Making a Cooking Oil Candle

Total Time: 5 minutes

Yield: 1

Supplies:

• 1/3 cup cooking oil/used oil
• 3 Tbsp salt
• 1 cotton ball
• 2 in stick
• match/lighter
• 1 glass or jar

Steps:

1. Put 3 tablespoons of salt inside the glass. Press it to level the salt into place.

 

 
2. Pour the cooking oil into the glass of salt.

 

 
3. Loop the cotton around a piece of stick.

 

 
4. Insert the stick in the middle of the glass, this will serve as the candle wick. The salt will stabilize the stick into position.

 
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5. Light it up with a match stick or a lighter.

 
6. Now you have a candle made from items found in the kitchen. It will last longer than a candle and is much safer to use.