Create a Decorative Candle Holder
Create a Decorative Candle Holder
In order to create a decorative candle holder you will need:
- Glass jar. I used a short wide-mouthed Mason Jar. You can paint most anything.
- Painter’s tape. I used standard blue but there are others that work just as well.
- Decorative paper punch
- Paint. I used frost spray paint for my project. You can use other types of paint but light coats of spray paint works best.
Step 1
Mask off the areas that you do not want painted. In my project I used my painter’s tape to protect the threads at the top of my jar because I knew that I would be using a lid. I also made sure that the inside of my jar was protected because a candle was going to be placed inside and I wanted to make sure there would be no chance of fumes from the paint.
Step 2
Take your decorative paper punch and punch out shapes from the painter’s tape and place them wherever you do not want paint to be. In my project I wanted the candle to highlight the leaf shapes so I placed the leaf shapes randomly around the jar pressing the securely.
Step 3
Once all of the tape was secure I took my project outside and sprayed it with several light coats of the frost spray paint. I used the frost so that the candle could be seen flickering inside and the leaves would be highlighted.
Step 4
Once the frost paint was dry I removed the tape leaves using an Exacto knife so that I would not disturb the frost paint and the leaf shapes would stay perfectly formed. I then removed the remaining tape. The jar had perfectly formed leaves on a frosted background. I added a candle, daisy cut lid and a Mason Jar holder to complete the look.
The end project is a very cute holiday inspired decorative candle holder.
