This Caramel Latte Tea Cup Candle makes a lovely gift for a coffee drinker on your holiday gift list. The best part is that you can make it easily and in a short amount of time.
What You’ll Need
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Any tea cup will do. Just make sure you buy a wick big enough to fit in it. My tea cup was small so I only needed a small votive size wick.
Prepare your tea cup by placing a small amount of wax adhesive to the bottom of your wick and placing it in the centre of your tea cup. Hold for a few seconds and set aside.
The trick to figuring out how much wax flakes you’ll need is easy. Fill your tea cup to the brim with soy wax flakes and dump them into a bowl. Then repeat again. Yes, you’ll need at least double the wax to fill your tea cup. I learned that the hard way while I was making this candle.
Add your soy wax flakes to a bowl over a boiling pot of water. Stir occasionally until it melts. Then, using a thermometer, heat the wax until it reaches 160F. Remove from heat and stir in several drops of caramel liquid dye until you reach your desired colour. I used about 6 drops in mine. Add in 10 to 15 drops of your scent and stir.
Carefully fill the tea cup with the wax and let it harden at room temperature. It takes about an hour or so.
Pretty straightforward right? Do you know anyone who would like this DIY gift?
Caramel Latte Tea Cup Candle
A simple DIY gift for a coffee drinker on your holiday gift list. Who knew making candles could be so simple?!
Materials
- Soy wax flakes
- Caramel liquid dye
- Caramel Latte fragrance oil
- Candle wick
- Wax adhesive
- Tea cup
Tools
- Pot
- Candle thermometer
Instructions
- Prepare your tea cup by placing a small amount of wax adhesive to the bottom of your wick and placing it in the centre of your tea cup. Hold for a few seconds and set aside.
- Fill your tea cup to the brim with soy wax flakes and dump them into a bowl. Then repeat again. Yes, you’ll need at least double the wax to fill your tea cup.
- Add your soy wax flakes to a bowl over a boiling pot of water. Stir occasionally until it melts. Then, using a thermometer, heat the wax until it reaches 160F. Remove from heat and stir in several drops of caramel liquid dye until you reach your desired colour. I used about 6 drops in mine. Add in 10 to 15 drops of your scent and stir.
- Carefully fill the tea cup with the wax and let it harden at room temperature. It takes about an hour or so.
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Doris Calvert says
I would love this as a gift and right now I could not stand long enough to do it and I love candles
Cas says
I’ve been making these for years I also do a black coffee and fruit tea versions x
Julie Wood says
This is such a pretty candle, and my favorite coffee drink is Caramel Latte. And this candle would be great for me! I would love a couple of these in my house!!
Jess says
This is so adorbs!! LOVE it!
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bj says
These would make fabulous gifts…I have 11 ladies (Bunco) that I just might make one of these for…You can find some adorable tea cups at thrift stores and Hobby Lobby has wicks and everything needed. Thanks so much.
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Grandmas House DIY says
What a great gift idea!! And we would love to have you at our Wednesday link party To grandma’s house we go – it runs for a week 🙂 Thanks!
Dara says
these are so cute! It would make an awesome teacher gift! Pinning for later 🙂
Staci @ A Chick And Her Garden says
These are adorable and I love latte candles! Than you for sharing!
Nicki Parrish says
This is adorable, and I wish I could smell it through my computer screen! Thanks for sharing this at Totally Terrific Tuesday, and I pinned this to our board!
Kati says
This would be the perfect hostess gift for the holiday season. I can only imagine it smells amazing! Pinned.