Wickless pillars that you can set a battery operated tea light inside?

[Darbla]

I want to make some wax pillars that I can set a tea light inside the top.  Do any of you have ideas for how to make the empty well inside the top to set the tea light in?  The only thing I can come up with is to hold a greased votive holder in place there while the melted wax sets up around it in the pillar mold, but that could have me standing there quite a while! 

 

I'll drip some additional melted wax around the edges for some visual appeal there.

[barncat]

thats one of the ways, you can also get a mold that makes them or drill it out.

[EricofAZ]

I make these all the time.  Ususally a cheap and high temp paraffin wax.  Doesn't matter because you're not going to burn it.  I found some glass pieces at a dollar store (hundreds of them) that will take a tealight or a taper. 

 

I put the glass upside down in a pillar mold.  I start pouring until it is covered and starts to solidify a bit. Then pour with other colors and do the mold tilting thing, or whatnot or just make it white.

 

When it is cooled, I take it out of the mold and use decals on the side to spruce it up.

 

Folks either put a tea light in it, or a taper... but... the cavity in the glass is large enough for your battery operated LED light.

 

 

[Vicky_CO]

I have a couple of silicone plugs I got from a mold maker that works really well. You could even make you own pretty easily.

[Lumina]

I bought the rubber plug for both the votive and tea light.  They work great.

 

 

http://www.candlesandsupplies.net/Rubber-Flower-Pot-Votive-Plug-per-each?sc=7&category=35316