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Sip and Pour Candle Making Class

Handcraft your own candle with Marla Bosworth — blending wellness and creativity in NYC.

Back Porch Studios

4.9 (126)

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1 hour

Upper West Side

1 to 15 (public classes), 12 to 1500 (private) (private classes)

$60 ($200 per class surcharge applies for private classes)

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What you'll do

Step into a relaxing and creative escape with Marla Bosworth, a leading candle formulator and educator with 30 years of experience in candle making, aromatherapy, and wellness events in NYC.

In this intimate Upper West Side workshop, you’ll design and pour your own coconut wax candle in an 8 oz. tin, choosing from a curated selection of natural, non-toxic fragrances to reflect your personal mood and style. Marla will guide you through every step — sharing insider tips and soulful insights from her three decades of crafting sustainable, eco-luxe candles.

Sip on a glass of wine (for guests 21+) as you unwind in a calm, welcoming space that encourages connection, creativity, and self-care. You’ll leave not only with a beautiful candle that burns cleanly for 30 hours, but also with a renewed sense of inspiration and relaxation.

Whether you come solo, with friends, or as part of a private group, this beginner-friendly class offers the perfect blend of hands-on learning, mindfulness, and NYC charm.

Perfect for: Team-building, date nights, self-care days, and thoughtful gift-making.

Late Policy: Please arrive 5–10 minutes early to settle in. Guests arriving more than 15 minutes late cannot be seated, as we want you to enjoy the full candle-making experience and take home your finished creation the same day.

Upcoming dates for Sip and Pour Candle Making Class

Times are New York time. Dates and prices as of 14 Nov 2026, 8:39pm; availability and price are confirmed live when booking on this page.

1001 upcoming dates between 15 Nov 2026 and 31 Dec 2027.

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What you'll get

A beautiful candle in an 8 oz. tin vessel with a lid. A glass of wine for 21+!

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Recent reviews of Sip and Pour Candle Making Class

5/5 from Emily Phillips, attended Oct 2026: We came for a team event after work and had a great time! Marla is awesome!
5/5 from Veronica Millan, attended Oct 2026: Very relaxing and fun activity to do. Host Marla is very chill, sweet and extremely attentive. A must do.
4/5 from Kateri Gajadhar-Smith, attended Aug 2026: Kae was so kind! I enjoyed the class and the candle I left with.
5/5 from Danielle Williams, attended Jul 2026: My husband and I did this for a mellow date night and had a lovely time! Kate was very kind and very knowledgeable. She made the whole process fun and smooth.
5/5 from Elana Klein, attended May 2026: We had a 14th birthday party for my daughter and her friends. They made candles and had a great time. It was the perfect activitiy for a craft loving teen!
5/5 from Fatima Benavides, attended Apr 2026: This was a gift from a friend and we absolutely loved it! I went with my husband, we were lucky to be the only ones! Marla the professor was amazing and kind, and very helpful! The candles were excellent!!! Very well organized as well!
5/5 from Hillary Gelfand, attended Mar 2026: Really fun and easy to follow class. Would definitely recommend it!
5/5 from Eliane Nguyen, attended Mar 2026: Great workshop with our instructor Marla. She made candle making super easy and very fun. Everybody had a great time. Thanks for the lovely evening!
5/5 from Tali Lyons, attended Mar 2026: Great class! Instructor is so friendly and had lots of knowledge about candles so was able to answer all our questions. I great date night activity
5/5 from Mettalise Mateo, attended Mar 2026: Wonderful and easy to be with/understand instructor
5/5 from Saidah Lerman, attended Mar 2026: The class was great! The teacher was super friendly and I had a great time.
5/5 from Harrison Axelrod, attended Mar 2026: Awesome class! Marla did a great job teaching and the class was engaging and fun! Would come back!
5/5 from Katherine Chiu, attended Mar 2026: Fun class, easy to follow, teacher is very sweet and had fun trivia questions while candles were chilling.
5/5 from Leo Shemesh, attended Mar 2026: Very comfy and fun experience. Marla, our teacher, was very warm and informative. The enviroment was very pleasant as well, and I had a great time.
4/5 from Vivian Gelber, attended Mar 2026: The teacher is very nice, she's very friendly and always willing to help and answer questions. I felt that the class was a good value for the price. We made candles and she explained about the process, the different steps, fragrances and colors. Overall a good experience
5/5 from Jessica Evans, attended Feb 2026: Such a fun experience! We were creating, experimenting and connecting. I would recommend this for a corporate team building event or a night out with friends.
5/5 from Amanda, attended Feb 2026: Such a fun class, great teacher and loved the whole experience!
5/5 from Beata Safaryn, attended Feb 2026: The atmosphere was pleasant and the hostess was very friendly and kind. I had a great time. Thank you
5/5 from Nicholas Beckford, attended Feb 2026: The class was very nice and the teacher was very helpful and nice.Great lady
5/5 from Adam Bender, attended Dec 2025: The instructor was lovely and the candles are wonderful!
5/5 from Jen Campbell, attended Dec 2025: Our teacher was so kind and knowledgeable! I loved how she walked us through each step, but also allowed us to have our own personal experience without being overbearing. I learned a lot and am SO HAPPY with my final product
5/5 from Jane Ganun, attended Dec 2025: Candle making was amazing! The setup was beautiful, our teacher Marla was wonderful, and overall we had soooo much fun. 100% recommend!!
5/5 from Vidya Velayutham, attended Dec 2025: Very nice lady and awesome experience! The scents and coconut based wax are high quality! Had a great time for a date night.
5/5 from Layla Abdeljabbar, attended Dec 2025: I chose to do this class as an early birthday celebration with my two friends and had a wonderful time! Marla was so welcoming and knowledgeable. I loved her energy! Our candles turned out great because of her. I look forward to using it!
5/5 from Mikell Williams, attended Dec 2025: Marla was an amazing host! I booked the class two months in advance as a work event with colleagues for 46 people and Marla was very helpful and accomodating from the beginning. She walked everyone through each step and we all left with beautiful candles! Everyone loved it & mentioned that they would certainly take another class with Marla!!
5/5 from Janilsa Sanchez, attended Nov 2025: Me and my cousins booked this activity to celebrate one of my cousin’s birthday. We had a great time. We created our own scents and our own color combo before pouring our wax into our vessels and decorating them with a selection of dry herbs. Would def recommend to someone else! Instructor was sweet & attentive.
5/5 from Candice Quilty, attended Nov 2025: This was such a fun intimate class. It was just me and my two girlfriends! Which was lovely because we were able to catch up and make candles. Highly recommended doing this with your girlfriends!
5/5 from William Line, attended Nov 2025: Our teacher was great. She was really sweet and walked us through, step by step. It was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to come back.
5/5 from Nadirah Chestnut, attended Nov 2025: So much fun and we loved the candles we made!
5/5 from Alex Wu, attended Aug 2025: Really fun class! We lucked out and there was a 1:1 ratio of instructors to students (two and two). The instructions were really easy to follow and the two instructors were friendly and good teachers (and put up with tons of my questions). Looking forward to lighting and smelling my candle in two weeks!
5/5 from George Drossinos, attended Aug 2025: Wonderful class! Teacher was super friendly and engaging.
5/5 from Vincenzo Corona, attended Jun 2025: Our experience was really nice. We were 30 minutes late, but the host was so accommodating, informative and sweet. The class was different and thank you. lots of fun. We would definitely recommend it.
5/5 from Stefania Wong Lama, attended Jun 2025: We really enjoyed it!
5/5 from Reeshemah Brightley, attended May 2025: It was a lovey event. The hour went by quickly.
5/5 from Ali Block, attended May 2025: We really enjoyed working with Cae!!!! She was kind, knowledgeable, and fun and funny. We are so happy with the candles we learned how to make, and we look forward to coming back to make soaps and more candles.
5/5 from Ikeem Blake, attended May 2025: The instructor was amazing the class was fun
5/5 from Anthony Mejias, attended Apr 2025: The Sip and Pour Candle Making Class was interesting, enjoyable and fun. Marla the moderator of the class and first was very kind in conducting the class for myself alone. Marla was very nice and explained very well what would I would be doing during the class. First order of business was for me to select the fragrance(s) I would use for the candle and the fragrance(s) for the diffuser (the add on I selected). When I asked she provided some assistance in helping to chose which fragrances would complement each other. After my selection of fragrances, I was given a cup of hot wax to pour my fragrances; a combination of Santal and Spiced Wood; and was instructed to stir for a minute or two. I was then provided with a selection of various colored dyes to be used for the candle. After selecting my colors; green and yellow; After placing the dyes into the wax and mixing the dyes for two minutes, I poured the dyed wax into the container; see picture; and then allowed it to set at room temperature for a few minutes. After partially setting Maral refridgerated the candle for about 10 minutes to further set. While the candle was setting I went to work on the diffuser, adding my fragrances; Lavender Honey; I poured it into the diffuser, mixed diffuser oil and then sealed the diffuser. I was then given instructions on what to do upon arriving home. on how to use the diffuser. When I completed, the candle was removed from fridge and I then added some surface decoration of dried rose, lavendar, sandalwood and lilac. When done placed cover on and given instruction to wait a week before using. Also, instructed on how best to burn the candle. I am very pleased with the class itself and the results of my efforts. I would recommend the Sip and Pour Candle Making Class from @ClassBento for anyone interested in candle making. To emphasize my recommendation, I've booked the class again already.
5/5 from Talha Salman, attended Apr 2025: Shout out Katie. Katie is the best. She told us everything we needed to know about candle making and then some. GET THIS GIRL A RAISE
5/5 from Damon Tabb, attended Mar 2025: This was such a fun experience! My wife and I, celebrating our 16th (wax) anniversary, both loved our guide, Katie. She was absolutely wonderful!
5/5 from Melinda Wong, attended Mar 2025: Marla was great! Super friendly, patient and knowledgeable! The instructions were clear, and great for anyone starting at any level of candle making! The candle came out super beautiful!
5/5 from James Wells, attended Mar 2025: Wonderful time! Thank you Marla!!!
5/5 from Sally Mohammed, attended Mar 2025: Revisiting candle making was a beautiful experience. Thank you Katie & Marla...will certainly do it again! My beautiful scented candle is awesome!..
5/5 from John Mudgett Jr, attended Mar 2025: Our teacher was fantastic! She was so kind and walked us through all of the steps in a very easy way to understand. She also played some trivia with us as we crafted our candles. Great experience.
5/5 from Betty Chang, attended Mar 2025: Teacher was fantastic and super patient -- our candles came out great! Can't wait to light them up and smell the fragrance
5/5 from Camille Puzon, attended Mar 2025: Teacher was kind and sweet - class is super chill and cute :)
5/5 from Jill Levy, attended Mar 2025: Fun classes on the upper west side. Wine was available and the teacher was very helpful and friendly.
5/5 from Yasmin Ranz-Lind, attended Mar 2025: So much fun, a lovely night out!
5/5 from Danielle Marks, attended Feb 2025: We had such a good time! The lovely ladies helping us were very knowledgeable and helpful in picking out the perfect scent and mixing colors! What a nice activity on a rainy night!
5/5 from Christina Ritter, attended Feb 2025: I had the best time making a candle! The instructor was super understanding and very kind and helpful the entire time. The process was easy and the results were really cute and I’ll definitely be using the candle. The environment was comfortable with a coat rack and plenty of space and good music as well!
5/5 from Neha Hajela, attended Feb 2025: The instructor was very helpful and made this a fun activity. We got to pick out our own scents and colors and it was a great way to spend a rainy day with friends!

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Back Porch Studios

4.9 (126)

Women-owned

Back Porch Studios is a creative workshop studio offering hands-on perfume, candle, and soap-making experiences in New York City and Jackson Hole. Led by designer and natural beauty expert Marla Bosworth, the studio brings a thoughtful, playful approach to crafting, with welcoming experiences for private groups, corporate events, brand activations, and anyone looking to explore their creativity!

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