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Making Your Own Floating Candles
Floating candles add a peaceful and stylish touch to any space. Made to float on water, they make great centrepieces for events like weddings, holiday celebrations, or casual gatherings. Making your own floating candles is a quick and easy way to create a unique look for your next dinner party or celebration. Plus, there are endless ways to get creative with them! Check out our guide on how to make floating candles and more.
Exploring the Beauty of Floating Candles
Our Sand wax is specially designed to stay afloat on water, creating a gentle glow that sits beautifully on top of the surface.
Our unique wax can be scooped out after use, dried and reused again. Unlike traditional floating candles, Akari is known for their versatility and reusability.
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Elegant & Customisable Aesthetic: Whether featured as part of a centrepiece, used in a unique jar, Akari floating sand wax allows for endless customization to create a mesmerising atmosphere. Their ability to conform to any container shape, ensures a seamless, sophisticated look that captivates your guests.
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Clean and Eco-Friendly Burning: Unlike traditional floating candles made from petroleum-based paraffin wax, which can emit harmful fumes and soot, Akari Sand Wax is formulated from a highly purified, plant-based wax. This ensures a clean, smoke-free burn that is better for your health and the environment.
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Reusable & Refillable Convenience: Embrace an eco-conscious approach with Akari Candles. Unlike standard floating candles that are discarded after use, Akari Sand Wax Candles are designed for reuse. Once your finished with your floating candle, remove the melt pool then scoop out the sand wax or poor through a fine-mesh strainer, let it air dry on paper towels, and enjoy your versatile candle again.
Advantages of Floating Sand Wax Candles
While floating candles bring a lovely touch to any setting, it’s important to keep safety in mind. Always make sure that any decorative elements, such as flowers, are fully submerged in the water before adding the pearled candles. This prevents flammable decorations from getting too close to the flame as the candle burns and melts.
Your Guide to Making Beautiful Floating Candles
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Choose a suitable container: Glass bowls or vases are generally the best options as they’re transparent and allow you to see the décor in the water. While we recommend heat-resistant containers for added safety, the primary consideration is to ensure the vase is at least 4 inches wide at its narrowest part for a single-wick candle. This is to ensure that the melt pool will never reach the container edge so the container wouldn’t heat up. It also makes cleanup easier as the melting sand wax won’t reach the edge so nothing sticks.
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Decorate (Optional): Enhance your centrepiece by adding decorative elements such as pebbles, flowers, or seashells to the water before adding your sand wax. They make ideal decorations for any holiday season or special event. If you choose to use flowers, you’ll find that most flowers tend to want to rise to the water’s surface. Pro tip – use hot glue to secure the flowers to the bottom of the vase. Alternatively if you’re also using decorative rocks you may be able to anchor the flowers with them instead.
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Add water: Fill your container with enough water to ensure all the decorations are fully submerged while still leaving at least 3 inches of space above the water.
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Add Akari Sand Wax: Carefully pour white Akari sand wax on top of the water. Keep in mind only our white sand wax is suitable for floating candles, our coloured versions are not. We recommend at least a 2-inch deep layer of sand wax to leave enough space to add a wick without the bottom of the wick touching the water. If you have a shorter container, you can always cut the wick shorter but keep in mind that will shorten the burn time.
Here's a basic approach to creating floating candles:
