DIY Peppermint Candles
Creating DIY Peppermint Candles With A Twist
Create DIY peppermint candles with a twist for creative homemade gifts or peppermint decorations!
If you love peppermint decor or candy cane Christmas decorations – you’re in for a sweet treat! This DIY turns a classic peppermint candy into adorable holiday candles.
Bursting with colorful candy stripes, a bright fragrance, and loads of charm these peppermint twist candles are cute-as-can-be!
Craft the perfect little candle for the creative person in your life. Because you can’t go wrong with a peppermint candle. It’s a candle scent that brightens any space, ideal for the holidays and winter decor.
And I’m happy to share you can make them in minutes without big candle equipment or sewing skills. So, learn how to create these cute peppermint candles wrapped in candy cane fabric with a twist!
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How Do You Make A Candle Smell Like Peppermint Candy?
It’s easy to make peppermint scented candles when you know what to avoid and what to use. Let me explain –
Can I put peppermint extract in a candle? I wouldn’t recommend it. Extracts often have high alcohol content. In fact, the FDA requires that “pure” extracts have an alcohol content of at least 35%, as noted by the Taste of Home. This is similar to the amount of alcohol in hard liquor. Whoa!
That can cause your homemade candle to burn super fast. Which is not safe, because the flame can get way too high or spark! So instead opt for peppermint essential oil or a natural fragrance oil designed and tested for candle making.
I used one ounce of this peppermint oil from Makesy. It’s made better with essential oils, certified phthalate-free, cruelty-free, and paraben-free, among others. The blend captures the crispness of winter with a burst of peppermint, soft spearmint undertones, and a hint of creamy vanilla, creating a merry candle scent.
Brimming with the smell of peppermint candy, you can make an ideal gift for any sweet tooth friend. These candles are as close as, you can get, to putting real peppermints in a candle! (Which I would also avoid, Ha Ha!)
Add These DIY Peppermint Candles To Your Red and White Decor!
It’s easy to decorate the mantel and holiday table displays with a few of these festive homemade candles!
5 Ways To Style Peppermint Candles
Here’s how I’m using them in my peppermint decor:
1. Place an antique tea saucer on your coffee table and put a peppermint candle on it. Add a handful of peppermint candies around it. Light the candle in the evenings to add a joyful scent to your living room.
2. Top of each plate in our holiday table setting with a peppermint candle, acting as decor and party favors for guests. You could even add a tag to each candle with a name to double as place cards!
3. When the candles are done wrap them up again into faux peppermint candies to add country charm to your Christmas decor.
4. Fill a large bowl with a couple or scatter across a buffet or fireplace mantel, intertwined with your holiday garland.
5. Add a festive pop to your shelf decor by leaning these peppermint twists to display upright.
You can add instant flair to your home during the holidays with each idea. So, let’s get started with creating these peppermint scented candles!
Easy DIY Peppermint Candle Twists
Bring the sweet, playfulness of a holiday candy shop into your home with these DIY peppermint candles. With every light, you’ll enjoy the fresh, minty scent of cheer.
They’re the perfect pairing with a steaming mug of peppermint cocoa!
here’s what you’ll need:
How To Make Peppermint Candles
Place Wicks
Stick a wick sticker tab to the end of a soy-dipped 4-inch cotton wick. ( I love that this set comes with wicks, wick sticker tabs, and candle wick holders!) Then adhere it to the center of a 6-ounce candle tin. Repeat until you’ve prepped all four candle tins.
Layer a cookie sheet with parchment paper and place your prepped candle tins fairly spaced apart on top.
Measure Wax
Place a large glass liquid measuring cup on a digital scale. Tare the weight and measure 16 ounces of soy wax.
Melt Wax
Put the measuring cup filled with wax inside the microwave. Microwave in 45-second intervals, stirring in between until melted. I recommended using a no-touch infrared thermometer to monitor the heat of the wax, not letting it rise above 160 degrees.
Add Peppermint
Once the wax has melted, add one ounce of natural peppermint oil for a 6% fragrance load, when the wax is between 150°F – 160°F degrees. Slowly stir it for 2 minutes to thoroughly incorporate the scent.
Pour Wax
Just before you pour the wax heat each candle tin with a heat gun for good adhesion and to avoid cracks in the wax. (Pouring hot wax into a cold tin will cool it too quickly and cause those kinds of problems.)
- Don’t fill the tins to the top, you’ll want to leave room for the lid to close over the wick.
Cut Fabric
Cut four rectangles with pinking shears from ½ yard of cotton red and white candy-striped fabric to create a decorative edge.
Time Wicks & Wrap Candle Tins
Once the candles are completely cooled, trim the wicks with a wick trimmer to ¼ inch. Then place the lids on the candle tins.
Wrap a fabric rectangle around each tin. Then twist and tie the ends tight with red and white cotton bakers twine or red RIC rac to give the appearance of peppermint candy.
Peppermint Candles
Create these DIY peppermint candles with a twist to add instant flair to your home during the holidays and winter season.
Materials
- 16 ounces soy wax
- 4 silver 6-ounce candle tins
- 4 soy-dipped cotton wicks
- 4 wick tabs
- 1 ounce peppermint oil
- ½ yard red and white stripe cotton fabric
- 48 inches red and white bakers twine
Instructions
- Stick a wick sticker tab to the end of a soy-dipped 4-inch cotton wick. Then adhere it to the center of a 6-ounce candle tin. Repeat until you’ve prepped all four candle tins.
- Layer a cookie sheet with parchment paper and place your prepped candle tins fairly spaced apart on top.
- Place a large glass liquid measuring cup on a digital scale. Tare the weight and measure 16 ounces of soy wax.
- Put the measuring cup filled with wax inside the microwave. Microwave in 45-second intervals, stirring in between until melted. I recommended using a no-touch infrared thermometer to monitor the heat of the wax, not letting it rise above 160 degrees.
- Once the wax has melted, add one ounce of natural peppermint oil for a 6% fragrance load, when the wax is between 150°F - 160°F degrees. Slowly stir it for 2 minutes to thoroughly incorporate the scent.
- Just before you pour the wax heat each candle tin with a heat gun for good adhesion and to avoid cracks in the wax. (Pouring hot wax into a cold tin will cool it too quickly and cause those kinds of problems.) Don’t fill the tins to the top, you’ll want to leave room for the lid to close over the wick.
- Cut four rectangles with pinking shears from ½ yard of cotton red and white candy-striped fabric to create a decorative edge.
- Once the candles are completely cooled, trim the wicks with a wick trimmer to ¼ inch. Then place the lids on the candle tins.
Wrap a fabric rectangle around each tin. Then twist and tie the ends tight with red and white cotton bakers twine or red RIC rac to give the appearance of peppermint candy.
Notes
I wanted to gift candles this year that would be enjoyed after the holidays and honestly, I could not be happier with the results!
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