Gel candles, or jelly candles as they are also known, are candles that are made of gel wax rather than the more commonly used paraffin wax. Gel candles burn much longer than wax and they are easy to make, explaining their surge in popularity in recent years.

Making gel candles is as easy as baking a cake and these will last much longer then your typical sponge cake. Making gel candles is not only for those with a passion for crafts, it also can be enjoyable for those looking to mix, and match new scents. For the serious gel candle makers a potential business opportunity awaits you. Whatever the reason may be, it will be worth your time to learn about how to make gel candles.

If you start a beading business then you have to know where you are going and how you are going to get there. So, take time to sit down and draft out your ideas for your beading business.

Making your own candles at home is not as hard as you might think. Whether you want to make candles just for your own personal use, or start up a home based business making and selling your candles, you will find the candle making information to help you succeed.

Years ago, a friend of mine taught me make hoop earrings with some simple beading techniques. You can make all sorts of shapes using beading wire and beads. The simplest is a hoop. The full article Make Hoop Earrings explains the details.

To make a painted clay pot you need to have 4″ clay pot, opaque apple green acrylic paint, opaque blue lagoon acrylic paint, opaque yellow acrylic paint, semi opaque pumpkin acrylic paint, semi opaque white acrylic paint, fine point permanent black marker.

How about creating a cute paper bag snowman. Open one of the white paper bags and stuff it with crushed newspaper. Open the second paper bag and carefully pull…

These puppets will be prepared from wooden spoons. This is a simple and cheap kid crafts idea, which is in every household. The preparing of the puppets is also so interesting for the young and the elder children as well.

St Patricks Day Puzzle, Easy Shamrock Necklace and Kiss me, Blarney Stone Critter are all things you can make with your kids to celebrate St Patrick’s Day.

Turn brown paper, paper bags and any other paper scraps into cute and useful notepads and scribble pads.