of their own. Let them!
the most you can lose is a few
cents worth of paraffin.)
The Materials
You can, of course, melt
down the odds and ends of old
, candles to serve as the basis
for new ones, but if you’re
atarting from scratch you’ll
need paraffin, stearic acid, and
beeswax. These items are read
ily available at most local drug
stores, dime stores and hard
ware or paint shops. Use them
in this approximate combina
tion: paraffin 60 percent,
stearic acid 35 percent bees
wax 5 percent. Other necessary
materials are colored wax
crayons and commerical wick
ing. The tools involved are a
double boiler, a paring knife
•nd an ice pick.
The Molds
There are dozens of different
sorts of candle molds on the
market these days; experience
•nd ingenuity will suggest less
conventional, more homegrown
varieties to you. Bear in mind,
though, that a freshly made
candle must be easily remov
able from its mold, so a mold
that’s wider at bottom than
at top won’t do. Milk cartons
are favored molds, but they’re
inclined to spread in the mid
dle when hot wax is poured
in; it’s a good idea to girdle
the carton with scotch or ad
hesive tape about a third of
the way from the carton’s top
and bottom before pouring in
the wax.
There are lots of other com
mon tiousehold items which
ean lend their forms to can
dles: fluted gelatin molds, plas
tic flower containers, plastic
refrigerator dishes, mailing
tubes, and the covers of bar
butter dishes. These last are
especially effective if they
have’ pressed designs on top.
Two halves of a candle can be
made and then sealed together
by coating the flat surfaces
quickly with hot wax. insert-
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ing a wick and pressing the
sides together to harden.
The Making
Melt the paraffin-beeswax
strearic acid combination (or
the old candle stubs you’ve de
cided to use in a double-boil
er. Never use direct heat. And
never let the wax mixture get
to the boiling point—it spoils
it for candlemaking.
For coloring whittle an or
dinary wax crayon into flakes,
then stir well into the molten
wax. A single crayon will
color about 2 1/2 lbs. of wax;
use less or more crayon to fol
low your leanings toward eith
er pastel or strong colors. You
probably won’t need the re
minder, at this stage of your
experimenting, that a red cray
on combined with a blue one
one will produce purple, blue
and yellow become green, etc.
Artists’ oil paints, incidentally,
can also be used for this color
ing process but they’re more
expensive, more difficult to
use, and in no way more satis
factory than plain, everyday
crayons.
Before you move on to the
pouring-into-a - mold stage,
spread newspapers around the
work surface you select—
spilled wax can leave bad
stains. Molds of glass, metal or
plastic should be greased with
any sort of shortening or oil
you have at hand —this not
only makes the candle easier
to remove but gives it a lustr
ous finish, too.
A milk carton needn’t be
greased, but it should be very
clean and very dry. If your
mold is a glass one, put it in
side some other container,
since there’s always the un
happy chance that heat will
crack glass.
Pour the wax slowly and
steadily, and then allow the
form at least 12 hours to hard
en. When the time comes to
remove it, you can proceed
pretty much as you do in coax
ing a gelatin salad from a
n old: run the tip of a paring
knife carefully around the in
side edge of the mold and then
tap the bottom gently to loosen
the candle.
To make a hole for the
wick, heat an ice pick and
thrust it through the candle
with firm, even pressure. (Keep
the pick from cooling by dip
ping it into boiling water.)
Your last step, before beauti
fying the candle in whatever
decorative way you choose, is
to thread the wick through the
wickhole.
If you use a mailing tube
mold, which turns out a tall,
slim taper, insert the wick be
fore pouring the wax, as it’s
hard to thread a wick through
such a slender candle. To get
the wick in place, first cut out
a circle of cardboard and punch
a hole through the center.
Now knot the wicking at one
end and run it through the
hole. Then tape the cardboard
to the bottom of the tube, with
the knot on the outside. Pull
the wick up through the tube
and holding it in position until
the wax has been poured and
has started to harden.
A newly made candle, by
the way, even after it’s hard
ened, will stay a bit on the
soft side for 4 or 5 days; let
a week go by before lighting
it.
An antique way to make
candles was by the dipping
I process. If Christmas puts you
in an old-fashioned mood (or
,1 you want a very thin, tapered
Traveling Through
Georgia
THE CITY OF ROSES
Thomasville is recognized as
the “City of Roses” and it de
serves that lofty slogan!
For nearly 30 years, the gar
den clubs of Thomasville have
staged a mammoth rose show
and the interest in the cultiva
tion of roses is immense. They
talk about qther things, of
course, but the prime subject
over morning coffee is roses.
The bankers, the doctors, the
case owners, the merchants,
the service station owners—all
discuss their own progress in
growing roses.
The city’s interest in and love
for beautiful flowers has given
rise to a new industry in the
area. There are several large
nurseries engaged in the pro
pagation of roses, camellias,
azeleas and other ornamental
shrubs. And city streets, like
private gardens, from a lovely
tapestry of color in the bloom
ing season.
But roses are not all Thom
asville offers.
In the forests and on the
farms around Thomasville
you’ll find in abundance quail,
doves, wild turkeys and deer.
President Eisenhower heads the
list of well-knowns who have
come to Thomasville for hunt
ing.
Predatory animals, peculair
to the area, are also plentiful.
On several large lakes within
the Thomasville area, wild
ducks and Canadian geese may
be shot in open season. On
these same lakes and streams,
one may find the best in fresh
water fishing for bream, perch
and bass. For salt water fish
ing, the Gulf of Mexico, but
50 miles away, is the answer.
So, while the city is most
famous for her beautiful roses
—you don’t have to wait until
the rose show in April to en
joy Thomasville.
And if you like beautiful
drives and lovely, palatial
homes. Thomasville is for you.
Magnificent estates, some of
which include beautiful ante
bellum homes, are show places.
These estates have some of the
finest original growth, long
leaf yellow pine timber to be
found in the nation. The forest
lands are unusual. And for the
loveliest country drive in the
state, try Pine Tree Boulevard,
surrounding the city. Here
you’ll find not only the grace
ful long-leaf pine, but trees of
every kind.
effect) try it this way. Fill a
deep, wide-mouthed jar with
hot wax and stand it in boiling
water; fill another jar with
ice water and stand it in ice
cubes. Cut a piece of wick
about six inches longer than
you want the candle to be, and
use the extra length to tie the
wick around a piece of wood
that’s easy for you to grip.
Holding the wick by the im
provised handle, dip it in the
hot wax, allow the wax to
harden in air, then dip it in
the ice water, and let it drain
in the air. Repeat this dipping
maneuver about 30 times. For
a gently tapering look, dip the
first few times all the way into
the wax, then 3/4 of the way,
then half way, then 1/4 of the
way, etc.
Bayberry is a popular frag
rance at Christmas, and bay
berry-scented wax is widely
available commercially, but it’s
quite possible to have your
candles give off other fragran
ces as they burn. Add a few
drops of concentrated perfume
extract to the semicooled wax
before you pour it into a mold.
Flamea will burn with ex
tra-ordinary bright color if the
wicks have been treated with
salts of copper, strontium or
barium. For a vari-colored
flame, treat different sections
of the same wick with differ
ent salts.
If you’d like the candle it
self to be a multi-colored af
fair, it’s easy enough but it
does take time. After the col
ored wax for the top of the
candle has been poured, it
should be left to harden over
night in the mold. When wax
for the second color has been
melted, let it cool a bit before
pouring it into the mold, so
that the colors of the two lay
ers won’t mingle. Carry this on
through as many layers as you
like —varying the width of the
stripes, perhap.
The number of ways in which
to decor ate candles — with
glued-on sequins, glitter,
“jewels”, shells, metallic rib
bon, aluminum foil, artificial
sprays — are limited only by
your own imagination. But if
you feel your imagination is in
itself limited, you can always
look around at the candle
counters in the stores —inspira-
tion doesn’t cost a cent!
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