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Making your own Christmas candles is fun and economical. You can create candles for your own home or as gifts for friends and family.

Here is one easy project for kids – to make homemade candles or candle holders. The other makes elegant and fragrant beeswax honeycomb rolled candles.

“STAINED GLASS” CANDLE HOLDERS:

For the kids candle holder project, you will need the following:

1. Small water glasses or baby food jars, big enough to hold tea candles.

2. Scissors, liquid starch, and glue

3. Different colors of tissue paper, especially red and green

4. Glitter, ribbons, lace, small artificial flowers

To get a stained glass effect:

1. Cut the tissue paper into small shapes.

2. Dip them in the liquid starch and apply them, overlapping, onto the side of the glass or jar.

3. Sprinkle them with glitter while the starch is wet, and let them dry completely.

4. Glue any other decorations you want onto the outside of the container.

5. Put the tea candle inside, attaching it to the bottom with a little bit of melted wax.

Now you have a great candle for your home or for gifts!

Complete Pillar Candle Making Kit: Learn how fast, easy & fun it is to make your own pillar candles. Perfect for beginners! includes a everything you need to make an assortment of pillars. Pillar candles are great because they fit any decor and you can decorate them many different ways.

Kit Includes: Instructional DVD Instruction Sheet Wax 2 Candle Molds & Mold Sealer Wick Pin & Wicks Mold
Seal Stirring Stick Red, Yellow & Blue Dye Blocks Scent Burning Instruction Labels Clear Bags & Jute for Packaging