Making crafts with toy candles is the right activity to do during the rainy season. You can make them with your kids, and see how they play with inexpensive, non-toxic toy candles for hours on end. Once dry, the toy wax can even be painted at will. You can make it from baking soda and cornstarch, or you can use white glue which is more practical. For an adult craft project, try using ceramic wax - which you can use to create more beautiful pieces.
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Method 1 of 3: Stages of Making Toy Candles
Step 1. Gather your materials
This toy wax clay recipe can be made using ingredients you probably already have at home. Check your kitchen and gather the following ingredients:
- 2 cups baking soda
- 1 cup corn flour
- 1 cups cold water
- Food coloring (gel or liquid)
- Used pot
- Stirrer
- Bowl
Step 2. Put the baking soda and cornstarch in a saucepan
Use a spoon or stirrer to mix the ingredients together until they are combined.
Step 3. Add water
Beat until there are no lumps and the mixture is really smooth.
Step 4. Add food coloring
Add a few drops of food coloring to change the mixture from white to red, blue, green, orange or any other color you want. A few drops of food coloring will give the dough a pastel color. If you want a darker color, add more food coloring until the color you want appears.
Step 5. Heat the dough over medium heat
Keep stirring so the dough doesn't stick to the bottom of the pan.
Step 6. Knead the dough until it expands
The dough will begin to bubble, expand, and form a ball after about five minutes of stirring. If you have trouble separating the mixer from the dough, separate the mixer while the dough is heating.
Step 7. Cool the dough
Transfer the still-hot dough to a bowl. Cover the dough with a damp washcloth to keep the air around the dough moist, and allow it to cool completely.
Step 8. Knead the dough until soft
During kneading, pay attention to the texture of the dough. If the dough is still sticky, add more cornstarch to make it rise. If it expands too much, knead it with an additional tsp of water.
Step 9. Shape and dry the dough
You can make stars, fake food, dinosaurs, hanging decorations or flowers. Whatever you want! When you're done, place your creation on the tray to dry.
- This toy wax takes 24 to 48 hours to fully dry.
- Once dry, you can decorate the toy candle with acrylic paint.
Method 2 of 3: Making Toy Candles Using Glue
Step 1. Gather your materials
You can opt for this simple and no-cooking method if you don't want to spend too much time making your toy candles. All you need are the following materials:
- 2 cups corn flour
- 1 cup white glue
- Food coloring (gel or liquid)
- Bowl
Step 2. Put the cornstarch in a bowl
Add 2 cups to start. With this simple recipe, you can add as much as you want; balanced by the amount of glue you have.
Step 3. Add glue slowly
Add a little glue to the bowl as you mix. Add glue until the mixture has a good density-usually after you add the cornstarch and glue in a 2:1 ratio.
- If it's too rough, add more glue
- If it's too sticky, add cornstarch.
Step 4. Color your toy candle
Add food coloring to a bowl and knead with your hands. If you want your candle to have a more varied color, add food coloring until the mixture looks the way you want it.
If you want to make toy candles in several different colors, separate the dough into two or three pieces and color each one
Step 5. Use a toy candle
You can use a toy sand spoon and cookie cutter, or get creative with your imagination. When you get the shape you want, let it sit in a cool, dry place until it hardens. In a few hours you can decorate it and simsalabim! Now, you have your own homemade candle.
Method 3 of 3: Making Toy Ceramic Candles
Step 1. Gather your materials
Ceramic toy candles are a good alternative to polymer-based toy candles for creative items such as candle holders, jewelry, and other craft items. This toy wax is a wax that shrinks when dry. Here are the things you need:
- 1 cup corn flour
- 1 cup white glue
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- Plastic wrap
- Heat resistant bowl
- Extra oil to prevent wax from sticking to hands
Step 2. Put the ingredients in a heatproof bowl
Add the wet ingredients first: glue, vinegar and vegetable oil. Then, add the cornstarch until the mixture is smooth and not lumpy. The texture will be mushy.
Step 3. Microwave on high for 15 seconds
Remove the bowl and stir. This mixture will be hotter but still mushy.
Step 4. Reheat in the microwave on high for 15 seconds
Remove the bowl and stir the mixture. Now, the surface will be a little harder.
Step 5. Reheat in the microwave a third time
Do this for 10 or 15 seconds, then remove the bowl and check the mixture. The toy wax should have formed into a sticky, spongy ball.
If the toy wax is still too soft, put it back in the microwave for another 15 seconds. Toy wax should remain sticky and sticky; if the wax feels dry, you have baked it too long
Step 6. Squeeze the toy wax
After cooling for a while, apply oil to your hands and knead the toy wax for about three minutes, until the dough is soft and stretchy. Shape it into a ball, and tug to test it. The dough is ready to use when it expands and forms a cone at the end when you pull it at one point. If the dough breaks, it's a sign that the dough has been cooking too long.
Step 7. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap for storage
If you don't want to use it right away, wrap it tightly with plastic wrap to keep it moist.
Tips
- Mix the food coloring into the water if you want the toy wax to color on its own, not into the dry ingredients!
- Wait patiently for your creation to dry. The bigger your creation the longer it will take to dry.
- Clean up immediately if you don't want the cornstarch and glue to stick to your countertops.
- When the wax dries and hardens, the dough may crack or break.
- Store in a cool or dry place.
- Remember that ceramic toy wax will shrink as it dries, so make your creations a little bigger. That way, you will get the size you want.
