Candle Making for Beginners - for Fun or to Build a Business (Udemy.com)

Learn how to easily make gorgeous candles to use yourself, give to others or to start your own craft business

( 85 Reviews )

Created by: Kevin Partner

Produced in 2016

What you will learn

Make a range of beautiful candles at home using standard kitchen equipment
Choose the right wax and wick combination for each candle
Decide how much candle fragrance and dye to use for each candle
Handle wax and scent safely in the home

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Overall Score : 92 / 100

Course Description

Launched March 2016! Candle making is one of the most fulfilling and enjoyable of all crafts. You get the creative pleasure and sense of achievement from making your candles and then the enjoyment of using them in your own home, giving them as wonderful gifts or even starting your own craft business. Making candles requires no special skills beyond those taught in this course, it's a craft that's open to anyone - if you can measure flour and boil water, you can make candles!

So why not click the Start Learning button to get cracking in this amazing craft. Or continue reading for more info on the course.

This course will take you from knowing nothing about candle making to having all the knowledge and skills you need to make a range of gorgeous pillar and container candles. Once you've completed the course, you'll be able to use your new-found expertise to confidently invent your own candle recipes.

The course is made up of two main parts. In the first part, I'll use a series of animated video lectures to walk you through the essential concepts you need to understand in order to make candles safely.

We'll cover:

Why candle making is such a fantastic craft to learnHow candles workHow to use candles safely at homeThe best way to melt wax safely and quicklyWhat equipment you'll need (you've probably already got it!)How to choose a candle mouldWhat sorts of containers you can use for making candlesThe different kinds of wax you can use - and when to use themHow to use dye to create coloured candlesHow wicks work and which wick to chooseThe two main types of candle making scent

In the second part of the course, I'll show you how to make nine different candles. I provide complete ingredient lists (I use only standard ingredients you can obtain from most candle suppliers) and you can watch me make the candles live on camera. Every step has been filmed so you can make your candles with me!

We'll make

A basic pillar candle - the foundational recipe for all pillar candlesA tea cup container candle - the basic technique used for all container candlesA two colour pillar candleA pillar candle made using wax chunksA pillar candle with a base of coffee beansA candle made out of a flower potA candle made in a tinA glass container candleA glass candle with a transparent base containing coffee beans

I'll also show you a range of decorating techniques for your pillar candles including transfers, stencils and stamps.

To keep costs down, I use a relatively small, plastic, mould so you're not wasting wax as you practice but all these techniques can be easily scaled up to a candle of any size.

And I'm on hand to answer any questions you have on candle making - just add a question once you've enrolled.

I'm Kevin Partner of MakingYourOwnCandles and I've been making candles for many years - why not join me by clicking the Start Learning button?

Who this course is for:
This course is suitable for complete beginners, all you need is access to basic kitchen equipment

Time: 2h

Instructor Details

Kevin Partner

4.6 Rating
85 Reviews

Founder and Chief Geek at MakingYourOwnCandles-co-uk which has the UK's widest range of candle making kits and equipment. A candlemaker since 2009, I have designed and developed dozens of candle styles and turned them into easy to use kits that have been enjoyed by tens of thousands of people in the UK and elsewhere.
I am also a published writer - contributing to national magazines in the UK on a regular basis since 1995 as well as authoring a number of books published traditionally and also self published. I write mainly about business and technical subjects. I am the author of the best selling Your Craft Business: A Step by Step Guide which has gone on to sell many thousands of copies to aspiring crafters.
I'm a professional programmer who, over the years has learned and used over a dozen languages for commercial purposes. My current expertise is in PHP, Python, ActionScript and Ruby.
In my leisure time I like to play video games with my son, write fiction and cook.

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By Orla Kelly on 11/22/2020

I thought the course was poor. I make candles myself and i just wanted to take this course to see if i could learn something new. It was disappointing with regard to the specifics.. No thermometer, No instructions using soy wax only parrafin which i avoid. Some of the health and safety i would be concerned about also!

By Avereon Evering on 10/14/2020

Was definitely what I expect, simple and to the point.

By Diane Dabrowski on 10/4/2020

Easy to follow and understand

By Margit McQueenie on 9/18/2020

Easy to follow and basic equipment needed that is probably available at home already

By Veronica Riach on 9/10/2020

To be honest wasn't the course i was wanting I clicked on the wrong one but feel I learned a bit from it was just hoping it was a little better in depth detail as I was looking for

By Rebecca Exley on 9/1/2020