How to make silicone moulds for wax melts, soap making, fondant and more!
20th July 2019 2nd October 2019
A couple of years ago I started to sell wax melts as a hobby, when I started making my own moulds things really took off! It meant I could make just about anything, people loved the themed melts and I couldn’t keep up with the orders! I decided to call it a day as I have two children under the age of 2, I just didn’t have the time or the energy! I got so many messages asking how I made the moulds so I thought I’d do a blog post on it.
I hope this doesn’t seem complicated because it’s really not once you get the hang of it.

Oven bake clay – I find this one to work the best
1kg silicone kit – This one is a great kit to practice with. It should make a 10 cavity mould (approx) What I would personally do is make 10 separate designs, then make bigger moulds for the designs that sell the best
Lollipop sticks
Sellotape or a sheet of sticky back plastic
Rolling pin
Plastic food containers – the cheap flexible ones you can buy from the places like the pound shop. The dimensions of the container will be the size of the mould (don’t worry about the depth)
And things to design your mould, now is the time to get creative! Use things like
Cookie cutters, charms, small moulds to modify
(i’ll do a separate post on all the different items to use to create different moulds)

Use a bit of flour if you find it sticking

For the lollipop I pushed a clay charm (linked above) into a clay template I cut out using a cookie cutter
For the star template I used a stamp and the ginger bread man was cut out using a cookie cutter . I used a toothpick to add the face.
You can make anything using a custom cookie cutter
BAKE IN THE OVEN ON LOW HEAT ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE CLAY PACKET


If you don’t have a sticky back plastic sheet then you can lay overlapped sellotape down to create one like I did.
Put the baked clay templates in the middle






Good luck
I love this! Definitely going to try it out. Not sure how it’ll turn out, I’m terrible with clay.
You’ll be great once you get the hang of it! There’s tonnes of cutters / stamps etc etc to help create whatever you wish! Let me know how you get on 🙂