Candle Making for Autumn

 My friend group wanted to make wooden dough bowl candles for fall, so I got together some ingredients and we made a fun night of making candles and simmer-pot potpourri sachets. 

First, I laid out all of the ingredients: nutmeg (whole nuts, not the powder), mini orange putka pods, green cardamom pods, cinnamon sticks, dried apple slices, whole allspice berries, lemon peel, star anise (whole pods), dried oranges, dried rosemary sprigs, whole bay leaves, whole cloves, as well as the muslin bags, wooden bowls, and fragrance oils. 

We heated up the wax and set up our candles. Our bowls held about 12 oz. of wax, and we put three wicks in each. While the candles were cooling, after about 15 minutes, we added the top decorations. 

I didn't get a picture of mine, but here is one of my friend's candles and bag of potpourri. We slipped everything in a small plastic bag so it would look cute until it was ready to use. So precious! 

This is a simple and fun activity with not a lot of prep, aside from purchasing the items, and cleanup takes hardly no time at all!