When we first got married, I used wax melts all the time. Until I learned how toxic the ones I used were. After I made a few DIY Christmas candles, I realized I could totally make some DIY Christmas wax melts too!

Once I started looking into it, I realized how simple they actually are. A few clean ingredients, some essential oils I already had, and a silicone mold. These homemade Christmas wax melts have genuinely become one of my favorite things to make this time of year, and honestly one of the easiest 🙂

This DIY Christmas wax melts recipe smells like a forest decorated for the holidays. Pine, orange, cinnamon, cedarwood, clove. Your house will smell like December in the best way possible!! Here is how to make them.

Benefits

Here are some benefits from each of the ingredients and scents I chose:

Soy wax is the base here and it matters. It burns cleaner than paraffin, holds scent well, and is made from a renewable resource. For anyone sensitive to synthetic fragrances or heavy smoke, soy is the way to go.
Pine essential oil is SO good for this blend. It’s fresh, sharp, and unmistakably Christmas. It also has a long history of use for clearing the air, which feels appropriate when you’re melting something in a cozy enclosed space.
Sweet orange brings warmth and brightness without being sweet in a fake way. It rounds out the pine so the whole thing doesn’t smell like a cleaner.
Cinnamon leaf (not bark, important distinction) adds that familiar holiday spice without being overwhelming. Cinnamon bark can be really intense and irritating at higher concentrations. Cinnamon leaf is gentler and blends better here.
Cedarwood adds depth and a woodsy base note that keeps everything feeling grounded. It’s one of those oils that you might not notice on its own in a blend, but you’d DEFINITELY notice if it were missing.
Clove rounds everything out with that warm, slightly spicy, almost herbal note that reads as unmistakably holiday. It’s potent so just a little goes a long way, which is why it’s the smallest amount in this blend 🙂

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DIY Christmas Wax Melts Recipe

Makes: about 15 melts if using the same mold

Ingredients

½ cup soy wax
2-3 drops candle dye (red and green)
30 drops pine essential oil
20 drops sweet orange essential oil
15 drops cinnamon leaf essential oil
10 drops cedarwood essential oil
8 drops clove essential oil
Silicone mold

Instructions

Melt the soy wax in a double boiler until fully melted.

Once melted, divide the wax evenly between two containers if you want two colors. I ended up doing 3 and leaving one plain white!

Stir in your candle dye, a drop at a time, until you reach the color you love in each container. Note: it will be lighter than what it looks like when it’s melted.

Let the wax cool slightly, around 120-130°F. This keeps the essential oil scent from burning off.

Stir in your essential oil blend once the wax has cooled a bit.

Pour the melted wax into your silicone mold.

Let the wax melts cool and harden completely at room temperature (this usually takes an hour or two).

Pop them out of the mold once fully set and store in an airtight container until you’re ready to use them in your wax warmer!

Notes

Adding essential oils too hot can burn off the scent, so waiting until the wax cools slightly helps the fragrance last once cured.
I found using 4-6 per wax warmer to be the best for scent.

How to Use It

Place 4 to 6 melts in your wax warmer and let it run as long as you normally would. These work in any standard electric or tea-light warmer. I’ve even used a candle warmer!

Store the rest in an airtight container away from heat and sunlight and they’ll keep their scent for several months. If you want to experiment, you could try swapping sweet orange for bergamot for something a little more complex, or reduce the clove by a drop or two if you want a softer spice.

Pregnant women should check with their provider before using cinnamon or clove oils in any concentration, even aromatically, just to be safe. Same goes for little ones in the room if you’re diffusing strong spice oils for long periods.

DIY Christmas Wax Melts

Yield: 15 melts

Homemade soy wax melts scented with a blend of pine, sweet orange, cinnamon leaf, cedarwood, and clove essential oils for a festive holiday fragrance. They are poured into a silicone mold and can be colored with candle dye for a decorative two-color effect.

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Ingredients

½ cup soy wax
2-3 drops candle dye (red and green)
30 drops pine essential oil
20 drops sweet orange essential oil
15 drops cinnamon leaf essential oil
10 drops cedarwood essential oil
8 drops clove essential oil
Silicone mold

Instructions

Melt the soy wax in a double boiler until fully melted.
Once melted, divide the wax evenly between two containers if you want two colors.
Stir in your candle dye, a drop at a time, until you reach the color you love in each container.
Let the wax cool slightly, around 120-130°F. This keeps the essential oil scent from burning off.
Stir in your essential oil blend once the wax has cooled a bit.
Pour the melted wax into your silicone mold.
Let the wax melts cool and harden completely at room temperature (this usually takes an hour or two).
Pop them out of the mold once fully set and store in an airtight container until you're ready to use them in your wax warmer.

Notes

Adding essential oils too hot can burn off the scent, so waiting until the wax cools slightly (around 120-130°F) helps the fragrance last.
Use 4-6 melts per wax warmer. Store in an airtight container away from heat and sunlight; they will keep their scent for several months.
Cinnamon leaf is recommended over cinnamon bark, which can be intense and irritating at higher concentrations.
Sweet orange can be swapped for bergamot for a more complex scent, or clove can be reduced by a drop or two for a softer spice.
Pregnant women should check with their provider before using cinnamon or clove oils aromatically.

Final Thoughts

I make a double batch of these homemade Christmas wax melts every December now, some for our warmers and some packaged up in little tins for gifts.

They look genuinely beautiful and they smell like something expensive! People always ask where I bought them. These holiday wax melts have become one of those small seasonal rituals I really look forward to 🙂

If you’re new to how to make wax melts, this is a great starting point. It’s forgiving, fast, and the results are GOOD. Let me know if you try it!