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How To: Craft a patriotic votive candle holder

Barbara Trombley from the Art Institute Glitter, Inc. lets her patriotic light shine with glittered candles. Learn how to make this patriotic votive candle holder by watching this video crafting tutorial. All you need is a mold, gold leaf, glass glitter, stamps, and glue.

How To: Make a beaded candle decoration

This beaded candle decoration adds some extra embellishment and flair even to ordinary candles. To make the candle charm, you will need beads, a wire coil, and pliers. Learn how to craft this beaded candle decoration by watching this video beading tutorial.

How To: Create an elephant out of sugarpaste and CMC

Check out this step-by-step guide on how to create a little elephant! Use sugarpaste mixed with CMC (Tylose/Tylopur) for this elephant. Ready made gumpaste will do the same job!

How To: Create a trick candle

Annoy your friends and family with this video on how to make a trick candle. Every time you blow it out, it lights up again.

How To: Make lye solution for soap safely

Lye can cause chemical burns and the fear of getting burned prevents arts enthusiasts from making homemade soap. Watch this video to learn how to safely make lye solution so you can go ahead and unleash the creative child in you.

How To: Make container candles

Many candle makers get their start making container candles - they are fun, pretty easy, and you can use any variety of containers to store them. See how to get started in container candle making.

How To: Make votive candles

Votive candles are one of the easiest candles to make, and are also usually the first experiments that candle makers take on. See what supplies you'll need, then learn how to make your own votive candles.

How To: Make bath bombs

If taking a soothing bath is high on your list of favorite activities, then making one of these fizzy bath bombs will be worth your while. See how to mix and assemble bath soap bombs.

How To: Make single-use dipped flower and leaf soap

Using silk flower petals and leaves, you can create an elegant hand soap that will liven up your bathroom. Learn how to make your own single-use dipped flower and leaf soap.

How To: Make homemade christmas gift soap from scratch

Learn how to make your own soap from scratch. Making your own soap allows you to combine a little bit of creativity, a little bit of cooking, and a little bit of science into something you can use everyday. Homemade soap also makes a great Christmas Gift!

How To: Make homemade christmas gift chunk soap

Once you've mastered the basics of soap making, undoubtedly you will want to add some creative touches to your own soaps. Learn how to make your soap unique by splashing colorful chunks and slivers in it. This is perfect for christmas gift. Time to show your creativity once a year on christmas

How To: Make, melt, and pour soap

Making your own soap from scratch combines a little bit of creativity with a little bit of science and a little bit of cooking. Learn how to make, melt, and pour soap in your home.

How To: Marble color in container candles

With just a few drops of colorant, you can make a unique variation on your standard container candles. See how to marble them with color with these simple steps.

How To: Make lavender oil

This video will teach you how to make a wonderfully fragrant lavender oil.

How To: Get 'trace' in soap making

One of the most misunderstood terms in cold process soap making is the word "trace." Find out what how to test and achieve trace in your next soap project.

How To: Make butterfly curl soaps

Create beautiful butterfly soaps using colorful soap curls. Step-by-step instructions to guide you through the project.

How To: Make sea shell embed soaps

This shell embed soap is perfect for summer beach houses no matter where you live. And, it's very easy to make.

How To: Make a loaf mold with a soap log

Learn to embed a soap log (soap curl) in a loaf mold. Create sliced soaps in no time at all!

How To: Make Soap Logs and Ribbon Embeds

Learn to make soap logs, ribbon-shaped, and other embeds for candles. Video: .

How To: Make mica stenciled star soap

Using mica powder you can stencil the face of soaps using our soap stencils. This project is a stenciled star soap using sapphire blue and 24 kt. gold mica powders.

How To: Reuse soap frosting

In a previous soap making instructional we showed how to make soap frosting using MP soap base and whipped soap. There was quite a bit of soap frosting left-over from that project and we weren't sure what to do with it. Could it be re-used, re-mixed, remelted, or was it a total waste? We did some experimenting to find those answers.

How To: Make soap frosting

What fun! Soap frosting. This instructional video gives the basic instructions for making soap frosting. Use to frost soap cupcakes, decorate the top of loaf soaps, or just do your own creative thing.

How To: Pour soap layers correctly

Here's what NOT to do when pouring soap layers. Not only should your soap be cooled down (so it doesn't break through the colored layers), it should also be completely melted.

How To: Make parfait sea salts & soap

An ideal favor for parties or showers. Layers of colorful sea salt in a plastic champagne glass topped off with a layer of soap. A few sprinkles of colored salt and a bath oil bead add the final finishing touches. An ideal favor for baby or wedding showers. An easy soap making craft for kids.

How To: Make DIY Christmas gift retro hippie chick flower soap

Learn how to make a sixties flower power hippie chick soap. A groovin' soap for any retro sixties chick for Christmas.

How To: Make sea salt gem soaps

Create a striking gem stone soap using clear melt & pour soap base, jewel tone soap colors and medium coarse sea salt.

How To: Make a bar of soap in the shape of a hand

Now here's a bar of hand soap you can literally shake hands with. One things for certain; your house guests can't possibly miss it in the powder room. For heaven's sake! Why put out all those cutesy little guest soaps when you can put out a friendly, giant size hand?

How To: Make melt and pour rubber duck soaps

An instructional video on making melt & pour rubber soaps using a special duck pond soap mold.

How To: Make bacon fat soap

Soap can be made from just about any kind of fat. Even though fat from bacon, called lard, isn't the finest of fats to use for making soap, it somehow seemed to be the most exciting. Why? Because bacon is amazing. It has an almost mystical power to it and is a food that can be craved to almost no end. I figured what better way use the extra grease I had from cooking bacon then to turn it into soap!