How Do You Make Vegetable Oil Candles?
Vegetable oil candles are an inexpensive, attractive craft that creates a touch of elegance in your home. The ambiance of a flame floating above liquid sets a romantic mood for dinner or creates a sense of enchantment at nighttime garden parties. Making vegetable oil candles also taps into your creativity, as the candles can be made from glassware in almost any shape. Adding food coloring to the water beneath the floating oil lets you create candles of almost infinite variety. Follow these steps to make an easy and elegant craft. Step 1 Fill a glass container with water to about one inch below the top of the glass. Add food coloring to the water, if desired. Step 2 Slowly pour vegetable oil on top of the water. Add about 1/2 inch of oil. Because oil is a different density, it will float on top of the water. Step 3 Cut a piece of candlewick about one inch long and insert it halfway into the center of a plastic wick holder. Step 4 Place the wick holder gently on top of the oil and allow
