5 Benefits of Making Candles Instead of Buying
Making candles can be an extremely rewarding and fulfilling activity. Candles are great to have on hand for a variety of occasions, making them versatile and practical home décor items—not to mention useful tools in the event of an electrical blackout. Candle-making can be fun and interesting and once you learn the procedure, and the benefits of doing so are many. Here are the 5 main benefits of making your own candles instead of buying them.
Save Money
Making candles at home is a great way to save money. Not only will you not need to buy your own candles, you can also save money on gifts for friends and family. Buying supplies in bulk will help you to save money on raw materials you need for this project.
Make Money
Not only can you save money, but you can also make money by making your own candles. Setting up a home-based candle business can help you to supplement your income while doing what you love. If a business sounds too big and complicated, you can start off by hosting a candle stall at fairs and community events. In fact, you can start an online store that operates out of your own home without needing any extra space or room. Scented candles, personalized candles and uniquely shaped candles are just some of the examples that can draw the crowds in. Candles are needed all through the year, so there would be a constant demand for handcrafted candles.
Candle Making as Therapy
Hobbies are a great way to de-stress and calm the mind. Craft projects like candle making can be therapeutic and can help you to wash away your tension and stress easily and naturally. Spending time with wax, wick, colors and perfumes or essential oils while creating something that you love and enjoy is a surefire stress-reliever. In fact, if you make scented aromatherapy candles, you can light them up each time you’re feeling stressed and tense. Inhaling the soothing fragrances will help to calm your mind and lift your spirits.
Fun Craft for Kids
Candle making can be a fun way to spend summer holidays and rainy days with older kids. Since candle making involves dealing with hot wax, it isn’t a good idea to try it out with young children except under careful supervision. However, tweens and teens can be trusted to exercise caution while having fun making candles. Engaging in creative hobbies like candle making will help children to develop their own imagination and have fun while doing so.
Candle Making Can Be Eco-Friendly
Although paraffin wax is traditionally used for candle making, it does increase pollution and leaves an unhealthy impact on the environment. Instead, you can go green with your candles and make them from natural soy wax. Soy candles have a naturally nice fragrance, are relatively inexpensive to make and have a natural sheen and smoothness to their texture. Beeswax is also an eco-friendly option for candle making; however, it is more expensive than both paraffin and soy wax.
Candle making can be fun, therapeutic, eco-friendly and economical. Whether you make candles to give as gifts, to sell at the school fair or simply to create something lovely, the advantages of making your own candles are reason enough to engage in this creative hobby.
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H.R. Helm is an accomplished DIY craftsman. He has been DIY since childhood and is now a septuagenarian. He is experienced in wood and metal construction, having designed and built several houses and metal buildings. He built every permanent building on his current homestead and did all the plumbing and electrical work. He has several years experience as a professional cabinet builder, and he is an accomplished auto repairman, having operated an auto repair business for many years. He currently has a home shop where he sharpens and rebuilds saws, repairs lawn mowers, mobility scooters, hydraulic jacks, and anything else that comes along. He also builds custom tools for metal working. Invention prototypes are another of his many accomplishments. He owned and operated a manufacturing business building Compact Utility Vehicles for homeowner use. H.R. enjoys making jams and jellies during fruit season along with cooking meals. He is committed to outdoor cooking in a Bar-B-Q pit he welded together several years ago. He maintains fruit and nut trees along with helping his wife with a vegetable garden. He farmed commercial garden produce for several years. It helps to have over 50 years of farming and ranching experience. Employment/Education Highlights ASE Certified Master Auto Technician Certified Welder Cross country truck driver -- over dimensional freight Design Engineer/Project Manager for injection molded plastic company Bus Driver/Substitute Teacher Inventor with two patents (weight training – anti-rollback for manual wheelchair) BS in Industrial Technology
