Step 3. Shaping our mold

Now that we made our mold we need to shape it.

Bend the mold into a tear shape like in the picture below.

Using your finger make a crease at the folded area.

Your mold should now look like this.

To achieve the heart shape, you need to make a crease in the center top of the candle. This crease needs to be bent towards the inside of the mold. As seen in the photo below.

Now you should have a heart shaped candle mold!

Step 4. Sealing our mold

Now that we have our mold we need to seal the bottom of it so that we can pour our wax into it. Lay another piece of card stock or folder down and glue your heart shaped mold to it using your hot glue gun.

This will create a seal and prevent our wax from leaking out!

Now that we have our mold and it is ready it’s time to move on to our next step.

Step 4. Melting our wax

Now it’s time to melt the wax that we prepared in step 1. The wax we have chosen for this example has a melt temp of 128 degrees . It has a suggested pour temp of 185 degrees . It is important that we do not pour our wax at a temp that is too high, this will burn off our candle scent before the wax hardens and we could end up with an unscented candle and it could cause the surface of the candle to become deformed.

Turn the burner on and bring the water in your double boiler to a
slow boil. Add your wax to the top pan. Do not put the wax in the boiling water.

Important Tip!

The wax will turn from a solid white to a clear liquid. Wax expands as it is heated so make sure that your top pan or pour pan has plenty of room to allow for the wax to expand.

Once the wax has achieved a nice temp of 185-190 degrees , we bring the heat down on the double boiler.

Valentine’s Day candle creations tutorial part 3!