Stained glass gel candles craft project.

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Free Craft Projects - Stained Glass Gel Candles

This beautiful stained glass gel candle project was Kindly Contributed by Designer: Karen Goodale of Heaven Scent. For more candles like this, click here to visit Karen's design gallery.

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Materials: Supplies needed for stained glass (also called kaleidoscope) gel candle: Roly Poly votive cup (or other glassware); Wick in high collar wick tab, appropriate for glass size; Hot glue gun (optional, but helpful); -Assorted gel squares (directions below); Gel Wax (I use Medium Density); Liquid dye or color block (optional).

Instruction: Melt gel, add color, and pour into cookie sheet.

1) Melt 1 pound of gel and added liquid color dye. Add from 1/2 - 1 drop until you get the amount of color you want, but keep it as translucent as possible. I poured the gel into a 9 inch x 10 inch pan. You can also section off a larger cookie sheet in half with a divider made of foil, to pour 2 different colors at a time on one sheet. Create up to 4 or 5 different colors. I used red, green, blue, yellow, and purple here. I do not scent my colored cubes. You can also make cubes of just one color to match any room decor, they look great even in just one color!

Cut hardened gel into strips and then cubes

2) When gel is cooled, pull out of the pan and cut into long strip (as shown) and then cut strips into small squares.

Gel cubes in various colors

3) Here are the 5 colors all cut into cubes.

Use hot glue or gel to hold the wick in place.

4) Hot glue * the wick tab into the center of a glass roly-poly votive cup (or your choice of glassware) using the appropriate wick size for your container.

* Alternative method: dip wick tab into hot gel and place in center of glass. The gel will cool and hold the tab in place.

Add gel cubes to the glass.

5) Add the random mixed colored cubes to the glass surrounding the wick and filling the glass to the top. Be careful to keep the wick centered and straight as you add the cubes.

Pour in slightly cooled clear gel.

6) Heat clear gel to a thin syrup, and add scent * if desired. Stir thoroughly to mix scent into gel. Let the gel cool slightly, but still "pourable" so that when pouring over the colored chunks they won't melt together. The gel should surround the chunks to bind them together. Pour the clear gel almost to the top of the glass.

7) The stained glass, or kaleidoscope candle is finished! Keep your wick trimmed to 1/8 - 1/4 inch each time you light it for many hours of enjoyment.

For more candles like this, click here to visit Karen's design gallery.

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