Scented Holiday Candle Wax Fire-Starters

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Homemade firestarters made in muffin tins

Sawdust, wax, essential oils, and some paper baking cups are all you need to make these fragrant fire starters. Make yourself some and then some for gifting. This is a guide about how to make scented holiday candle wax fire-starters.

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Scented Holiday Fire-Starters

By Heather [29 Posts, 146 Comments]1 found this helpful

November 2, 2007

Here is an easy craft to make ahead for holiday gifts! Great gift for anyone with a fireplace!

Materials

paper baking cups
sawdust
wax or used candles
oil of cinnamon or your choice of essential oil

Instructions

The first thing you should do is get the wax heating. If you don't have a double boiler, you can use a jar in a pot of water as shown in photo.

While wax is melting, fill paper cups with sawdust. At this time, if essential oil is being used, add one drop into each cup of sawdust.

Pour melted wax in paper cups, just enough to cover the sawdust. Use a spoon to push down floating sawdust if you wish.

You can fill wax to top, but I prefer more sawdust. Allow to cool and harden. Package as you like: ribbons, basket etc.

To use: Place 1-3 in the kindling/logs in fireplace

Hint: The thrifty way to find wax is to use old candles or check your local dollar store for the biggest candle they have! The two jars shown in the pot are half spent candles from the dollar store: already colored and scented like cinnamon! When wax is melted, use a fork to scoop out the wick and base, these can be saved for making homemade candles later;-)

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By Julie [48 Posts, 561 Comments]

November 2, 20070 found this helpful

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I'm so glad someone post this idea. I was just about to ask anyone if they ever heard of the candled pinecones that are scented that are used for the fireplace in order to get a nice aroma from the burning wood in your fireplace. I would like to know how to do that with the pinecones if anyones knows please? It was years ago at a craft fair when i saw someone selling them. She had them in all sorts of colors and scents.And she displayed them in a basket until one was needed.She said that they burned slow but gave off color change and scent when burned with your firewood.

I assume this method is the same thing. One question though to the person who post this great idea? Does the wax when melted later after the fire has gotten cold make a mess to get the wax off the bricks on the bottom where it would drip?
I now have a fireplace and want to do one of these methods. I really want to try the pinecones in the scented wax if anyone can tell me how to please? thanks

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By Dede (Guest Post)

November 2, 20070 found this helpful

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I have used the pinecones dipped in wax and love them. I also used old candle wax. They start your fire really fast. When it starts dying down and I want the logs to relight, I throw a few more in and they take off again. I recently cleaned my fireplace and did not notice anything like a wax buildup because of them.

I was worried a little about it too, but I'm not now because I didn't notice any buildup. Somewhere on the internet, there is a page that shows what to soak the pinecones in to get the different colors, such as a salt solution, and there are others, I don't remember them though. Search for something like colored fires, sodium, etc.