Candle and Soap Making Projects and Resources

Candle and soap making is a utilitarian craft that's been around for centuries. Techniques for making home made candles and soaps includes melting waxes and adding scents and oils, and setting the liquid in a variety of molds. Scents, decorative finishes, and accessories are added to candle creations to make beautiful home decorations and gifts.

Free Soap & Candle Making Projects on Creativity Portal

Checkerboard Soap Bars
Easy as 1, 2, 3!

Easter Soap Bars
3D Soaps to fill Easter Baskets.

Autumn Soap Bars
Seasonal decoration touches.

Embossed Votive Holder Shade
Create the look of stained glass.

Jar Lid / Candle Decoration
Add your personal touch.

Preserved Flower Candles
How to add objects onto candles.

Orange-Eucalyptus Bath Salts
How to make your own.

Within this collection of candle and soap making resources you'll find articles, projects, and Web sites explaining the candle and soap making process, historical information, safety and burning tips; and many that share free projects, techniques, and tutorials for your creative candle and soap making projects.

Candle and Soap Making How-to Resources

Gelluminations Soy and Gel Candle Information
Features gel and soy candle making FAQs, an extensive fragrance chart with MSDS information, gel and soy candle making tips, and an online catalog of supplies.

The Soap Making Home Page
Learn how old timers used to make soap and how it's made today! Includes soap recipes, lye to fat table, rebatching, soap cooking, rendering fat, determining pH, and basic soapmaking instructions.

Candle Cauldron
Candle making information, tips, ideas, and resources. Dictionary of candle making terms, candle burning and safety tips, scent mixing ideas and recipes, candle history, and hot topics in candle making.

Candle Making Techniques
A community site for candle making instructions and project ideas. Includes melting wax, pillar instructions, votive candle, container candle, water baths, color suggestions, techniques for chunk candles, wax art, hurricane shells, and message boards.

Rebecca's Soap Delicatessen
How to make your own soap and toiletries. Free soapmaking and toiletry recipes, plus basic instructions and resources to get you started, as well as a forum for discussing all your ideas!

Miller's Homemade Soap
Learn how to make homemade soaps. Features soap handouts, traditional methods with notes, modern soap making procedures, all vegetable soaps and recipes, where to find ingredients, recipes using animal fats, castile soap recipes, making clear glycerin soap, and soap making FAQs.

How Does a Candle Work?
Learn about the amazing lighting system that a candle is, and how the wick and wax of the candle work together resulting in a phenomena where "the fuel itself is the package."

The Candle Making Business Resource
Features candle making business information including marketing, articles, forums, message boards, forms, and resources for beginning chandlers.

Charleston Candle Company
Tips and rules for candle making safety, free candle magic instruction leaflets, and free printable instructions for over 20 candle projects including: floating, ice, cupcake, marbleized, mushroom, flower pot, squash, sand, gel, soy wax, and beer candles.

Candle and Soapmaking at About.com
A solid candle and soap making resource! Includes tons of articles and free projects for candle, soap making, and related topics. Candle how to, facts, mold information, history, gel, hurricane, layered, scented, aromatherapy, and product reviews.