Let's dress up ordinary, everyday taper candles with colorful shapes. I'm showing you how simple it is to make these DIY decorative taper candles. You can design them to match any color scheme, holiday, or celebration. These candles are a unique and personal way to dress up any space or table.
Course Handmade Gift, Home Decor Craft
Keyword craft, diy, taper candles
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 20minutes
Total Time 30minutes
Ingredients
beeswax candles
beeswax sheets
various cookie cutters
Instructions
Begin by selecting which colors of beeswax sheets you'd like to use. You can take inspiration from the season, a specific celebration, a sports team, a holiday, etc.
Then use the cookie cutters to cut shapes from your beeswax sheets. I recommend doing this on a surface you don't care much about because the process will leave some wax residue on your surface. Alternatively, you could work on a piece of parchment paper.
Once all your shapes are cut out, pick up one piece and find where you want to place it onto your taper candle. Set it in place. Then use your fingers to press the shape onto the candle. (I like the checked texture of the beeswax sheets, so I focus more on pressing the edges down in order to save that texture.) Continue to press onto the candle until the shape feels well attached. As I mentioned above, I recommend using beeswax candles for the best adherence.
Continue working around your candle with more shapes repeating the process until the candle is as full as you'd like it to be.