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Candle Making & Wax Melts

  • 10 Weeks | Leisure Learning
  • Ipswich
  • Leisure Learning | Leisure

Course overview

Candle Making & Wax Melts

Learn the art of candle making and create beautiful handmade candles

Discover the creativity and satisfaction of making your own luxury candles. Whether you’re looking for a new hobby, hoping to start a small business, or simply enjoy creating handmade products, this comprehensive 10-week course will teach you everything you need to know.

Our Candle Making Course takes you from the fundamentals of candle making through to designing and producing your own professional-quality candle collection.

Over ten weekly sessions, you’ll learn about different waxes, fragrances, wicks, colours, decorative techniques and advanced pouring methods while creating a variety of beautiful products to take home.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and confidence to continue creating candles for yourself, family, friends, or even as the beginning of your own business.

The course content includes:

  • Candle making safety
  • Types of wax and their uses
  • Choosing the correct wick
  • Fragrance blending
  • Colour techniques
  • Decorative candles
  • Multi-wick candle design
  • Seasonal candle collections
  • Professional finishing
  • Packaging and presentation
  • Selling handmade candles

By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand different candle-making techniques
  • Work confidently with a variety of waxes and fragrances
  • Produce beautiful handcrafted candles
  • Create decorative botanical designs
  • Blend fragrances successfully
  • Use colour creatively
  • Package candles professionally
  • Develop confidence to continue making candles independently

Join our Candle Making Course and discover a creative new skill while producing beautiful handmade candles you’ll be proud to display, gift or sell.  All materials provided; simply bring your enthusiasm and creativity.  No previous experience required.

Enrolment End Date: Please note that enrolment for this course closes 3 working days before the start of the course. Unfortunately, it is not possible to process late enrolments after that point.

Timings: 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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