Free candle label maker online

You can make candle labels in your browser: brand on top, the scent large in the middle, net quantity and a batch code at the bottom. Start from the candle template, type your own words, and print one on the jar before you print the rest. No signup.

Make a candle label

Open the candle template, type your scent, and print one to test on the jar.

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Candle label examples you can open and edit

These are real renders from the editor. The brand, scents and batch codes are made up for the examples. Click one and it opens with the same layout and text, ready for your own.

Candle front label2 x 2 in. Brand, scent, one short line, net quantity. Candle label from a scent list2 x 2 in. Brand, Scent, NetQuantity and Batch columns, one label per row. 3 x 2 candle label with barcode3 x 2 in roll. Brand, scent, net quantity, batch, CODE128 SKU. Back label for your own wording3 x 2 in. A plain block for the care text you supply.

Measure the flat part of the jar first

A candle label has to sit on glass or tin that curves, tapers, or has a lip near the top. So the size comes from the jar, not from the template.

1. Wrap a strip of paper where the label will go and mark where it still lies flat. That's your usable width.
2. Measure the height between the base curve and the shoulder. Leave a little room on both edges.
3. Pick the label stock that fits inside those numbers. A 2 x 2 front works on many small tumblers. A 3 x 2 suits a wider jar or a tin lid. Neither is "the" candle size.
4. In the editor, set that width and height before you design, so the text lands where the label will.

Measuring a jam jar or a sauce bottle works the same way, and the jar label guide covers front, wrap and lid shapes in more detail.

Front label and back label are two different jobs

The front is identity: your brand, the scent, the net quantity. People pick the candle up by the name, so give the scent the biggest type on the label.

The back is for the words you decide on. Care notes, safety wording, your shop address, ingredients if you list them. The editor prints whatever you type. It doesn't know your wax, your wick, or the rules where you sell, and it won't check or certify warning text. If the back text only fits at a size nobody can read, the label is too small for it. Use a bigger back label or a hang tag.

A burn time is your number too. If you print one, it should come from your own testing, not from a template.

Make candle labels from Excel or CSV, one scent per row

If you pour more than a couple of scents, keep them in a sheet and let each row fill a label. Here is the fictional sheet behind the second example:

1. Open https://app.mylabelmaker.com with the candle sample. The sheet above is already loaded, so you can see how it works before you use your own.
2. Click Data and upload your Excel or CSV file, or paste the rows. Keep the column names in the first row.
3. Click a text box on the label, then Variables, and pick the column that belongs there: Scent in the middle, NetQuantity at the bottom, Batch on the line above it.
4. Step through the rows and stop on the longest scent. "Black Fig and Amber" is the one that wraps. If it crowds the label, shorten the name on the label or make the type a little smaller.
5. Open Edit row and tick the scents you're printing today. Rows start unticked, so nothing prints by accident.
6. Click Print and enter how many copies of each ticked row you need.

Pouring a single scent? Use Print this instead. It prints the label on the canvas and asks how many copies.

The same steps work for any list in a sheet. Printing labels from Excel walks through the columns in more detail.

Print one, stick it on, then print the batch

Print a single label at actual size. Don't let the print dialog shrink it to fit the page. Stick it on an empty jar and look at it from where a customer stands: can you read the scent from a step away, and the net quantity up close?

Then check the edges. If the label wrinkles on the curve, it's too wide for the flat part of the jar. Go back to your measurement before you print fifty.

On a thermal roll, the 3 x 2 example matches a 3 x 2 product roll. On a home printer, use a sheet of labels that are the size you measured.