Easy Birthday Name Candles

What youll need:Beeswax sheetsCookie cuttersWicks Dont you ever wonder about things to which you dont know the answer? Take, for instance, the birthday cake. People have been serving and eating birthday cake for many years but have you ever wondered who was the first person to put a candle on top of it? Now its standard practice. We used to put a stick candle on for each year since the persons birth but now we have number candles. That way, you need only put a candle or two on top of the cake rather than setting the whole thing aflame with many stick candles - less of a fire hazard and less trouble.

Back in the old days a person who wanted to make candles had her work cut out for her. A pan to hold the wax, another to hold boiling water under the wax, measuring cups, molds - the list - and the work - went on and on. Today its a breeze. Sure, some people still make those old-fashioned candles and theyre gorgeous, but you can play it smart. You can easily make candles that spell out a persons name or a sentiment without all the hassle and supplies.

When you purchase beeswax at a craft store youll see that they have lots of colors and scents. The wax comes in sheets that make it super-easy for you to spell out the name of a birthday person, or something else, with handmade candles. Instead of buying the typical number candles you can do something much more special! While youre at the craft store purchase cookie cutters with alphabet shapes. These will help you turn the beeswax into letter candles in no time. Lay a sheet of beeswax out and cut two of any letter shape. Lay a wick on one of the letters and cover with the other; its that simple. Press the two pieces together to make them stick and to trap the wick between them. If, for some reason, the two wont stick together simply heat one with a blow dryer then try again. If youd like to make the birthday candles more substantial, just cut two extra shapes, and press one on each side of the letter. Do this as many times as you want to make the candle as bulky as youd like. You can make all the letters the same color or make them different colors. You can make letters, numbers, animal shapes - whatever type of cookie cutters you have. Make birthday name candles, spell out "Congrats" for a different party, or even spell out "Thanks" for a special friend. With the easy letter candles you can write anything on any cake for any occasion!