Want to Make a Candle of your Own?

Want to learn how to make candles but don't want to leave your own kitchen?

Candle making is a fun and fulfilling craft activity, and with our insta-candle kits, it's easy, quick and the results are simply stunning. All you need is a jar of your own or one from our extensive range, and an insta-candle kit.

The wax is water soluable so spills clean up easily, you can choose the colour and scent in your kit or you can let yourself be surprised. The kit comes with full instructions, wick, wick holder, colour, fragrance and even a handy microwave safe container to melt the wax.

Making your candle is safe and easy you can use the microwave, and because soy wax has a lower melting point than parafin wax, it's also non toxic - you can even eat it if you like (it doesn't taste all that great though).

The results are stunning. The insta-candle kit makes a perfect gift, a beautiful decoration and a fun craft activity you can even do with the kids.

If you'd like to try some serious candle making, keep an eye out for our range of candle master packs, with all the tools and supplies you need to take candle craft to a whole new level.

Candles 4 Fun Product List

Here you can find a quick run down of the types of products we have to offer...

All candles are scented (unless otherwise requested) with a huge range of fragrances available, and aromatherapy candles can be created upon request.

Mosaics

Our Mosaic candles are among the most popular of our products and burn for 36-40 hours depending on how they are cared for. They are particularly stunning when halfway burnt as the light of the flame sends out a myriad of colours through the glass. The jars are well balanced and do not tip easily and while soy wax never gets hot enough to burn, they make fantastic hand warmers on those cold mornings at the market. Mosaic jars come in dark purple, light purple, blue, yellow, red and prism colours.

Prices

Single Custom $25.00

Single Retail $20.00

Wholesale (10+) $15.00
Party Price $15.00
Refill $7.00
Jar Alone $10.00
Aromatherapy oil $2.50
Burn Time 35-40 Hrs

Large Glass

Our large glass range inclodes rolly pollies, votives, both frosted and unfrosted, candelinas, retangular jars, square jars and a variety of unique shapes, we can source many different jars or fill a jar provided. These candles are ideal gifts and give off a beautiful clear light, and with the clean and healthy soy wax, there are no carcinogens or other toxic gases to worry about.

Prices

$18.00 Single Custom

$14.00 Single Retail

$10.00 Wholesale (10+)

$10.00 Party Price

$5.00 Refill

$8.00 Jar alone

$2.00 Aromatherapy oil

20-25 Hrs Burn time

Medium Glass

Our medium glass range has many of the shapes of it's larger counterpart, however in smaller sizes, with some unique shapes of it's own, including small wine glasses, lidded jars, and stunning mini vases.

Prices

Single Custom $11.00

Single Retail $8.00
Wholesale (10+) $5.00

Party Price $5.00

Refill $3.00

Jar Alone $6.00

Aromatherapy oil $1.50

Burn Time 15-20 Hrs

Small Glass Range

The small glass range has many unique shapes, like shot glasses, double sized tealights and other jars ideal for gift baskets, the bathroom or for just setting a mood. As with all our candles the containers are reusable, so not only are you contributing to an industry based on agriculture, you're helping the planet by recycling.

Prices

$5.00 Single Custom
$3.00 Single Retail
$ 2.00 Wholesale (10+)

$2.00 Party Price

$1.00 Refill

$1.50 Jar Alone

$1.00 Aromatherapy oil

Burn Time 10-15 Hrs

Tealights

Tealights are a fantastic and cost effective way of filling a room with ambient light. They burn completely, give off a beautiful scent, and can be used with aromatherapy burners, our stunning salt candle holders, and anywhere you feel needs some ambience. Our tealights come in two sizes, one in plastic, which is larger, and one in aluminum which is slightly smaller. Tealights can be custom made or containers sold empty for orders over 10.

Prices

Plastic
Single Retail $1.50

Wholesale (10+) $1.00
Refill $0.50
Aromatherapy Scent $0.50
Burn Time 6-8 Hrs

Aluminium
Single Retail $1.00

Wholesale (10+) $0.75
Refill $0.25
Aromatherapy Scent $0.25

Burn Time 4-6 Hrs

A full downloadable list will be available shortly.

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First Candle Party!

Hello and Welcome to the First ever Candle Party blog post.

With 8 Lovely Ladies from the Women's Lifestyle Expo joining Beth (The Candles 4 Fun owner and Party Host), Anja (A candlemaster lending a hand) and Bridget (the Gopher) for an evening of craft, socialising, and dodging Scamp (the dog with a taste for toes).

How We Started

We began with introductions, signing the guest register and a quick rundown of what Soy Candles are all about, and discovered a couple of budding Candlemakers in our midst while everyone admired the selection laid out on display.

Anja then split everybody up into two teams.

What We Made

Team One Made Flourescent Pink candles with a Pina Colada Fragrance, with a little biased encouragement from Bridget (she likes Pina Coladas).

Team Two made Green candles with a Spearmint Scent at the insistence of a certain green obsessed lady on the team (you know who you are!) We filled about 10 jars and 15 tealights with approximately a kilo of wax.

How We Did It

With two posts of water heating up to melt the wax, our guests experimented with their choices, discovering that the wax does not stain, and actually makes a nice moisturiser for the hands, while the fragrances make excellent perfumes. With a range of jars to choose from, everyone tried something different.

We began by melting the wax slowly in small pots placed inside the larger pots of water (we have customer equipment however any pots can be used, the wax cleans up easily), and once the wax was melted, we added the colouring, and as it cooled, the fragrance.

Setting the wicks up in their jars was easy with the ready made wick holders and stickers to keep them in place. From there we added the care labels and started pouring.

The pouring is the fun part because it's very much a game of trial and error. The wax doesn't stain and cleans up with soap and water so there's no fuss and no big mess afterwards.

The thing everyone notices is how well the scent of the candles comes out in the wax and also when the candles burn.

Everyone took home a creation enjoy. Success!

Welcome Aboard!

Hello and Welcome to the Candles 4 Fun Blog!

Lets kick off the Blog with a breif description of what we do.

Basically, we make candles. Not just any candles. These are all natural, non-toxic, healthy candles, made from soy wax. These are fantastic for health spas, resteraunts, decorating, aromatherapy, fun craft activities, gifts, and a host of other great ideas. We'll be posting accounts of Candle Parties we hold, the latest ideas, facts and fun stuff we're doing with this amazing new product.

We're based in the Manawatu, and cater to the whole of the Region. Keep a lookout for more info as it comes up!