Diy Campsite Mug Candle

Hi all! Emily + Erick of Hello Home Shoppe here--we're then excited to percentage some other DIY on ! This fourth dimension of year, we're looking frontward to autumn camping ground trips--huddled over a campfire amongst with a thermos of steaming mulled cider, wool blankets, together with a skillful book, who says summertime should convey all the fun?




Inspired yesteryear our autumn camping ground getaways, nosotros fashioned upwards this Campfire-Scented Camp Mug Candle DIY then y'all tin relish the nostalgic smell of a campfire all twelvemonth round--no tent required!

You Will Need:

H5N1 campsite mug--try a thrift store or outdoor shop
Candle wax--we similar the soy variety
String (this volition live on your homemade wick)
Button
Pencil
Campfire fragrance petroleum

Directions

1.) Thread your string through the ii holes of the push clit together with brand a knot. Pull taught together with snip later on measurement the meridian of your mug (cut an inch longer than y'all recollect you'll need).
2.) Melt a piddling flake of wax according to manufacturer's directions (we bought microwavable wax--it saves then much time). Dip the string together with push clit into your wax to coat entirely. Once coated, seat it on a newspaper towel to dry out a few minutes.
3.) Once dry, anchor your newly fashioned wick inward the middle of your mug--adhering the push clit to the mug amongst a piddling wax if postulate be. Wrap the excess wick around a pencil balanced on the lip of the mug.
4.) Melt the repose of your wax. Pour inward a capful or ii of fragrance petroleum together with mix amongst hot wax. Pour the mixture into your campsite mug together with permit dry out a few hours.
5.) Once the wax is solidified, cutting the wick.

Enjoy!

Emily + Erick
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