A simple votive candle is the easiest to make for beginners. Apart from your basic candle making setup, all you need as ingredients are:
- Dixie cups
- zinc core wicks
- votive-blend paraffin wax
- fragrance oil
- a few drops of yellow candle dye

The easiest candles to make are dipped candles. Cut a length of the wick, attach something for a weight to the bottom. Have melted wax ready in buckets in different colors. Dip in one color several times until its about a 1/2 inch in diameter. Then dip in each color one at a time to have a layered candle. Let it dry for a few seconds between dipping.
Another easy kind is to find rolls of beeswax. It looks like honeycomb, but its thin and flexible. You can just cut a strip of it to be the height you want for the candle, lay a piece of wick down and roll it up. They have a slightly strong smell when they burn, though.

For more advanced candles, go to Michael’s or somewhere like that, they have all kinds of molds and types of wax

Making beeswax candles are a simple and inexpensive way to introduce yourself and/or your children to candlemaking. All you need is a sheet of beeswax and a wick. No heat required! Beeswax sheets are inxpensive, they come in a variety of colors and have a pleasant, natural scent.

candle dipping needs the least equipment and can look good if done in multiple colours