Candle Making

Name: Candle Making
Start: 2025-01-18T13:00:00-06:00
End: 2025-01-18T16:00:00-06:00
Location: 5682 Highway 19 , Waunakee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53597

Schedule

Sat Jan 18 2025 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

5682 Highway 19 , Waunakee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53597 | Waunakee, WI

Join art educator/history enthusiast Kristin Isaacs for an afternoon of old-fashioned candle-dipping. Participants will learn how to prep their wicks and dip them into molten wax to create old-fashioned taper candles. Each chandler (the term for candle maker!) will take home their own pair of hand-dipped candles.
Wintertime is ideal for making candles because the cold air helps the wax to solidify between dips and allows multiple layers to be built up. This would have been the children’s job in the olden days. That being said, this is an outdoor program that will be held at our firepit in the historic farmyard. So dress accordingly!
Traditionally, candles would have been made from tallow (rendered animal fat) or bayberry (which was a laborious process as well). Later, beeswax, then paraffin, and now today, soy wax is used. We will be using a mixture of soy and beeswax to create our candles. The wax will be melted in a tall can on an outdoor fire, but no one will be dipping their candles directly at the fire. This is truly an all-ages event, however please make sure the youngest participants are closely supervised due to the nature of the activity. This workshop is hosted by Friends of Schumacher Farm. Space is limited, registration is required.
Saturday, January 18th 1 - 4 pm Note: We will have the fire going and wax melted from 1 - 4, and participants are free to come at any time in this window to learn about the process and create their candles. The whole process takes about 20-30 minutes, and participants may stay as long as desired to continue observing and explore the park.
$12 per chandler.