Make Tealight Candle Holders

Learning how to make tealight candle holders can be fun for anyone who enjoys using candles as part of their home décor. Handmade tealight candle holders also make wonderful gifts for family and friends.

Pretty tealight candles add to decoration.

Tealight candles are small candles with a metal base. They are approximately ½ inch wide and 1 ½ inches tall and will burn 4-5 hours. While some tealight candles do have a scent, most are fragrance free. Although certain stores will allow you to buy tealight candles individually, they are most often purchased in bulk.

Some of the many reasons people enjoy burning tealight candles include:

• Their small size makes them a very affordable choice for burning candles.
• A tealight candle will burn just long enough to provide mood lighting for a dinner party.
• Candles can be burned individually or grouped together to make a more dramatic centerpiece.

When burning tealight candles, keep in mind that they do need to remain in the metal base. The base is what keeps the hot wax from spilling on your candle holder and creating a potential fire hazard.

If you love the look of tealight candles, but have small children or pets at home, consider purchasing flameless candles for use in your tealight candle holders. These clever battery operated candles provide all the ambience of traditional tealight candles, but none of the danger associated with an open flame.

Learning how to make tealight candle holders doesn't have to be difficult. In fact, this simple craft is easy enough for a child to do with minimal adult supervision.

Supplies:

• Baby food jar or other small glass container
• Mod Podge or white glue
• Foam paint brush
• Scissors
• Colored tissue paper or patterned paper napkins
• Ribbon
• Beads or charms (optional)

Instructions:

1. Cut designs from colored tissue paper or patterned paper napkins. Seasonal color schemes are good when you want to make a candle holder for Valentine's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas. General floral or geometric patterns are a good choice for year round use. If you're planning to give the candle holder as a gift, try using the recipient's favorite colors.
2. Adhere paper scraps to your candle holder using Mod Podge or white glue and your foam paint brush. Let dry completely.
3. When dry, apply two thin coats of Mod Podge or white glue to seal and protect the candle holder. Let it dry completely between coats.
4. Tie a ribbon around the neck of the jar to decorate it. Add beads or charms if desired.

If this decoupage technique is too messy for your crafting tastes, jars can also be decorated with small stickers or scrapbooking rub-ons. Additionally, glass paint markers or liquid glass paints are another option for decorating your handmade tealight candle holder.

While the basic baby food jar tealight candle holder can be adapted to fit many different décor schemes, there are a number of other candle holder ideas available as well. Tealight candle holders can be made from:

• Plastic spoons
• Bird cages
• Blocks of wood
• Shells
• Leaves or dried flowers
• Beads and safety pins
• Sea glass mosaic tiles
• Coconuts
• Computer hard drive parts
• Soda cans
• Martini glasses

When learning to make tealight candle holders, feel free to experiment with materials from around your home or items that look interesting at your local craft store. Tealight candle holders can be cute and whimsical, elegant and sophisticated, or funky and eclectic. Part of the appeal of making your own candle holders is creatively expressing your unique sense of style.

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