Handmade Christmas: Beeswax Poinsettia Candles

These poinsettia candles make for a fun, handmade Christmas project. They are made with beeswax and soy wax and scented with festive essential oils. Beeswax poinsettias look fabulous and festive, topping a soy candle. And when the beeswax toppers melt, they give off a wonderful honey scent which fills the room with even more holiday cheer. 

Poinsettia candles in jars combine a few things that I love: handmade candles, mason jars, and holiday themed-gift ideas. They look complicated, but with just some sheets of red and green beeswax and a few mason jar candles, you can put together these festive poinsettia candles in a snap, making them a handy last-minute gift idea.

I’ll admit, they aren’t botanically correct, and I’m OK with that! I didn’t originally plan for them to look like poinsettia candles, but when they were finished, they looked like poinsettias to me.

You could certainly add your own design to the flowers with some more layers of red bracts and some yellow flowers in the center.

Here’s how I made them!

DIY Beeswax Poinsettia Candles

This crafty project is also scalable to fit in with the craft time you have available. Make the mason jar candles from scratch following these instructions, or purchase candles that are already made and add the beeswax poinsettia as your homemade personal touch!

Materials

Make It!

To make your own, start off by making some soy mason jar candles or purchasing some candles in glass jars. Ensure your candles have enough room at the top to accommodate the beeswax flower, approximately 3/4 full.

I like to add some Christmas-themed scent with essential oils, such as cypress, cedarwood, and sweet birch for an evergreen scent. You can also try a pumpkin spice fragrance blend.

Use a cookie cutter to cut out your flower shapes from the beeswax sheets. No cookie-cutter? Try using a detail craft knife instead.

I alternated between using the smooth and the honeycomb side for variety.

Use the pen to cut out a hole in the center of your flower shape, and slide it over the wick.

Cut out your secondary colour with the cookie cutter. Use the knife to separate the petals. Using the tacky wax and a popsicle stick, add the petals as a second layer around the wick center.

Press each petal down at the center to firmly attach it, and carefully curl the outer tip upwards to create a 3D effect.

For the third and final layer, use the knife to cut out smaller petal shapes. Use the tacky glue and a popsicle stick to adhere the petals to the center. Finish by curling up the outside.

Trim your wick to 1/4″ tall.

Wrap the jars with some ribbon or cotton string and add a pretty label to the lid. These poinsettia candles look beautiful clustered together in the center of the table during the holidays, and make a wonderful hostess gift.

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