Amazing store and staff! Lovely Alaska smells and services!





Craft your very own signature candle in this interactive workshop, where creativity meets delightful aromas. Start by selecting your favorite vessel from a range of styles, then dive into a fragrant adventure, blending from over 100 scents to create a unique signature. With guidance from our friendly crew, you’ll pour your custom blend into your chosen vessel, ensuring a memorable experience. Afterward, explore our chandlery store for discounts on beautiful home goods and locally crafted souvenirs to complement your creation.
From the operator’s live schedule on Viator, checked Oct 3.
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Custom Candle and Scent Blending Workshop lasts about 1 hour.
Prices start at $59 per person for this Ketchikan experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
According to the operator’s current schedule, it runs every day, starting at 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM, and 6:00 PM.
Children aged 5–17 pay from $59, adults from $59.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Please meet 15 minutes prior to your scheduled workshop time at the designated location - Ketchikan Candle Company. Our chandlery crew will be ready to greet you inside the candle shop and escort you to the waiting area to select an apron and settle in to the space. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 10 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 18 reviews on Viator and Tripadvisor; it is run by Hands On! Signature Candle Making Experience.
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Amazing store and staff! Lovely Alaska smells and services!
So much fun and so many scents to choose from. A little over an hour and we had each made a candle with beautiful results. The staff are helpful and gave us tips and tricks along the way. If you’re looking for something different to do and only have a couple of hours to spare, this would definitely be a great choice.
Thank you for taking the time to review our experience, and for your comments! We hope to host you again in the future... or we can always try and replicate your fragrance blend and send you new candles throughout the year! Cheers.
This was an incredible experience. It's a small business that they have lovingly created, and it shows in everything they do. The shop was spotless and adorable. Everything from the ceiling paper to the local handmade art and gifts that are available gives off the best kind of vibe. She teaches you not just how to scent match, but which kinds of scents might overpower one another. There are literally carts full of these different scents you can try when you're looking for what you want. She has them grouped by category, and it was extremely easy to find the one's I like most. The most difficult part was having so many options that I couldn't decide! Naturally, this meant I needed to make more than one. Not only did I learn some very cool information about Ketchikan ane candle making, but I ended up with one of a kind stickers, a pair of the most incredible hand-dyed fur earrings, and an enamel pin. I even liked a single scent so much that while I was creating my candles the shop owner was able to hand make me one in just that scent for purchase. I was able to measure out the ingredients, mix them together and pour them myself! They're located so closely to Creek Street that I was able to leave them to set while I went shopping and came back when they were set. The best kind of souvenirs are both useful and come with a good story. Every time I light one of these I will remember the joy of creating something myself, the attentive and kind way the owner treated me, and the beautiful town of Ketchikan. This was the best experience I've done on this trip, and it was ao affordable. I know the next time I visit, I will definitely take the opportunity to take the class again.
Thank you for taking the time to review our experience, and for all of your details! This is extremely helpful as we're just getting started. Please let us know if we can send more custom candles your way throughout the year!
We had a great experience making our candles. After smelling many scents, it was fun to narrow it down to 3 that were put together to make a custom candle. Nice “souvenir “ to bring home from Alaska to Texas.
Thank you for taking the time to review our experience! When you're ready for another bit of Alaska, just let us know. We're happy to ship year round.
Incredible experience, the whole tent and workshop are beautiful. I enjoyed the experience to the fullest. I highly recommend it. Thank you very much!
Thank you for taking the time to review! We're happy you enjoyed your experience!
If I could give this zero stars I would. We showed up at the place for our 11 am reservation 40 minutes early. The business was not open and no employee ever showed up. We called the shop multiple times and no one answered. We ended up calling Viator customer service at 1115 and canceled the reservation.
Stephanie - Unfortunately we had no record in our system of your booking and did not schedule anyone to work that day. We've had several operator friends experience something similar and apparently there was a glitch with Viator early season. We hope your day in Ketchikan got better and you enjoyed our little community despite this frustration.
We had a wonderful time smelling and combining scents to make our own unique candle but we all used salted honey butter scent in our candles.
I had a wonderful birthday here! The class was so much fun — such a unique and hands-on experience. I was honestly overwhelmed (in the best way) by how many amazing scents were available to choose from. The Candle Queen was incredibly knowledgeable and made the whole process easy, fun, and educational. You can tell she’s passionate about what she does. Highly recommend for a birthday, girls’ night, or just because!
IT WAS SO FUN!!! Im definitely coming back! It was super cool and I can’t wait to bring my family!! I definitely recommend for any other locals!
Some friends dragged me along to a candlemaking class and I actually had the most wonderful afternoon and I am evidently a savant at candle making. Unlock your hidden potential and do some fun fun candle making in Ketchikan Alaska.
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