1up Mario Candle

Go retro with this candle that looks like a 1up from Super Mario Bros.!

I recommend you to read through the entire Instructable before you start.

This is entered in the Let it Glow contest. Please vote it you like it! Thanks, enjoy!

Step 1 Materials

You'll need:

Hollowed-out light bulb - Here's how to remove the innards and here's how to remove the white kaolin powder.

A fair amount of paraffin wax - I didn't exactly weigh my wax, but it'd be better to buy too much than not enough - JoAnn's Fabric store, Michaels, or Hobby Lobby are stores that sell it. Buy a couple pounds.

Green, white, and black crayons - try not to mix brands

1 1/4 inch PVC pipe - 6 inches long is sufficient

1/2 inch PVC pipe - This is for marking the spots.

double boiler - I used a soup can and a saucepan

rubber band

aluminum foil

newspaper

rags or gloves - something to keep hot wax off of you

Comments

[cupcake_love]

Hehe this is cute!!! Awesome candle.

[allureoftheearth]

check out this clock my friends brother made out of legos.

[caitlinmoore]

i luv the shade and the clock!

[misbehaviour]

:D I love the dragon lamp actually.... Wish I could make a shade like that!

[beso3]

OMG DATS SO CUL IMA GO TRY IT SUM TIME WEN I HAV TIME

[allureoftheearth]

yeah, you'd have to use a drill to put the clock in though

[EnigmaMax]

I have a old 1up mushroom tin container thing that used to hold mints, maybe I'll use that.

[Tomcat94]

I have one too! Sadly, though, the candies inside taste AWFUL!!! It's hard to open as well.... But it still looks cool on my dashboard! :D

[EnigmaMax]

I heard the red ones are good

[Tomcat94]

...that's the one I have..... Whoever told you that was'nt very truthful.... But people have different tastes, so dont go by what I said. :)

[EnigmaMax]

well, the green ones are bad too. just warning you.

[guitarmansmitty]

The blue ones tasted a bit funny actually.

[russian5]

Yeah, they really did. You know, it's a good thing I didn't melt mine to make ingots, I think I'm going to make this one.

[EnigmaMax]

so they're all bad mints? they still look cool though.

[Redgerr]

lol thats all that matters-- cool looking stuff is sweet and taste DOESNT matter!! :]

[cdousley]

i like the red

[RedneckAsian]

could the same method be employed for the power up mushroom???

[cdousley]

replace green crayon with red

[tomman]

can you make red one for the size groth

[cdousley]

replace green crayon with red

[natethegreat88]

This is actually one of the Instructables that I did. It took like ~3 days to do it, but it was worth it. Now it sits next to my TV and Pac-Man Lego figures. I took it to school and some one asked if they could have it and I said "Sorry, but maybe for $20 and if you give me a about a week." But they didn't buy it.

[mg0930mg]

because $20 is too much...

[p4trick95]

That's a scroll saw, not a table saw.

[p4trick95]

the "sharp part" of the hammer is called the peen.

[noelle_tan]

Where's the wick?

[Lance Mt.]

"I don't like candles, so I kept my 1-up as just a wax figure. If you want to make a candle, buy a wick. "

Nice ible though

[Solderguy]

I'm gonna make a wax Super mushroom, I'm half done except I'm uber lazy.

[PYROMan1]

could you use red to make a power up mushroom

[Bran]

Of course! It might look like a personified fly agaric, but sure! :-)

[DrCoolSanta]

Nice one. But I would suggest using some wire or streightened paper clip instead of a hanger, fr most hangers are very thick. I would also say that you could try getting different types of wax to stick it or do stuff like that. You could have made the head with white wax and the stem with black wax and then dipped them in green and white wax and while still liquid stuck them. And to carve out the eyes and the white part you could just use a knife.

[Mr. Rig It]

The idea of how and what you used as the basic mold is freaking fantastic. This is one that really impresses me. Instructions and photos are great the end product is great. All around Great Job!

[Bran]

Wow, you don't have any idea how much that means to me! Thanks for the feature!

[Mr. Rig It]

You're welcome :)

[struckbyanarrow]

+1 and voted i love 1 up!!!!!

[guitarmansmitty]

Nice. I'll have to go off and try this one. To put a wick in, couldn't you just use a drill and a reasonably sized bit or would that be putting too much pressure on the wax? Just a thought. 5/5

[Bran]

Thanks for the rating! If you go easy and slow, you could possibly use a drill. The heat generated by the drilling could melt the wax, so again, go easy and slow.

[Zapruder]

You could try it but I would not recommend it because if you use a large bit than how does the wick stay stable. Another problem is that you could drill wrong and end up with a lopsided wick. I do agree that the wax would be too weak.

[Gage987]

you could heat a hanger or good sized heavy wire that won't bend and shove it into it and repeat untill you make it through

[Bradley1000]

There are some smaller light bulbs out there. For the wax, just by some generic candles. They're not very expensive.

[JellyWoo]

do you have any ways of making a smaller version of this, reasonable to put on a small cake? for the stem, you could also try using a cardboard tube. can you buy the wax from wal-mart? thanks