Patterned DIY Candle Holder
This DIY Candle Holder has just the perfect touch of pink for Valentine's Day. Plus, you can mix and match colors for every holiday.
Servings: 2 candles
Cost: $65
Equipment
- Hand drill
- Paintbrush
- Pencil
- Ruler
- Wide drill bit to fit the candles
Ingredients
- White spray paint
- Black acrylic paint
- Candles
- Block of Balsa wood
Instructions
How to Make a Patterned DIY Candle Holder
- Measure the center of your piece of wood, and then divide the distance from each long end to the middle in half again.
- Mark that point with the pencil, in line with the middle point.If the middle was 10 cm, then I’d be measuring 5cm in from either end for instance.This marks where your candles will sit.
- Attach the correct drill bit to your drill. Holding the wood steady with one hand, drill directly into the wood from above, guided by the two pencil marks you’ve made.
- Keep drilling until you’ve created enough depth for the candles to sit in firmly.
- If there are any rough edges you could just sand them down.
Painting Your DIY Candle Holder
- Spray the wood white.
- Place the wood on a protected surface and cover with two or three light coats. Allow each coat to dry in between. Now for the grid.
- Start by painting lines across one side and the top, leaving the other side free to hold. Try to keep the lines relatively evenly spaced, but there’s no need to measure.
- When those two sides are dry, paint the other side and then go back over with lines in the opposite direction.
- Don’t forget the sides but there’s no need to bother with the bottom. Make sure you’re matching up the black lines on all sides to get the continuous pattern.
- Your candles may need to be shaved slightly at the sides to fit in the holes. But after that you’re good to go!