How to Make an Oil Candle

Learning how to make an oil candle adds a new range of candle making skills to an experienced candle maker. Making oil candles are a great place for someone new to the craft of candle making to begin.

Any bottle makes a beautiful oil candle

Oil candles are a beautiful way to add the magic of candlelight to your home decor. This lovely type of candle is made of liquid paraffin oil instead of solid wax. The most common oil candles are made in glass jars or bottles, but brass or stone containers also make wonderful oil candles. The candle wick is suspended in a glass tube, or eyelet, and placed into the oil-filled bottle. Many oil candles are filled with decorative items including:

• Shells
• Marbles
• Beads
• Floral glass
• Dried flowers
• Dried herbs
• Fruit
• Chili peppers
• Flowers
• Flower petals

Oil candles burn with a flame that is clean and odorless. There is no smoke or soot residue. They are a perfect choice for centerpieces on a dining table, as accent candles where a touch of light sets the perfect mood, or outside on a deck or patio. Oil candles are perfect gifts for anyone that enjoys the warmth of glowing candles.

Making oil candles is a craft that is simple and fun. The materials needed for oil candle making are available in most craft stores and online at craft and candle making supply websites.

Follow these simple steps for making a basic oil candle.

• Choose the jar or bottle for your candle.
• Fill the jar or bottle with liquid paraffin oil almost to the top.
• Insert the fiberglass wick into the glass tube allowing the wick to extend about 1/4 inch above the top of the glass tube.
• Place the glass tube into the container making sure the top of the tube is just below the top of the container.

• Jar or bottle
• Liquid paraffin oil
• Funnel
• Oil candle wick
• Thermal glass wick tube (correct size for the container of your choice)
• Adapter adjustment ring (depending on choice of container)

Use your favorite wine bottle, a mason jar, or a maple leaf bottle as a container for your oil candles. In fact, any glass jar or bottle makes a beautiful container for this type of candle. Several styles of jars that look great filled with decorative items include:

• Jelly
• Mason
• Square mason
• Hexagon
• Keepsake
• Apothecary
• Tureen
• Oval hex
• Victorian
• Beveled square

You can easily turn your favorite candle holder into a gorgeous oil candle by using a glass oil candle insert.

The following websites offer oil candle making supplies.

• Lone Star Candle Supply provides a vast assortment of jar styles for candle making.
• National Art Craft offers the following items for oil candle making:
  • Glass oil candle inserts
  • Mason jar lids with glass candle inserts
  • Wick holders
  • Adjustment adapter rings
  • Lamp oil
  • Funnel
• Discount Candle Shop offers candle oil in clear, blue and purple. Also offered are lamp oil cartridges and wicks.
• Candle Light Messages offers fiberglass and cotton wicks, shrink caps and corks. There is also a nice assortment of wick holders in the following materials:
  • Glass
  • Ceramic
  • Brass
  • Aluminum
  • Metal
• Bitter Creek Candle Supply offers oil candle and wine bottle wicks, mason jar wick lids and oil candle inserts. They also offer floating glass oil candles and floating candle wicks and discs.

Once you have learned the basic technique of how to make an oil candle, the styles and designs of candles you can make are limitless. By combining different container styles, colors and decorative items, each oil candle you make becomes a beautiful creation to enjoy or give as a special gift. Be creative, use your imagination and enjoy the craft of candle making.

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