Online Class: Candle Making 101

no certificate
with CEU Certificate*
Course Description
This course will open up for you the amazing array of possibilities that exist in your pursuit to create beautiful, functional, and sweet smelling candles. From basic molded and container designs, through the wonders of ice, chunk, votive, and the all-mysterious floating candles, you'll learn the easiest and safest ways to work with wax, wicks, and molds.
But this course doesn't stop with just making candles that are sure to impress your friends and family. Once you've learned how to design and craft your product using countless combinations of scent, color, and containers, you'll be given the tools and knowledge to take your journey on the final leg; candle making for profit through your own business.
The basics of building a niche candle market and targeting your marketing efforts to those that are naturally inclined to buy your candles will be covered. You'll learn how to build a business plan and get the word out about your products. The nitty gritty of starting a business will be covered and you'll end with a thorough list of potential wholesale suppliers, candle making communities, and other resources for learning and sharing in your new found passion.
Course Requirements
Course Outline
Lesson 1: The History of Candle Making
Lesson 2: Equipment
Lesson 3: Safety and Your Wax Workplace
Lesson 4: Wax, Wicks, and Additives
Lesson 5: Step by Step Candle Making
Lesson 6: Handmade Rolled and Taper Candles
Lesson 7: Color and Fragrance
Lesson 8: Overdipping, Cutouts, and Cracked Candles
Lesson 9: Container Candles and Gel Wax Variations
Lesson 10: Floating, Mottled, Ice, and Chunk Candles
Lesson 11: Multi-wick, Glow-through, and Votive Candles
Lesson 12: Troubleshooting and Caretaking
Lesson 13: Candle Making for Profit
Lesson 14: Planning, Pricing, and Forming Your Business
Lesson 15: Marketing Ideas and Candle Making Resources
Grading Policy
Students will successfully complete this course with 70% or higher.
Course Materials
Learning Outcomes
- Know the history of candle making.
- Identify equipment needed for candle making.
- Know safety and your wax workplace.
- Know wax, wicks, and additives.
- Demonstrate step by step candle making.
- Demonstrate handmade rolled and taper candles.
- Recognize color and fragrance in the candle making process.
- Identify over dipping, cutouts, and cracked candles and what to do.
- Demonstrate creating container candles and gel wax variations.
- Demonstrate creating floating, mottled, ice, and chunk candles.
- Demonstrate creating multiwick, glow-through, and votive candles.
- Know candle making for profit, and
- Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
Assessment Guide
Assessment | Points |
---|---|
An Introduction | 5 |
Lesson 1 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 1 Exam | 9 |
Yankee Candle Factory | 100 |
Lesson 2 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 2 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 3 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 3 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 4 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 4 Exam | 8 |
Lesson 5 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 5 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 6 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 6 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 7 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 7 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 8 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 8 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 9 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 9 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 10 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 10 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 11 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 11 Exam | 10 |
Making a New Candle | 100 |
Lesson 12 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 12 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 13 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 13 Exam | 10 |
New Things | 100 |
Lesson 14 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 14 Exam | 10 |
Lesson 15 Assignment | 25 |
Lesson 15 Exam | 10 |
The Final Exam | 70 |
Total Points: | 897 |
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