Week 1- How to clean out & reuse candles (the easy way)

OK so I cleaned up and cut up all of my toilet paper rolls just find out i still need like over 100 to make my art to the size I want so.... we will keep on collecting but in the mean time....

I tried this and low and behold it was just as easy as it said it was. I mean you know all those things that you read on Pinterest that say it's just sooo easy but then you try it and wonder if you skipped the easy step somewhere? Ive been told by several people to just put old candles in hot almost boiling water then dump out the wax and there ya go. (sounds messy) so i never tried it then I came across this...

First you get your used up candle

Then put your candle in the freezer for about an hour or two, I don't think it really matters. Just long enough to freeze the little sucker!

 After you get it out, I used a butter knife and pushed it on one side.

Then turn it upside down and PRESTO it fell right out, the whole thing. 

Now that's what I talk about being easy!

Next just crack it up to remove the wicks.

 

I placed mine in a Ziploc bag  and instead of writing on the bag I peeled off the label on the candle and stuck it on the bag. Looks nicer to me (= You can then use the wax chunks inside of a candle warmer to use it all up. Talk about not being wasteful!!

 

Also the easiest way I thought to get the sticker off the bottom was to just use a plain old razor blade. I'm thinking since it was frozen that helped a lot, It came right off Easy Peasy!

Then just use soap and water to wash and then dry off and place wherever with whatever you want inside. I put mine in the bathroom with cotton balls and q-tips.

Of course I still have a bunch more candles to do this to but I need to use up the

 rest of the candle first.