You will need to press firmly until they are stuck together. You may find it handy to use the hairdryer at this point to gently stick the wax pieces together. Do not melt the wax completely. You don't want to ruin the look of your poker themed beeswax candles. A little heat really will go along way in making the poker themed shapes stick together. Tips: Use candleholders that have the spike in them to hold the poker themed beeswax candles in place. Those great candleholders that hole about 5 candles at different heights are a great way to show off your Christmas shapes. You can complete this candle craft project as described before, but add some fun embellishments to make the poker themed candles really unique. I like to cut some smaller card suit beeswax shapes out with mini cookie cutters. Make sure these will fit onto the original shape. Then press the smaller shapes in place on the outside of the candle. So, for instance you could cut out large spade shapes with you cookie cutters. Use a mini spade shaped cookie cuter and you have a simple and elegant more three-dimensional look to the whole candle. Always cut the wick down to about 3/8 inch sticking up over the poker themed candle. A wick that is too long can be a
You will need to press firmly until they are stuck together. You may find it handy to use the hairdryer at this point to gently stick the wax pieces together. Do not melt the wax completely. You don't want to ruin the look of your poker themed beeswax candles. A little heat really will go along way in making the poker themed shapes stick together. Tips: Use candleholders that have the spike in them to hold the poker themed beeswax candles in place. Those great candleholders that hole about 5 candles at different heights are a great way to show off your Christmas shapes. You can complete this candle craft project as described before, but add some fun embellishments to make the poker themed candles really unique. I like to cut some smaller card suit beeswax shapes out with mini cookie cutters. Make sure these will fit onto the original shape. Then press the smaller shapes in place on the outside of the candle. So, for instance you could cut out large spade shapes with you cookie cutters. Use a mini spade shaped cookie cuter and you have a simple and elegant more three-dimensional look to the whole candle. Always cut the wick down to about 3/8 inch sticking up over the poker themed candle. A wick that is too long can be a