Floating Candles from Eggshells

Filed under: Recycling — Savvy Housekeeper at 8:10 am on Monday, August 23, 2010

savvyhousekeeping floating candles from eggshells and birthday candles

This is rather sloppily done, but it is a great idea, nevertheless. Inbaliya took old birthday candles and eggshells, put them together, and made floating candles out of them.

From what I can tell (the site isn’t in English), she melted the candles, and then poured them into the eggshells. Then she added a wick, which she held up from the wax with toothpicks, like so:

Turns out eggshells are the perfect shape for floating candles. Who knew? I wish these were a little prettier, but overall, a great idea. I might just have to try this when fall gets here. (Via Recycled Crafts)

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