How to Make Resin Candle Holders
Pepper your home with your favorite scented candles and, better yet, give them colorful distinctive “homes” of their own to rest in or on! From tea lights and incense to votives and pillar candles, you can use resin to build a holder of any kind and shape.
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Materials
- Promise Table Top Epoxy
- Promise Deep Pour Epoxy
- Candle holder molds
- Dried flowers and greenery
- Mixing containers
- Paint stir sticks
- Popsicle sticks
- Heat gun
- Safety glasses
- Nitrile gloves
Instructions
- Don't forget to put on safety glasses and gloves before using any epoxy resin!
- Prior to starting this project, you’ll want to make sure your flowers are dry. If you’re using organic flowers, there is a simple process for drying them to prepare for encapsulation.
- Pour a thin layer into your molds and let it cure. You want it to start to cure for about half of its open/work time. Check on it frequently to monitor for the consistency you need. You want it to start curing, but still have enough give to hold the flowers and greenery you’re adding.
- Arrange the flowers however you’d like. We’ve found that fake flowers seem to float less in the resin. If you decide to use fake flowers, you may not need the initial Table Top layer. For this tutorial, we used fake flowers.
- We’ll then move on to using Deep Pour. One of many things to keep in mind is that Deep Pour is measured in a 2-to-1 by volume ratio. To determine how much Deep Pour epoxy you will need, fill your mold with water and then pour it into a measuring cup. This will give you the total volume you will need of mixed epoxy. Pour slowly to ensure you combine exact amounts and then it’s time to mix. Feel free to use a heat gun at any point to remove any resin bubbles.
- Carefully pour your mixed Deep Pour into your molds to coat the flowers. Make sure to fill it to the very top.
- You can use a popsicle stick to press down any flowers that poke up out of the resin. However, with that first layer of Table Top, they should stay in place.
- Once you complete your pour, it’s all about waiting. Let it cure for the amount specified in the product’s instructions. Once the resin has cured, you can demold your candle holder. Gently pull the silicone mold away from the cured resin.
- And it’s finished! You can use this process to encapsulate any kinds of flowers, whether they have a special significance to you or you just like the way they look, to create these adorable resin candle holders.
