Decor candles with their own hands +75 photos

Candles perfectly decorate the interior, create home comfort. But ordinary products, even in a refined candlestick, do not look elegant enough. The ideas outlined in this article will help you create true works of art with minimal time and cost. Most of the decorative items you can find at home in the box for needlework, in the kitchen or in the garden at the cottage.

Types of candles

The main classification attribute by which candles are distinguished is the material of manufacture. Here are the candles that are currently used for various purposes.

Ideas

Maybe you will like some idea presented in the article, and you will want to bring something to life.

Gel candle

Gel products look very beautiful and unusual. Variations can be many: an aquarium, Christmas balls, a product from geometric bodies, a flower, a "glass of brandy." It all depends on your imagination and what kind of decor you want to use. It is important not to pile up too many decorative elements. Laconic and tasteful product will look great.

For the manufacture of any gel candles you will need:

• Capacity of glass. It will serve as a form;
• Candle gel;
• Gel paint;
• Mineral oil;
• Wick reinforced;
• Decorative items.

Now - the master class itself. For example, to make a candle of a marine theme, we use colored sand as a decor. Place a little bit of colored sand on the bottom of the glass vessel. This is the bottom of the sea-ocean. Now you need mineral oil to soak the decor. This is necessary so that numerous bubbles do not form in the body of the future candle. Impregnates with oil and other elements of the "seabed": pebbles, shells, etc. "Bathe" in oil and wick. Mineral oil is in the composition of the candle gel, so visually in the finished product it will be invisible. Place the decorative elements inside the glass vessel, fix the wick on the bottom. Now it is time to take a candle gel. You can melt it in a water bath or directly on the stove in a steel container. Add a dye to the gel to obtain a bluish tint. Fill the decor with the gel and trim the wick. Candle nautical themes ready. Do you think this is too difficult? Here is the easiest option: take the usual egg shells, insert the wick, holding it with sushi sticks, then fill the shells with a multi-colored gel. Colors - any. Quick and beautiful!

Dried flowers

To decorate the product, you will need to work.

• Candle;
• Dried plants;
• Spoon;
• Tweezers;
• Scissors;
• Another candle (needed to heat the spoon). Let's call it "working".

Light a working candle, heat a spoon over its flame, with the convex side up. Take dried flowers, press to the surface of the decorated candle. Start gently smoothing it with a spoon. Make sure that the flower is completely stuck, and the petals do not stick out. Swipe a little harder on the stalk with an indented movement. Cut off the excess part of the stem. Next, pick the dried flowers to your liking and act in the same way. In any case, you will get a unique decoration for the interior. For fastening the most delicate elements, use glue for decoupage. The last stage is the consolidation of the result. Remove the wick from the "working" candle, melt it over low heat. Be careful not to boil the paraffin. Dip a decorated candle in the prepared paraffin, holding it by the wick. One time, as a rule, is enough.

It is important that the wax does not boil, otherwise the decor will shift and all the beauty will be broken. To dip the candle was convenient, pick up the container so that it fits the size of the product.

An exclusive product with a decor of dried plants is ready.

Tasty candles

Of course, these products are hardly suitable for lighting the room, but the decoration for the New Year's table or birthday cake will turn out beautiful. And, by the way, very tasty and healthy. So, prepare these ingredients:

• Grapes (variety does not matter, but preferably without stones).
• Packaging of the finished fruit jelly (you can prepare a solution of gelatin yourself). If you use a ready-made mixture, add less water than half the amount provided for in the instructions. Candles will be more elastic and will not melt quickly.
• Wooden skewers.
• Syringes of 20 ml, without pistons (needle with a plastic cap is put on the syringe).

The algorithm of action is as follows:

• Prepare the solution for jelly.
• String the grapes on a skewer. Place it inside the syringe.
• Pour the prepared jelly into the syringe. So that the liquid does not flow out of the hole for the needle, roll this place with adhesive tape.
• Place the syringe in the refrigerator vertically.
• After the jelly solidifies, remove the needle, and lower the syringe for 2-3 seconds in hot water. To make it easier to remove the product, lightly blow into the hole for the needle.
• "Flame" make of mandarin slices.
• Put the finished candle on the toothpick and decorate the cake or apple.

Similarly, you can make decorative fruit "candles" from forest or garden berries, pomegranate seeds. They will not shine, but they are quite edible. A table decorated in such an unusual way will be magnificent.

But a good idea to use as candlesticks ... real fruit. Just cut the recesses under the small candles in the apples. You can use mandarin. Fortunately, these fruits on New Year's abundance. Suitable as a candlestick and tangerine peel.

New Year's

Beautifully made candles with New Year's accessories can decorate any interior, create a festive atmosphere. Ordinary clear glass dishes serve as an excellent and original candlestick:

• The easiest option is to tie a few white candles with a thin satin ribbon and place them in a low glass container. A candlestick can also serve as a dish of metal shiny as a mirror.
• You can easily create a luxurious composition with Christmas balls. Arrange on a beautiful tray a few glasses of thin glass. In some glasses in the usual salt, put the candles, others fill in small balls.
• Candle decor for enthusiastic needlewomen. Start preparing for the New Year holidays in advance. Tie out of the yarn residue "cupholders" for candlesticks. Choose your own coloring and pattern. Original looks knitted fabric, decorated with artificial berries or dry leaves.
• Natural materials are a real rampant of fantasy for decorating Christmas candles. The first thing that comes to mind is the traditional cones, spruce or pine. A more unconventional idea - decorating with cinnamon sticks, birch bark, coffee beans, corn cobs, pine needles and fern. Such a composition will decorate a fireplace or a festively laid table. Cinnamon, by the way, also serves aromatic sticks.
• Floating candles. Great idea - decorating the New Year's table with a vase of transparent glass with water, with Christmas balls and floating candles. If desired, water can be slightly tinted. You can do it like in the photo, but you can also show creativity.

Burlap

It turns out that rough burlap is a beautiful element of decor, which can even decorate candles on the wedding table. A combination of, for example, burlap with lace, beads or satin ribbons looks original. You can use this material if the wedding is designed in a rustic style.

Here is the simplest master class. To decorate the product, you will need:

• White candle - the basis of the composition.
• A piece of burlap or unbleached linen fabric.
• Jute cord.
• Lace.
• Dry leaves.
• Hard wrapping paper.
• Glue "Moment Crystal".
• Scissors.

Cut a strip of burlap or textile 50-60 mm wide. The length of the strip corresponds to the girth of the candle corrected for overlap. Dissolve the fabric from above and below so that the fringe is the same. If the strip turned out not quite flat, you can trim the fringe. Wrap the strip with a cloth. Glue the cord in place of the overlap and wind it in an even layer of 1.5-2 cm in the middle of the burlap. Paste thin lace over jute. You can decorate the composition with dry leaves or leaves of wrapping paper, artificial flowers or beads. Beautiful and unusual live orchid will look like. The main thing is that there should not be too much decor, otherwise all the sophisticated simplicity will disappear. Candle "rustic-style" is ready.

On Halloween

The essential attributes of Halloween are apples and pumpkins. Of course, it is possible to insert a candle inside the "gutted" pumpkin, but this is already customary to the banality. The novelty of the season looks much more interesting - candles “crying with bloody tears”. Making them is easy! Put colored paraffin on red candles from red candles or just sprinkle them with red paint - that's it! A good option is decorations made of artificial spiders or worms (a fishing goods store is a help). Decoupage candles with decorations of skeletons, vampires, the walking dead, bats and other heroes of the holiday look beautifully.

Decoupage

Today, buying a beautifully decorated candle for a gift from an online store is not a problem, but the desire to do something on your own for many people is indestructible. However, it is very cool, because the thing, made by hand, is unique. Decoupage technique helps to get a beautiful product that keeps the warmth of your hands, your vision of the beautiful.

The best material for decoupage is special decoupage cards made from rice paper or multi-layered napkins. Decoupage - quite an ancient technique, rooted in the Middle Ages. But she has not lost relevance until today. The best option for decorating in this technique is white thick candles with a dense top layer. Can I use colored candles? It is possible, but the background of the picture must be selected to the shade of the decorated product. Beautifully and romantically look texts or drawings with notes. Prepare for work:

• White thick candle;
• Hair dryer;
• Scissors;
• Stationery knife;
• Ruler;
• Brush

Decide on the length of the paper segment. This is especially true for the complete decoration of the product. Cut the paper so that the seam is inconspicuous. Therefore, cut with a margin of about 1 cm in length and width. If you use a multi-layer napkin, remove the 2 lower layers. For work, you need only the top layer, on which the drawing is applied. This moment can not be neglected. Otherwise, the product will turn out to be flammable. Next, proceed in this order (step by step):

• Attach a napkin to the candle as tightly as possible.
• Turn on the hair dryer at full power. Wait until it warms up. Now send hot air to the candle. Move the hair dryer along the product. Be very careful not to burn your hands by accident. Try to fix the napkin with your fingers so that it is firmly stuck. If the wax soaks the paper, there is nothing to worry about.
• If in the process of work on the surface appear wrinkles, try to smooth them.
• Make sure the paper sticks well. If there are missed areas, the manipulation of the hairdryer will have to repeat.
• Cut the paper at the base of the candle, fold it. Heat the base of the candle with a hairdryer so that the bent part of the napkin is well attached.
• Using a stationery knife, cut the remnants at the opposite end of the product, from the side of the wick.

Everything is very fast and simple. And, if you have already acquired some skill, then very quickly. On the decoration of one product takes about half an hour. It remains to find the original gift wrapping - and the gift is ready.

Conclusion

Being engaged in the decoration of candles, for a minute do not forget about safety and whether it is possible to use the finished product for its intended purpose. It is possible that you will only have to admire his own masterpieces, but this is great too! Your family home will be the most elegant and cozy!