Making Hanukka Candles With Beeswax Sheets
Best Method for Rolling Handmade Candles for Chanuka
Nov 11, 2009
Making candles is a wonderful Hanukkah craft. Hand rolled candles made from nicely textured honeycomb beeswax sheets is fun and results in beautiful Hanukkah candles. The whole family will enjoy making sets of Hanukkah candles together before the holiday.
Hanukkah Candles
To celebrate Hanukkah, each person needs 44 candles. For this project, each person will need 8 honeycomb beeswax candle sheets.
Hanukkah candles must burn for at least one hour. These 6-inch tall beeswax candles will burn longer than the requisite hour.
Popular colors for Hanukkah candles include natural golden honey, royal blue, and white. Beeswax candle making sheets come in a wide variety of colors to suit many tastes.
Beeswax Candle Sheets and Candle Wick
Beeswax sheets are most often sold as 8 inch by 16 inch rectangles. The template at the bottom of the page shows how to cut the beeswax sheets.
Each sheet will produce 8 Hanukkah candles, each 6 inches tall, and one 2 inch tall strip of beeswax. (The leftover strip is perfect for rolling a votive size candle, among other things.)
Hand rolled beeswax candles burn best with thick cotton braided wick.
Hand Rolled Hanukkah Candle Making Supplies
To make 44 Hanukkah candles, gather:
- 6 beeswax sheets
- Thick cotton braid wick
- Piece of cardboard 8" x 16"
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Permanent marker
- Sharp craft knife
- Heat gun.
Template for Hand Rolled Beeswax Candle Making
Using a ruler and a pencil, draw the template found at the bottom of this page on a piece of cardboard. Make sure to click on the image of the template in order to see the entire thing.
- The top horizontal line is 2 inches from the top of the cardboard rectangle.
- That leaves 6 inches in height for each Hanukkah candle.
- Each piece of wax per candle is 2 inches wide.
- There are 8 Hanukkah candles on the template.
When template is complete, go over pencil lines with a dark, permanent marker.
Making Beeswax Candles
- Place beeswax honeycomb sheet on top of cardboard template.
- Holding beeswax sheet in place, carefully slice the sheet over the lines with a craft knife.
- Cut pieces of wick 6.5 inches.
- Lay wick on vertical side of cut honeycomb sheet.
- Briefly warm with a heat gun. Be very careful not to over-do this step; do not melt the wax.
- Starting at the wick, gently roll the wax around the wick so it becomes a candle.
This is a Jewish candle craft that children can safely participate in. Young children should have their wicks cut for them, and young children should not handle a heat gun.
Save the extra strip of 2" x 16" beeswax sheet to make a votive or for havdalah candle making.
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