What to do with broken Yankee candle?

[lucysmam]

My birthday present has arrived broken :( A replacement is being sent but I now have a whole medium candle, without glass & am not sure whether it'll just burn like a pillar candle? Or whether to melt it & put it in another container? Or just use it as a massive air scenty thingy?

Have any of you ever done anything with a broken Yankee before or have any ideas for it?

Ta :)

Put it in another container (big jar or bowl) and burn it. If it melts, you'll catch it.

Do you have a melt or tealight burner? if so I cut my candles down ( when they get too small to burn in large jars )and burn them in that.

No it won't burn like a pillar candle. The wax is designed to liquefy to release the scent.

I'd melt it down in a water bath and remake it in a new jar - I'm sure if you asked on your local facebook pages you'd find someone with an empty yankee jar you could have

Ah, thanks WitchQueen that's what I thought would happen so I'll not light it to find out!

Would I just pop the wax in a container to melt it in a water bath then pour into a new jar? My friend may have an empty Yankee jar sat on her kitchen table - I'm sure there was a nearly used one on there last time I went round (although that was before Christmas so may be gone by now).

Yes - exactly. It's much safer than using direct heat to melt the wax. Use a blob of sticky tack of some sort to hold the wick down ( or use a bit of the candle wax itself, let it cook then pour the rest in.

Great, thank you.

I've messaged my friend so she's going to pop the jar into the parcel I have being delivered there on Monday & put them on her doorstep when I message that I'm almost at work. Hopefully the parcel will be there by then 🤞