Homemade Candle Table Decorations

Add a personal touch to your table decorations by setting out candles with homemade embellishments. These candles can be both conversation pieces and classy decorations for your next dinner party.

Glittery Pillars

Decorate a pillar candle with glittery strands. One way to do this is to dip a string of metallic cord in glue and arrange it in a design on the candle. Another method is to use colored glitter hot-glue sticks and squeeze them onto the candle. Arrange a few coordinating candles along the center of the table.

Teacup Candles

Decorate the table for an afternoon tea with homemade poured candles in teacups. Melt wax according to package directions, add fragrance and color if desired and pour the wax around a wick in a teacup. Mismatched or antique teacups make for interesting vessels, but make sure the teacup is not cracked.

Cinnamon Candle

Decorate a fall table in scent and appearance with a cinnamon candle. Start with a cinnamon-scented pillar candle, either store-bought or poured at home. Cut cinnamon sticks to the exact height of the candle and hot-glue them vertically on the outside of the candle to completely cover it. Finish with a piece of raffia cord wrapped once around the candle, tied in a bow and glued in place.

References

• Kaboose: Elegant Candles
• IMP Online: Cinnamon Stick Candles