Has anyone ever made candles using ice cubes? I remember making them at church with the youth group in Jr. High. We used milk jugs and ice cubes and the final result was a candle that looked like Swiss cheese sort of.

We made these back in the day too.  Prettiest one we made we used a red taper for the wick, with rather large pieces of cracked ice all around it in the 1/2 gallon milk carton.  When we poured the melted parafin, the red wax from the taper bled into the white parafin, making the candle turn out somewhat marbled or swirled.  We've never been able to get another one to do as well.  One thing we've learned, don't use ice that is too finely crushed, as it will melt and you won't get the "holey" effect.

I remember these.  I like the idea of the taper in the middle, because what I remember is that the candles leaked horribly and burned down very quickly.  I'll bet it would be fun to do this again!

Now we just need someone to do a Farm Bell blog post about them. Would that be a Farm Bell appropriate post?

We also used to melt wax, whip it with a beater and put it on the outside of a solid candle made in a milk carton. It looked just like snow!