Type your details, get a print-ready warning label at 300 DPI. Built around the standard cautionary language US candle makers use, free to download, no signup.
Wording follows the cautionary language recommended for candles sold in the US (the ASTM F2058 pattern). Verify requirements for your products and market; this is a tool, not legal advice.
The SVG opens in any design tool. Once you download and edit a label, ensuring the content is accurate and meets the legal requirements for your products and market is your responsibility.
The warning wording gets the attention, but it's voluntary. What's legally required on a candle sold in the US comes from the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act, and it's three things: a statement of identity (what the product is, such as "Scented soy candle"), the name and address of the business responsible for it (your business name with city, state, and ZIP), and the net contents declared in both US and metric units. One placement rule matters: the net quantity technically belongs on the lower portion of the front display panel, so if your bottom label is your only label, put the weight on the front of your vessel too. Selling in California adds Prop 65 to your homework for certain ingredients, and "Made in USA" claims have their own FTC rules when components are imported. None of this is legal advice; it's the checklist that keeps most small makers out of trouble.
US candle makers generally follow the voluntary standard for cautionary labeling, ASTM F2058, which the industry and the CPSC point to. The pattern is a signal word (Warning), the fire hazard statement, and the three core rules: burn within sight, keep away from things that catch fire, keep away from children. Care instructions like trimming the wick to a quarter inch and stopping the burn when half an inch of wax remains aren't required by the standard, but they reduce complaints and returns, which is why most serious makers include them.
A bottom label lives against heat and the occasional oil contact, so plain paper stock tends to fail. Waterproof polyester or vinyl labels hold up; a 2 inch circle fits most vessels from 8 to 12 ounces. Print a test sheet, stick one to a vessel, and burn the candle to the end before committing to a thousand.
Different game: fragranced candles there fall under CLP regulation, which requires allergen declarations pulled from your fragrance documentation, hazard pictograms, and supplier details. That's a per-fragrance legal requirement, not a template, so this generator doesn't attempt it. US makers selling domestically can stay with the ASTM pattern above.
The weight on your label should be the wax actually in the vessel; the jar fill calculator gives you that number, and the burn time calculator gives you an honest burn claim to sit beside it.
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